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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (Oxford Handbooks) 2nd edition edited by Mathias Reimann and Reinhard Zimmermann provides a wide-ranging and diverse critical survey of comparative law at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It summarizes and evaluates a discipline that is time-honoured but not easily understood in all its dimensions. In the current era of globalization, this discipline is more relevant than ever, both on the academic and on the practical level. The Handbook is divided into three main sections. Section I surveys how comparative law has developed and where it stands today in various parts of the world. This includes not only traditional model jurisdictions, such as France, Germany, and the United States, but also other regions like Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Latin America. Section II then discusses the major approaches to comparative law - its methods, goals, and its relationship with other fields, such as legal history, economics, and linguistics. Finally, section III deals with the status of comparative studies in over a dozen subject matter areas, including the major categories of private, economic, public, and criminal law. The Handbook contains forty-eight chapters written by experts from around the world. The aim of each chapter is to provide an accessible, original, and critical account of the current state of comparative law in its respective area which will help to shape the agenda in the years to come. Each chapter also includes a short bibliography referencing the definitive works in the field. This fully revised and updated second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law is an indispensable tool for anyone who has any interest in law, including students and experts in history, sociology, political science, government studies, economics, and management.
Contents
Part I The Development of Comparative Law in the World
Comparative Law before the Code Napoléon, Charles Donahue
Development of Comparative Law in France, Benedicte Fauvarque-Cosson
Development of Comparative Law in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, Ingeborg Schwenzer
Development of Comparative Law in Italy, Elisabetta Grande
Development of Comparative Law in Great Britain, John W. Cairns
Development of Comparative Law in the United States, David S. Clark
Development of Comparative Law in Central and Eastern Europe, Zdenek Kuhn
Development of Comparative Law in Japan, Luke Nottage
Development of Comparative Law in China, Taisu Zhang
Development of Comparative Law in Latin America, Jan Kleinheisterkamp
Part II Approaches to Comparative Law
Comparative Law and Comparative Knowledge, Nils Jansen
Comparative Law and Legal Education, Nora Demleitner
The Functional Method of Comparative Law, Ralf Michaels
Comparative Law: Study of Similarities or Differences?, Gerhard Dannemann
Comparative Legal Families and Comparative Legal Traditions, H. Patrick Glenn
Comparative Law, Legal Transplants, and Receptions, Michele Graziadei
Comparative Law and the Study of Mixed Legal Systems, Jacques du Plessis
Comparative Law and its Influence on National Legal Systems, Jan M. Smit
Comparative Law and European Union Law, Francis Jacobs
Comparative Law and the Europeanization of Private Law, Reinhard Zimmerman
Globalization and Comparative Law, Horatia Muir Watt
Comparative Law and the Islamic (Middle Eastern) Legal Culture, Chibli Mallat
Comparative Law and African Customary Law, T. W. Bennett
Comparative Law and Language, Vivian Grosswald Curran
Comparative Law and Legal Culture, Roger Cotterrell
Comparative Law and Religion, James Whitman
Comparative Law and Legal History, James Gordley
Comparative Law and Socio-legal Studies, Annelise Riles
Comparative Law and Critical Legal Studies, Ugo Mattei
Comparative Law and Economic Analysis of Law, Florian Faust
New Directions in Comparative Law, Mathias Siems
Part III Subject Areas
Sources of Law and Legal Method in Comparative Law, Stefan Vogenauer
Comparative Contract Law, Hein Koetz
Comparative Sales Law, Peter Huber
Unjustified Enrichment in Comparative Perspective, Daniel Visser
Comparative Tort Law, Gerhard Wagner
Comparative Property Law, Sjef van Erp
Comparative Succession Law, Marius J. de Waal
Comparative Family Law, Jens M. Scherpe
Comparative Labour Law, Matthew W. Finkin
Comparative Company Law, Klaus J. Hopt
Comparative Competition Law, David J. Gerber
Comparative Constitutional Law, Mark Tushnet
Comparative Human Rights Law, Samantha Besson
Comparative Administrative Law, John S. Bell
Comparative Criminal Law, Markus D. Dubber
Comparative Civil Procedure, Joachim Zekoll
Comparative Law and Private International Law, Mathias Reimann
Index