comparative law

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comparative
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpær.ə.tɪv/us
/kəmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv/
comparing ...
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law
noun
uk
/lɔː/us
/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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Comparativelawtoday is thus concerned both with seeking similarity (legal harmonisation, or unification) and appreciating difference (between legal ideas, practices, systems and experiences).
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Why iscomparativelawbecoming central to legal scholarship?
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Originating in different contexts (including analytical jurisprudence, legal anthropology, sociology andcomparativelaw), such particularist views seem to converge on a single thesis, which may be termed 'legal relativism'.
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Is this a controlled experiment incomparativelaw, one wonders?
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The left has been rigid and obstructive, reducing the debate to a nitpicking exercise ofcomparativelaw, bargaining between national rules.
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This is a rather strange provision and it is almost bound to create unjustcomparativelawin sentences and lead to inequality and lack of consistency in sentencing.
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Comparativelawmay also provide insights into the question of legal transplants, i.e. the transplanting of law and legal institutions from one system to another.
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Coastal currently offers an environmental law certificate, sports law certificate, internationalcomparativelawcertificate, family law certificate, and an advanced legal research and writing certificate.
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The journal publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentaries that cover a wide range of topics in regulatory, corporate, administrative, international, andcomparativelaw.
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He is an authority in the fields of evidence,comparativelaw, trial advocacy, comparative civil procedure, and admiralty law.
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He specializes incomparativelaw, private international law, and civil procedure.
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Under this program are a number of projects focusing on internationalcomparativelaw.
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Montesquieu is generally regarded as an early founding figure ofcomparativelaw.
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Numerous seminars and presentations oncomparativelaware given by pre-eminent specialists in the subject.
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Weiner has produced short documentary videos about legal history andcomparativelaw.
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Comparative legal cultures are examined by a field of scholarship, which is situated at the line borderingcomparativelawand historical jurisprudence.
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To learn from the experiences of other countries,comparativelawis to be granted a special position.
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Members are supported and kept abreast of the latest developments in international andcomparativelaw.
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As a teacher of law from 1866 onwards, he published noted works of legal history,comparativelawand commercial law.
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Despite the differences betweencomparativelawand these other legal fields,comparativelawhelps inform all of these areas of normativity.
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