The English version of this major reference work on comparative law was published by Oxford University Press.
As a major reference work, it is targeted at students and PhD students and meant for familiarisation purposes as well as for in-depth study. Moreover, it aims to provide academics and practitioners with important and sometimes novel findings, structures and matter for discussions.
This book was authored by Prof. Dr Uwe Kischel, who holds the Chair of Public Law: European Law and Comparative Law (North-Eastern Europe) – Mercator Endowed Chair.
Uwe Kischel’s comprehensive treatise on comparative law offers a critical introduction to the central tenets of comparative legal scholarship.
The first part of the book is dedicated to general aspects of comparative law. The controversial question of methods, in particular, is addressed by explaining and discussing different approaches, and by developing a contextual approach that seeks to engage with real-world issues and takes a practical perspective on contemporary comparative legal scholarship.
The second part of the book offers a detailed treatment of the major legal contexts across the globe, including common law, civil law systems (based on Germany and France, and extended to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Latin America, among others) the African context (with emphasis on customary law), different contexts in Asia, Islamic law and law in Islamic countries (plus a brief treatment of Jewish law and canon law), and transnational contexts (public international law, European Union law, and lex mercatoria).