As lawyers we are normally interested in various substantive areas of
law; and as comparative lawyers we are interested in finding out about
the differences and similarities between national legal systems. But
from time to time we should also reflect on how we think and operate,
and look at basic questions of legal methodology -- both for the sake of
understanding better what we do as lawyers immersed in our own legal
systems and as lawyers attempting to assess and comprehend how foreign
legal systems work. The nine essays in this volume are devoted to the
topics of law-making today (with a focus on Japan, Turkey and Russia),
judicial decision-making today (with a focus on England and Wales,
Switzerland and Argentina), and legal scholarship today (with a focus on
the United States, France and South Africa); and they thus revolve
around the three protagonists of legal development: legislators, judges
and professors. With contributions by: Aditi Bagchi, Basak Baysal,
Jean-Sebastien Borghetti, Thomas Coendet, Matthew Dyson, Yuko Nishitani,
Agustin Parise, Helen Scott, Andrey M. Shirvindt