Comparative Law Treatises

Remains the best overall introduction to the field, combining a clear presentation of legal systems with some of the theory and methodology behind the rationales for comparing institutions and concepts.

With a focus on the European civil law systems, the nutshell highlights concepts, institutions, and actors in the civilian tradition and in European human rights. Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell is also available online via West Academic Study Aids.

This is a concise encyclopedia with a variety of entries written by noted scholars from the areas of specialization (such as administrative or criminal law). This monograph is easy to use and discusses both substantive topics within comparative law as well as the methodologies of comparative law.

Provides in-depth analyses of the major global comparative methodologies and theories, both in the Western world and beyond Europe and North America. It also explores allied disciplines, including linguistics, history, and post-colonial studies.

This collection of essays seeks to look at the deeper relationship between law and culture. The first half of the book focuses on understanding what comparative law is as a topic while the later essays focus on the various regions of the world and the legal traditions practiced therein.

The unique and valuable contribution of this now-standard work is its coverage of religious systems in depth, and its explorations of indigenous and non-Western systems.

While the presentation of comparative law methodology contained in this treatment is not as introductory as its title suggests, it differs from other overviews in that it presents the approach used not only by different contemporary scholars, but also from within different legal systems.

Rather than focus solely on the theory behind comparative law, this book mingles essays from experienced comparative law attorneys with those of newer lawyers to give a mix of views on how the theory actually holds up in the real world of practice.