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The British Association of Comparative law (formerly the UK National Committee for Comparative Law) seeks to coordinate and encourage comparative legal research and teaching throughout the UK. We provide a forum of sustained reflection and conversation on all comparative law matters. Annual Seminars NewslettersContinue reading “Welcome”

Comparative contracts…

A Bidirectional Anglo-German Comparison of Consideration in Contract Law, by Johannes Ungerer

14 Apr 202324 Jul 2025
The concept of consideration is often perceived as one of the most distinctive elements of English contract law in comparison to contract law in Civilian legal systems, such as Germany.…
FRance…

Justifying Strict Liability: A Comparative Perspective, by Marco Cappelletti

31 Mar 202330 Mar 2023
The imposition of strict liability in tort law is controversial, and its theoretical foundations are the object of vigorous debate. Why do or should we impose strict liability on employers…
Comparative family law

Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family’s Functions (Intersentia 2019) edited by Jacqueline Heaton and Aida Kemelmajer

24 Mar 202323 Mar 2023
Legal rules play an important role in recognising, protecting, and supporting the family. As the notion of a ‘family’ is constantly changing, the law sometimes lags behind and fails to…
Human rights & comparisons

Contesting (Supportive and Critical) Human Rights Orthodoxies – The Significance of Regional Human Rights Systems (CUP 2022), by Christopher Roberts

17 Mar 202315 Mar 2023
            Alternative Approaches to Human Rights: The Disparate Historical Paths of the European, Inter-American and African Regional Human Rights Systems conducts a comparative historical investigation of the development of the…
Comparative corporate law

Comparative Enterprise Foundation Law, edited by Anne Sanders & Steen Thomsen

10 Mar 20238 Mar 2023
With our book “Enterprise Foundation Law in Comparative Perspective”, published on March 7th 2023 by Intersentia, (also available open access) we wish to provide comparative insights into the economic importance…
Comparative contracts…

Contract Law in Changing Times: Asian Perspectives on Pacta Sunt Servanda (Routledge, 2023), by Normann Witzleb

3 Mar 20232 Mar 2023
Pacta sunt servanda, the principle that contractual commitments need to be honoured, is an axiom of contract law recognised throughout the world. Yet, like other legal principles, it is not…

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