Skip to content
British Association of Comparative Law

British Association of Comparative Law

Search
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About Us
    • BACL Committee
    • Blog Editorial Board
    • Annual seminars
    • Postgraduate workshops
    • Comparative Law Congress
    • Contact
  • Publishing in Comparative Law: Q&A with the ICLQ
  • Book Discussions
    • “Contemporary French administrative law” (CUP 2022) by John Bell and François Lichère
    • Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World (OUP 2021) 
  • Interwar Dialogues

Welcome

The British Association of Comparative law (formerly the UK National Committee for Comparative Law) seeks to coordinate and encourage comparative legal research and teaching throughout the UK. We provide a forum of sustained reflection and conversation on all comparative law matters. Annual Seminars NewslettersContinue reading “Welcome”

Changes…

Tax Legality in China: Constitutional Principle or Governance Technique?

29 Jul 2026
Tax legality has increasingly been celebrated in Chinese legal scholarship as a constitutional principle under the 1982 Constitution, particularly following the 2015 amendment of Article 8(6) of the Legislation Law of…
Comparison in Europe…

Regulating Assisted Dying: A Comparative Analysis of Legislative Failure

29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026
The regulation of physician-assisted dying (PAD), and in particular assisted suicide, represents one of the most contentious and conceptually demanding challenges in contemporary legal systems. Drawing on a comparative perspective…
Comparison in Europe…

Local Meanings: What Comparative Law Can Offer to EU Legal Studies

10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026
Comparative law can be a very rich resource to reflect on the contemporary challenges of EU legal scholarship. It has always been a core basis for the development of EU…
Comparative family law…

Marriage, Property and Solidarity in Europe: Applying the Numerical Comparative Method in Family Law

1 May 2026
Introduction How is patrimonial solidarity between spouses conceived and operationalised in continental European jurisdictions? In most systems, the property relations between spouses are governed by a matrimonial property regime. The…
Book Review…

Constitutional Structures in Asia: A Comparative Framework

17 Apr 2026
Introduction The field of comparative constitutional law has historically developed as an intellectual project largely rooted in, and oriented around, the Global North. This sustained emphasis on a limited set…
BACL publications…

Comparing Legal Cultures in Europe, Third Edition: A Pedagogical Reorientation

22 Dec 202522 Dec 2025
Introduction The third edition of Comparing Legal Cultures in Europe marks a significant milestone in the teaching and study of comparative law. Edited by Sören Koch, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde and Marius M.…

Posts navigation

Older posts

Categories

#BACL 75th Anniversary Workshop Blog Posts #Book_Discussions #event #fake_news #freedom_expression_online #hate_speech #IACL_Proceedings #Judicial Creativity&Obligations #Keynote_PhD_workshop # Media Law #Newsletter # Press Freedom #Series_Interwar_Dialogue #Sustainability

  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • British Association of Comparative Law
      • Join 235 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • British Association of Comparative Law
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
Loading Comments...