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…
Research methods and perspectives… WHY ARE ‘NUTSHELLS’ SO IMPORTANT? – Geoffrey Samuel 28 Oct 201928 Jul 2025 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…
Research methods and perspectives… 2019 Annual Seminar – Legal Transplants and Mixed Jurisdictions – In Honour of the Late Prof. Alan Watson 1 Jul 201928 Jul 2025 University of Central Lancashire 3 September 2019 9.30-12.20 Welcome President of BACL, Annette Nordhausen Scholes, & sponsors, Intersentia. Session 1 (9.45-11.00) Prof. John Cairns (Edinburgh): The Birth of…
