Book contents
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Laws for the People
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Historical Part: Americans’ Longing for Laws for the People
- Part III Comparative Part
- 8 Inviting Comparison
- 9 Systematizing and Simplifying Statutes
- 10 Lawmaking for the Common Good
- 11 Federalism and Localism
- 12 Constitutional Review
- 13 Applying Laws
- 14 Conclusion
- Appendix The Foreign Law Controversy and the Fate of Civil Law Scholarship in American Law Schools
- Index
8 - Inviting Comparison
A Gift Horse in Two Lands
from Part III - Comparative Part
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2018
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Laws for the People
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Historical Part: Americans’ Longing for Laws for the People
- Part III Comparative Part
- 8 Inviting Comparison
- 9 Systematizing and Simplifying Statutes
- 10 Lawmaking for the Common Good
- 11 Federalism and Localism
- 12 Constitutional Review
- 13 Applying Laws
- 14 Conclusion
- Appendix The Foreign Law Controversy and the Fate of Civil Law Scholarship in American Law Schools
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives , pp. 165 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018