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 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…
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…
Comparative constitutional law… Helle Krunke and Björg Thorarensen (eds.): The Nordic Constitutions. A Comparative and Contextual Analysis, Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law, Hart Publishing, 2018. 13 Jan 20209 Oct 2022 Seen from the outside the Nordic constitutional systems are often perceived as similar. The Nordic legal systems are in parts of literature even seen as a distinct legal family (Zweigert…
Comparative contracts… Isabel Zuloaga – Reliance in the Breaking Off of Contractual Negotiations: Trust and Expectation in a Comparative Perspective (Intersentia 2019) 2 Dec 20199 Oct 2022 In a constantly evolving world where international trade is ever-growing, precontractual liability, particularly for breaking off negotiations, is a topic of unceasing development by legal scholars and the judiciary and…
History… O.V. Kresin – COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES: 1750 TO 1835. APPROACHES TO CONCEPTUALIZATION (transl. 2019) 25 Nov 2019 The history of law is a promising domain. A number of legal disciplines, such as legal theory, the philosophy of law, the sociology of law and epistemology do not have…
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