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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
11 - Researching Judicial Cultures in the European Union
Lessons from John Bell
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
This chapter outlines the main insights from John Bell’s comparative analysis, in his book Judiciaries within Europe (2006) regarding the factors which shape the character of a judiciary. The analysis focuses on the concept of ‘judicial culture’, which is a central notion for understanding the role and practices of judiciaries as social institutions. It discusses how research on courts in a globalised legal context can benefit from Bell’s insights on the values and practices relating to national judiciaries and his views on studying legal globalisation. The chapter highlights conceptual and methodological challenges which need to be dealt with when conducting research on national judiciaries in the evolving context of legal integration in Europe. Examples are drawn from a current research project on judicial cooperation in the European Union. Furthermore, this chapter presents some thoughts on legal scholarship in contemporary societal and academic contexts.
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- Reasons and Context in Comparative LawEssays in Honour of John Bell, pp. 251 - 274Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023