TY - BOOK AU - Adams,Maurice,‏ AU - Bomhoff,J.‏ ‎ TI - Practice and theory in comparative law SN - 1107416884 U1 - 340.2 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Comparative law KW - BUEsh KW - LLAAWW KW - August 2016 N1 - 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 N2 - A collection of essays exploring the gap between theory and practice in comparative legal studies ER -