Books and publications… Contrarian Jurists – The Story of Comparative Law and How Collisions Shaped It 12 Oct 202629 Oct 2026 The underlying idea of the book Contrarian Jurists: The Story of Comparative Law and How Collisions Shaped It (Hart Publishing, 2026) is to frame comparative law through the metaphor of…
Legal history… Clameur de haro: What an Ancient Norman Self-help Remedy Shows Us about the Common Law Today, by Katy Barnett 22 Nov 202429 Oct 2026 Introduction The common law allows ‘self-help’ remedies to a limited degree, provided that the exercise of self-help is reasonable. This allows the plaintiff to take the law into his or…
Comparative constitutional law… Comparative Constitutional History: Uses of History in Constitutional Adjudication, by Francesco Biagi, Justin O. Frosini and Jason Mazzone 21 Feb 202329 Oct 2026 The spread of constitutional government around the world has generated enormous interest in the comparative aspects of constitutional law. The scholarly literature in comparative constitutional law is large and growing.…
Legal history… British Race Patriotism and Private Law: Et In Arcadia Ego?, by M Lunney 14 Oct 202229 Oct 2026 Much of my work over the past fifteen years has involved exploring a phenomenon that had long puzzled me. As an Australian, I was well aware that our legal system…
Legal history Roaming Across the X and Y Axes: A Plea for Comparative Legal History, by Agustín Parise 15 Jun 202229 Oct 2026 Comparative legal history offers opportunities to roam across time and space. Travelling across the X (time) and Y (space) axes triggers enriching perspectives that help students, instructors, and researchers to…
Europe… A new look at the history of modern European comparative law, by Balázs Fekete 20 Jul 202129 Oct 2026 Does it make any sense to study the history of legal scholarship in the 21st century? The answer is not self-evident at all. Our age is definitely fascinated by contemporariness,…
