Methods of comparative law / edited by Pier Giuseppe Monateri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Monateri, P. G. (Pier Giuseppe)

Series:

Research handbooks in comparative law.

Research handbooks in comparative law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative law.

Law--Methodology.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comprising an array of distinguished contributors, this pioneering volume of original contributions explores theoretical and empirical issues in comparative law. The innovative, interpretive approach found here combines explorative scholarship and research with thoughtful, qualitative critiques of the field. The book promotes a deeper appreciation of classical theories and offers new ways to re-orient the study of legal transplants and transnational codes. Methods of Comparative Law brings to bear new thinking on topics including: the mutual relationship between space and law; the plot that st

Contents:

pt. 1. Why 'methods'? an intellectual project on the multilayer structure of legal comparativism

pt. 2. Revisiting classical theories and perspectives on comparative legal methodologies : a critical glance

pt. 3. Legal transplants and transnational codes : questioning on cultural biases and scientific statements

pt. 4. Space, boundaries and jurisdictions : the choreographic spectrality of law

pt. 5. Legal narratives, judicial interpretations and subversive paradigms

pt. 6. Political economies and the inner policies of law : towards a 'comparative law and economics' assessment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-52304-3

1-78100-511-7

OCLC:

797916248