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Comparative Law offers a thorough grounding in the subject for students and scholars alike, covering essential academic discussions and comparative law methodology. It critically debates both traditional and modern approaches to the discipline and uses examples from a range of jurisdictions to give the reader a truly global perspective. Its contextualised and interdisciplinary approach draws on examples from politics, economics and other social sciences to provide an original contribution to topics of comparative law. This new third edition is fully…
Employs an interdisciplinary perspective, allowing students to reflect on the relationship between legal and other methods in various countries, societies and cultures
Analyses global comparative law, giving students a richer under-standing of multi-level legal orders
Introduces the major legal systems in the world and gives students the tools for further study without overwhelming them with superfluous detail
Discusses the pros and cons of various methods of comparative law, giving students the necessary information to develop their own positions
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Author
Mathias Siems,European University Institute, Florence
Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Market Regulation at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Previously, he taught at Durham University, the University of East Anglia, the University of Edinburgh and the Riga Graduate School of Law. He was also a Fulbright scholar at Harvard Law School, and a Jean Monnet fellow at the EUI. He is a graduate of the Universities of Munich and Edinburgh.