Comparative legal studies traditions and transitions (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references and index
[Pt. I.] Introduction. Accounting for an encounter / Roderick Munday -- [Pt. II.] Comparative legal studies and its legacies. The universalist heritage / James Gordley ; The colonialist heritage / Upendra Baxi ; The nationalist heritage / H. Patrick Glenn ; The functionalist heritage / Michele Graziadei -- [Pt. III.] Comparative legal studies and its boundaries. Comparatists and sociology / Roger Cotterrell ; Comparatists and languages / Bernhard Grossfeld -- [Pt. IV.] Comparative legal studies and its theories. The question of understanding / Mitchel de S.-O.-l'E. Lasser ; The same and the different / Pierre Legrand ; The neo-Romantic turn / James Q. Whitman ; The methods and the politics / David Kennedy -- [Pt. V.] Comparative legal studies and its futures. Comparatists and transferability / David Nelken ; Comparatists and extraordinary places / Esin Örücü -- [Pt. VI.] Conclusion. Beyond compare / Lawrence Rosen
This 2003 text examines comparative law's intellectual traditions, the strengths and failings of its methodologies and its future directions