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" Rethinking the masters of comparative law / "
edited by Annelise Riles.
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BL
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1002524
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b756894
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Rethinking the masters of comparative law /\ edited by Annelise Riles.
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Oxford ;Portland, Or. :: Hart Pub.,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) :: illustrations
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1472559134
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: 9781847311719
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1841132896
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184113290X
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9781841132891
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Founding moments -- Montesquieu : the specter of depotism and the origins of comparative law / Robert Launay -- Max Weber and the uncertainties of categorical comparative law / Ahmed A. White -- pt. II. The critique of classicism -- Rethinking Hermann Kantorowicz : free law, American legal realism and the legacy of anti-formalism / Vivian Grosswald Curran -- Encountering amateurism : John Henry Wigmore and the uses of American formalism / Annelise Riles -- pt. III. The science of modernization -- Nobushige Huzumi : a skill transplanter of Western legal thought into Japanese soil / Hitoshi Aoki -- Sanhuri, and the historical origins of comparative law in the Arab world (or how sometimes losing your Asalah can be good for you) / Amr Shalakany -- Sculpting the agenda of comparative law : Ernst Rabel and the facade of language / David J. Gerber -- pt. IV. Mid-Century pragmatism -- René David : at the head of the head of the legal family / Jorge L. Esquirol -- The comparative jurisprudence of Schlesinger and Sacco : a study in legal influence / Ugo Mattei.
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Comparative Law is experiencing something of a renaissance, as legal scholars and practitioners traditionally outside the discipline find it newly relevant in projects such as constitution and code drafting, the harmonization of laws, court decisions, or as a tool for understanding the globalization of legal institutions. On the other hand, comparativists within the discipline find themselves asking questions about the identity of comparative law, what it is that makes comparative law unique as a discipline, what is the way forward. This book, designed with courses in comparative law as well as.
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Comparative law.
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Droit comparé
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Comparative law.
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LAW-- Comparative.
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Law, General Comparative.
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Law, Politics Government.
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Juristen.
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Rechtsvergelijking.
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| Dewey Classification
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340.2
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K561.R48 2001eb
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Riles, Annelise.
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