Common Core… Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons, by Filippo Valguarnera 31 Jan 202530 Jan 2025 The challenge of the commons The book Property meeting the Challenge of the Commons – edited by myself together with Ugo Mattei, Alessandra Quarta and Ryan Fisher – was released…
Research methods and perspectives Scientia Iuris: On a Law-World Revolving Solely Around Knowledge, by Luca Siliquini-Cinelli 6 Dec 20244 Dec 2024 ‘Intellego quid loquar’ Cicero, Pro Ligario, 15 Introduction My new monograph, Scientia Iuris: Knowledge and Experience in Legal Education and Practice from the Late Roman Republic to Artificial Intelligence (Springer,…
Research methods and perspectives… A Research Agenda for Comparative Law?, by Jaakko Husa 1 Nov 202431 Oct 2024 Introduction Anyone who tries to get a hold of comparative law of today notices quickly that the field has diversified and expanded remarkably. Contemporary textbooks on comparative law’s theory and…
Book Review… Review of Roberto Scarciglia, Methods and Legal Comparison: Challenges for Methodological Pluralism, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, by Luca Siliquini-Cinelli 4 Oct 20248 Oct 2024 The thing about comparative law is that it is not law. Comparative law is not like, say, contract or tort law—i.e. a specific field of law with its own principles,…
Comparative criminal law… Lex Makarewicz (and Makowski) – the Polish Criminal Code of 1932 and Its Authors in a Comparative and Philosophical Light, by Aleksander Leszczyński and Jan Rudnicki 24 May 202417 May 2024 Introduction Studies of Interwar legal history seem to prove that proper comparative analysis may be an indispensable element of a sound legislative process. The history of the creation of the…
Changes… So, are legal systems actually converging or diverging? An investigation into the evolution of the law post-crisis, by Emilie Ghio 17 May 20241 May 2024 “Are legal systems converging or diverging?” This is a question that has vexed legal scholars and comparatists for decades, especially as legal convergence is not a new concept. Its philosophical…
