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Practice and theory in comparative law / edited by Maurice Adams and Jacco Bomhoff. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - ix, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Originally published in 2012. Index : p. 327-342.

Includes bibliographical references.

Comparing law : practice and theory / Maurice Adams and Jacco Bomhoff -- Reflections on comparative law methodology : getting inside contract law / Catherine Valcke -- Reasoning with previous decisions / Jan Komárek -- Comparing legal argument / Jacco Bomhoff -- In search of system neutrality : methodological issues in the drafting of European contract law rules / Gerhard Dannemann -- Comparative law and global regulatory convergence : the example of competition law / David J. Gerber -- Reflections on comparative method in European constitutional law / Monica Claes and Maartje de Visser --
Rethinking methods in European private law / Jan M. Smits --
Transnational comparisons : theory and practice of comparative law as a critique of global governance / Peer Zumbansen --
Comparative constitutional compliance : notes towards a research agenda / Frederick Schauer -- Quantitative methods for comparative constitutional law / Anne Meuwese and Mila Versteeg -- Comparisons in private patrimonial law : towards a bottom-up approach using (cross-cultural) behavioural economics / Julie de Coninck -- Against "comparative method" : explaining similarities and differences / Maurice Adams and John Griffiths -- Comparative law as an act of modesty : a pragmatic and realistic approach to comparative legal scholarship / Koen Lemmens.

A collection of essays exploring the gap between theory and practice in comparative legal studies.


ISBN: 1107416884 9781107416888

LCCN: 2012010535

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB240263 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016072674 Uk

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Comparative law

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Dewey Class. No.: 340.2 / PRA