Introduction to the Comparative Study of Law
• What is comparative law?
– Aims and uses
• Methods of comparative law?
– Five (5) methodological consequences
• The concept of legal tradition?
– Systems of law – Regions of legal systems
Glendon et al, Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell pp. 1-15
Three Patterns of Law
• What does “taxonomy” mean? • Are taxonomies outdated? • Patterns of law? • “Macro-comparative revolution?” • “Hegemonic pattern?” • Common features and classifications of world legal systems? • “Mixed aspects and subtaxonomies?”
Mattei Three Patterns of Law 45 Am. J. Comp. L 5,
LW 410 Comparative Legal Systems Supplementary Readings 2006-2007
Several Recommended News Sources and Periodicals Online
• The New York Times International - Iraq, Afghanistan * The Reach of War http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial/index.html BBC World News Service http://news.bbc.co.uk/ The Economist - The World in 2007 Diary http://www.economist.com/theworldin/diary/?d=2007 The Economist - Weekly Online http://www.economist.com/index.cfm?login=Y
Required Supplementary Reading Online
• Mattei, Three Patterns of Law: Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal Systems http://www.lfip.org/lawe506/documents/lawe506cmmattei.pdf Fontaine, Europe in 12 Lessons: http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/60/index_ en.htm The World in 2007: Happy Birthday EU http://www.economist.com/theworldin/europe/displa yStory.cfm?story_id=8131854&d=2007 Govern, Security Assistance Cooperative Approaches to Counterterrorism http://disam.osd.mil/pubs/INDEXES/Journals/Journal_Index/V ol 27_4/Govern.pdf Webcast The Barnes Sumposium (URL TBD) http://www.law.sc.edu/barnes/ Podcast: The World in 2007, Recent Decline in Democracy http://media.economist.com/media/audio/world-in2007/Recent_decline_of_democracy.m3u Kekic, The World in 2007, A Pause in Democracy’s March tp://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/dis playStory.cfm?story_id=8166790&d=2007 Al-Zuhili, ICRC Review: Islam and International Law http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/review-858p269 David, The World in 2007, The Authority Deficit http://www.economist.com/theworldin/leaders/displayStory.cfm ?story_id=8131104&d=2007 The World in 2007, The Options in Iraq http://www.economist.com/theworldin/middleeastafri ca/displayStory.cfm?story_id=8130987&d=2007
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Parameters - The US Army War College Quarterly http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/ Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/current/
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