Comparative Law

Interdisciplinary Comparative Law: Rubbing Shoulders with the Neighbours or Standing Alone in a Crowd

By Jaakko Husa
Edward Elgar Publishing May 2022

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ISBN-13
9781802209778
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication
May 2022
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Comparative Law illuminates why the doctrinal approach to legal research has retained its strong position, offering a critical analysis of the difficulties of interdisciplinarity.

Incisive and ambitious in scope, the book highlights why the comparative study of law benefits from employing the methods of other disciplines. Chapters explore the various ways in which different fields can learn from each other, taking a deep dive into the respective studies of legal history, linguistics, literature, economics, social theory, and international law. The result is a vibrant cross-section of the contrasts and parallels between the practices of law and other areas of research, demonstrating which are the easiest for comparatists to grasp and implement, and which present obstacles for the application of non-legal methods.

This cutting-edge book is an essential read for advanced students and scholars of law and legal studies. Its diagnosis of interdisciplinarity as both a boon and bane in the study of law will be of especial interest to comparative law scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Alone in a crowded room?
2. History – more than water under the bridge?
3. Language – words, only words?
4. Imagination, culture, comparative law
5. Economy – path dependence and legal origins
6. Society – comparative law and social theory
7. Law – over the borders
8. Adapt and improvise?
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