I’m delighted to note the forthcoming publication of
Maurice Adams and
Dirk Heirbaut (eds), The Method and Culture of Comparative Law: Essays in Honour of
Marc Van Hoecke.
The book’s
abstract reads:
Awareness
of the need to deepen the methodological foundations of legal research is only
recent. The same is true for comparative law, by nature a more adventurous branch
of legal research, which is often something researchers simply do, whenever
they look at foreign legal systems to answer one or more of a range of questions
about law, whether these questions are doctrinal, economic, sociological, etc.
Given the diversity of comparative research projects, the precise contours of
the methods employed, or the epistemological issues raised by them, are to a
great extent a function of the nature of the research questions asked. As a
result, the search for a unique, one-size-fits-all comparative law methodology
is unlikely to be fruitful. That however doesn't make reflection on the
methodology and culture of comparative law meaningless. Marc Van Hoecke has, throughout
his career, been interested in many topics, but legal theory, comparative law
and methodology of law stand out. Building upon his work, this book brings together
a group of leading authors working at the crossroads of these themes: the
methodology of comparative law.
Contributors
include Maurice Adams, John Bell, Joxerramon Bengoetxea, Roger Brownsword, Seán Patrick Donlan, Rob van Gestel and Hans Micklitz, Patrick Glenn, Jaap Hage, Dirk
Heirbaut, Jaakko Husa,
Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage, Martin Löhnig, Susan Millns, Toon
Moonen, Francois Ost,
Heikki Pihlajamäki, Geoffrey Samuel, Mathias Siems, Jørn Øyrehagen
Sunde, Catherine Valcke and Matthew Grellette, and Alain Wijffels.
Additional information on the volume, including a discount, will be posted here soon.
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