Edouard Lambert… Modern Law and Otherness – The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Comparative Legal Thought (Edward Elgar 2019), by Veronica Corcodel 1 Apr 202224 Feb 2022 Traditional comparative law has been subject to a variety of critiques and, by now, has been surpassed by new and eclectic approaches. Indeed, over the past two decades or so, the…
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…
Research methods and perspectives… Account – U Kischel, “Theorising legal transplants?”, BACL Seminar, Preston, 3rd September 2019 27 Jan 202011 Apr 2022 At the BACL Seminar in Preston on 3rd September 2019, Professor Uwe Kischel explained his approach to legal transplants. Professor Kischel is the Mercator Chair of Public Law, European Law…
Samuel, Geoffrey… WHY ARE ‘NUTSHELLS’ SO IMPORTANT? – Geoffrey Samuel 28 Oct 2019 Alan Watson published an enormous number of books and articles during his long career, but one that proves of particular interest to comparative lawyers looks at first sight a relatively…
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