Ginsburg, Monateri and Parisi on the "Classics of Comparative Law"

Classics In Comparative Law Tom Ginsburg , Pier G. Monateri , Francesco Parisi Download the introduction at ssrn.com Edited by Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, University of Chicago, US, Pier Giuseppe Monateri, Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law of New York, US and Professor of Law, University of Turin, Italy and Francesco Parisi, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, US and Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy 2800 pp  See the Book...click Here Description Comparative law is a field with a rich history, and one to which scholars from many disciplines have contributed. This four-volume set includes an original introduction by the editors, who trace the major developments in the field, covering both private and public law, as well as legal institutions and methodological debates. Encompassing more than a century of scholarship, the collection includes a number of the most enduring articles from several disciplinary perspectives and will be an essential resource for the study of comparative law. Contents 76 articles, dating from 1903 to 2010 Contributors include: P.S. Atiyah, G. Calabresi, M. Damaška, J. Elster, L. Fuller, H. Kelsen, K. Llewellyn, R. Posner, R. Pound, A. Watson Further information Comparative law is a field with a rich history, and one to which scholars from many disciplines have contributed. This four-volume set includes an original introduction by the editors, who trace the major developments in the field, covering both private and public law, as well as legal institutions and methodological debates. Encompassing more than a century of scholarship, the collection includes a number of the most enduring articles from several disciplinary perspectives and will be an essential resource for the study of comparative law. Full table of contents Contents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Tom Ginsburg, Pier Giuseppe Monateri and Francesco Parisi PART I THE METHOD OF COMPARATIVE LAW 1. Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart. (1903), ‘The History of Comparative Jurisprudence’ 2. Roscoe Pound (1955), ‘Comparative Law in Space and Time’ 3. Alan Watson (2000), ‘Law Out of Context’ 4. O. Kahn-Freund (1974), ‘On Uses and Misuses of Comparative Law’ 5. H.C. Gutteridge ([1949] 1971), ‘The Process of Comparison’ PART II LEGAL TRANSPLANTS AND GLOBALIZATION OF LAW 6. Alan Watson (1993), ‘Comparative Law as an Academic Discipline’ 7. Pierre Legrand (1997), ‘The Impossibility of “Legal Transplants”’ 8. Roderick A. Macdonald (1985), ‘Understanding Civil Law Scholarship in Quebec’ 9. A.N. Yiannopoulos (1980), ‘Louisiana Civil Law: A Lost Cause?’ 10. Edward M. Wise (1990), ‘The Transplant of Legal Patterns’ 11. Duncan Kennedy (2006), ‘Three Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought: 1850–2000’ 12. William Twining (2004), ‘Diffusion of Law: A Global Perspective’ 13. Pierre Legrand (1996), ‘European Legal Systems Are Not Converging PART III COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY 14. E. Adamson Hoebel (1954), ‘The Cultural Background of Law read more.....