Comparative law /
Siems, Mathias M., 1974-
Comparative law / Mathias Siems. - United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2014 - xx, 416 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm - Law in context .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-400) and index.
Introduction -- Part I. Traditional Comparative Law -- The comparative legal method -- Common law and civil law -- Mapping the world's legal systems; Part II. Extending the Methods of Comparative Law -- Postmodern comparative law -- Socio-legal comparative law -- Numerical comparative law -- Part III: Global Comparative Law -- Legal transplants -- Fading state borders -- Comparative law and development -- Part IV. Comparative Law as an Open Subject -- Implicit comparative law -- Outlook.
"This book presents a fresh contextualised and cosmopolitan perspective on comparative law for both students and scholars. It critically discusses established approaches to comparative law, but also presents more modern ones, such as socio-legal and numerical comparative law. Its contextualised approach draws on examples from politics, economics and development studies to provide an original contribution to topics of comparative law"-- "This book presents a fresh contextualised and cosmopolitan perspective on comparative law for both students and scholars. It critically discusses established approaches to comparative law, but also presents more modern ones, such as socio-legal and numerical comparative law. Its con-textualised approach draws on examples from politics, eco-nomics and development studies to provide an original con-tribution to topics of comparative law"--
9781107003750 (hardback) 9780521177177 (paperback) 0521177170 (paperback)
Comparative law.
LAW / Comparative.
340.2 / SIC 2014
Comparative law / Mathias Siems. - United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2014 - xx, 416 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm - Law in context .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-400) and index.
Introduction -- Part I. Traditional Comparative Law -- The comparative legal method -- Common law and civil law -- Mapping the world's legal systems; Part II. Extending the Methods of Comparative Law -- Postmodern comparative law -- Socio-legal comparative law -- Numerical comparative law -- Part III: Global Comparative Law -- Legal transplants -- Fading state borders -- Comparative law and development -- Part IV. Comparative Law as an Open Subject -- Implicit comparative law -- Outlook.
"This book presents a fresh contextualised and cosmopolitan perspective on comparative law for both students and scholars. It critically discusses established approaches to comparative law, but also presents more modern ones, such as socio-legal and numerical comparative law. Its contextualised approach draws on examples from politics, economics and development studies to provide an original contribution to topics of comparative law"-- "This book presents a fresh contextualised and cosmopolitan perspective on comparative law for both students and scholars. It critically discusses established approaches to comparative law, but also presents more modern ones, such as socio-legal and numerical comparative law. Its con-textualised approach draws on examples from politics, eco-nomics and development studies to provide an original con-tribution to topics of comparative law"--
9781107003750 (hardback) 9780521177177 (paperback) 0521177170 (paperback)
Comparative law.
LAW / Comparative.
340.2 / SIC 2014