Dear Colleagues:

 

Congratulations go out to ODGer Catherine Valcke on the publication of Comparing Law: Comparative Law as Reconstruction of Collective Commitments with CUP: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/comparative-law/comparing-law-comparative-law-reconstruction-collective-commitments.

 

Given our forays into comparative law and legal theory on the list, I know that many of you will find it of interest:

 

The enterprise of comparative law is familiar, yet its conceptual whereabouts remain somewhat obscure. Comparing Law: Comparative Law as Reconstruction of Collective Commitments reconstructs comparative law scholarship into a systematic account of comparative law as an autonomous academic discipline. The point of that discipline is neither to harmonize world law, nor to emphasize its cultural diversity, but rather to understand each legal system on its own terms. As the proposed reconstruction exercise involves bridging comparative law and contemporary legal theory, it shows how comparative law and legal theory both stand to benefit from being exposed to each other. At a time when many courses are adding a transnational perspective, Valcke offers a more theoretical, broadened, and refreshed view of comparative law.

 

Happy reading,

 

 

Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
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