Most of comparative law uses countries as the units of comparison. However, in today’s world it is no longer appropriate to disregard rules that go beyond the level of domestic law, such as regional and international law (discussed in this chapter) and transnational and global law (discussed in Chapter 12). The term ‘comparative law’ is not restricted to laws at the country level. Moreover, even as far as contemporary domestic laws are concerned, it is frequently impossible to disregard the relationship to regional and international legal norms. Thus, it is the motivation of this chapter to explain how comparative law can be relevant at the levels of regional and international law.
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