Comparative Law and its Clients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9422505 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jürgen Basedow (0000-0002-8379-7160, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, corresponding author), J ̈urgen Basedow, J¨urgen Basedow |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 821-858 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Comparative Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-919X • E-ISSN: 2326-9197 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5131/ajcl.2014.0025 |
| OpenAlex | W2141771728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Over the years, the so-called functional approach to comparison has att- racted much criticism from authors stressing the embeddedness of legal rules and institutions in a given legal system, and its intertwining with the characte- ristics of a specific society, economy, culture and political system. This article advocates a pluralism of methods and selection of the method of enquiry in accordance with the demand of those who intend to make use of comparative knowledge (“the clients”). Therefore, it sheds light upon its development over several stages: the aim to obtain knowledge about a foreign nation, to discover the common core of legal systems, to search for a model guiding the develop- ment of domestic law, to prepare uniform law instruments and to maintain or restore uniformity. The Article then focuses on the demand side; the various clients who shape the proper method of comparative inquiry: scholars, practiti- oners, courts, legislators, unification agencies etc. For each group, a specific type of demand for comparative law can be ascertained. Many of these custo- mers are interested in the black letter law of foreign as applied in those count- ries in practice. In some instances, the demand extends to the social, econo- mic, political and cultural environment of the law
Acknowledgement · Comparative law · Comparative method · Comparative research · Empirical legal studies · Legal profession · Legal research · Philosophy of law · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Comparative and International Law Studies · Computer Science · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · European and International Contract Law · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |