Title: The Cambridge companion to comparative law /
Authors: Bussani, Mauro; Mattei, Ugo.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Comparative law.; Legal polycentricity; Civil law.
Abstract: This title delves into the 'deeper structures' of the world's legal systems, where law meets culture, politics and socio-economic factors.
Contents: Diapositives versus movies : the inner dynamics of the law and its comparative account / Mauro Bussani and Ugo Mattei -- Part I. Knowing comparative law -- Comparative law and neighbouring disciplines / Mathias Reimann -- Political ideology and comparative law / Duncan Kennedy -- Economic analysis and comparative law / Nuno Garoupa and Tom Ginsburg -- Comparative law and anthropology / Lawrence Rosen -- Comparative law and language / Barbara Pozzo -- Part II. Comparative law fields -- Comparative studies in private law / Franz Werro -- Comparative administrative law / Francesca Bignami -- Comparative constitutional law / Günter Frankenberg -- Comparative criminal justice / Elisabetta Grande -- Comparative civil justice / Oscar G. Chase and Vincenzo Varano -- Comparative law and international organizations / George A. Bermann -- Part III. Comparative law in the flux of civilizations -- The East Asian legal tradition / Teemu Ruskola -- The Jewish legal tradition / J. David Bleich and Arthur J. Jacobson -- The Islamic legal tradition / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- The sub-Saharan legal tradition / Rodolfo Sacco -- The Latin American and Caribbean legal traditions / Diego López-Medina -- Mixed legal systems / Vernon Valentine Palmer -- Democracy and the Western legal tradition / Mauro Bussani.