Call for papers… Covid-19 in comparative perspective – CALL FOR BLOG CONTRIBUTIONS 15 Apr 2020 The current covid-19 pandemic is bringing into sharp focus two key questions at the core of comparative law research: first, globalisation and how increasing and intense are our political, social,…
Judges and comparison… Virtue, Emotion and Imagination – and Comparative Law? – Amalia Amaya and Maksymilian Del Mar 9 Mar 20208 Mar 2020 Why should comparative lawyers be interested in virtue, emotion and imagination? Is not the domain of law one structured by rules, governed by reason, with little, if any, room for…
Mixed systems… John Cairns – The Birth of Mixed Legal Systems in the British Empire 2 Mar 20201 Mar 2020 My focus is on “mixed legal systems”, though my teacher Alan Watson, whose memory is honoured here, never seemed to me to be especially interested in “mixed systems” as an…
Comparative contracts Preliminary Agreements and the Duty to Negotiate in Good Faith: Distinctive Features in the International Commercial Context – Isabel Zuloaga 24 Feb 202025 Feb 2020 Based on the presentation made at the IECL (Institute of European and Comparative Law) Lunchtime Seminar Series, Law Faculty, University of Oxford, on 21 January 2020 which, in turn, is…
Comparative constitutional law… The Three Methodologies in Comparative Constitutional Theory (Edward Elgar 2018) 17 Feb 202016 Feb 2020 The term methodology is conventionally defined as the set of principles that illuminate inquiry in a field. Scholars, moreover, seek to be parsimonious in discussing methodology. We prefer, however, to…
Judges and comparison Katalin Kelemen – Judicial Dissent in European Constitutional Courts: A Comparative and Legal Perspective, Routledge (Hardback 2018, Paperback 2019) 10 Feb 202017 Jan 2020 We are all curious about what happens behind the curtains in a courtroom. When more judges sit on a panel, they have to discuss the case in order to reach…
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