An introduction to comparative law theory and method / Geoffrey Samuel.
2014
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Title
An introduction to comparative law theory and method / Geoffrey Samuel.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Hart Publishing, 2014.
Call Number
K559 .S257 2014
ISBN
9781849466431
1849466432
1849466432
Description
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)867613147
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-190) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
vii
Contents
ix
List of Figures
xiii
Principal Abbreviations
xv
List of Common Law Cases
xvii
Introduction
1
1.
Problems and Promises of Comparative Law
8
I.
Levels of Difficulty
8
II.
Definitional Problems
10
III.
Methodology
13
IV.
Weaknesses and Strengths of Comparative Law
15
V.
Theory and Anti-theory
19
VI.
Comparative Law as Epistemology
21
VII.
Interdisciplinarity
23
2.
Asking the Right Question
25
I.
Framing the Right Question
25
II.
Literature Review and the Research Question
26
III.
Coherence and Non-coherence
27
IV.
Reflecting on the Literature
29
V.
Clarity of the Research Question
31
VI.
Testing and Reformulating the Research Question
34
VII.
Orientation
34
VIII.
Validation of Assertions
39
IX.
Reductionism and Harmonisation
41
X.
Review and Reflection
43
3.
What is `Comparison'?
45
I.
Goals and Models of Comparison
45
II.
Beyond Modellisation
48
III.
Macro and Micro Approaches
50
IV.
Differential Comparison
53
V.
Genealogical and Analogical Comparison
57
VI.
Internal and External Perspectives
60
VII.
Comparative Methods and Law
64
4.
Functional Method
65
I.
Functional Approach in Comparative Law
65
II.
Practical Examples: Good Faith and Abuse of Rights
69
III.
Functionalism and Case Studies
71
IV.
Promise of Functionalism
76
5.
Alternatives to Functionalism
79
I.
Problems with the Functional Approach
79
II.
Schemes of Intelligibility
81
III.
Analysis of Schemes
84
IV.
Law and the Dialectical Scheme
89
V.
Methods and Knowledge
92
6.
Structural Method
96
I.
Legal Structures
96
II.
Norm Structure
99
III.
Rights and Structural Relations
102
IV.
Structural Comparison
106
7.
Hermeneutical Method
108
I.
Deep Hermeneutical Approach
108
II.
Deep Hermeneutics and the Problem of Structuralism
115
IV.
Structuralism and Transplants
115
IV.
Legal Mentality
118
8.
What is `Law' (1)?
121
I.
Rule model
121
II.
Realist Model
124
III.
Mentalities
126
IV.
Concepts
128
V.
Systems
131
VI.
Object of Comparison: Resume
133
9.
What is Law (2)?
135
I.
Positivism and Causality
135
II.
Systems and Interpretation
137
III.
Monism, Dualism and Pluralism
141
IV.
System and Language
144
V.
Law and Fact
147
VI.
Virtual Facts
148
VII.
Comparison and Law; Reflections
151
10.
Paradigm Orientations
152
I.
Introductory Remarks
152
II.
Holism versus Individualism
153
III.
Order versus Disorder
156
IV.
Nature versus Culture
159
V.
Comparative Law and the Cultural Paradigm
163
VI.
Cultural Paradigm and Legal Theory
165
VII.
Interaction of Paradigms
166
VIII.
Enquiry versus Authority
168
Concluding Remarks: A Methodological Road Map?
173
Bibliography
180
Index
191