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- Reasons and Context in Comparative Law
- Reasons and Context in Comparative Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface: John Bell
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Can Law Schools Offer Other Disciplines?
- 3 Examining Vicarious Liability Comparatively
- 4 What’s in a Name?
- 5 ‘An Art Obscured with Difficult Cases’
- 6 Observations on the Reform of the French Law on Contractual Interpretation
- 7 Assessing (Divergent) Legal Development
- 8 Roundabout Law
- 9 A Comparative Reflection on Chilean Economic Torts
- 10 Judicial Identity Crises
- 11 Researching Judicial Cultures in the European Union
- John Bell’s Principal Publications
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2023
- Reasons and Context in Comparative Law
- Reasons and Context in Comparative Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface: John Bell
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Can Law Schools Offer Other Disciplines?
- 3 Examining Vicarious Liability Comparatively
- 4 What’s in a Name?
- 5 ‘An Art Obscured with Difficult Cases’
- 6 Observations on the Reform of the French Law on Contractual Interpretation
- 7 Assessing (Divergent) Legal Development
- 8 Roundabout Law
- 9 A Comparative Reflection on Chilean Economic Torts
- 10 Judicial Identity Crises
- 11 Researching Judicial Cultures in the European Union
- John Bell’s Principal Publications
- Index
Summary
In a tribute to the work and writings of Professor John Bell, leading scholars present essays on factors affecting the course of ‘legal development’ in common law and civilian systems. This introductory chapter draws on their essays and John Bell’s scholarship to reflect on what is distinctive about comparative legal research. It shows how a comparative enquiry expands the boundaries of the law’s domain beyond ‘black-letter’ legal knowledge to embrace the reasons and context for legal development. It reminds us that a comparative law enquiry includes looking at the law’s roots in society, that is, at the law both in action and in the books, the legal institutions, legal cultures, and the extra-legal environment. References to the authors’ case studies in tort, contract, legal history and judicial studies illustrate the discussion of the key features of comparative law research.
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- Reasons and Context in Comparative LawEssays in Honour of John Bell, pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023