Viewing the contested theme Comparative Law as an 'Enigma', this book
explores its fundamental issues as sub-themes, each covered in two
variations. After the Overture, the author pulls some strands together
in the Intermezzo, uses a free hand in the Cadenza, and asks the reader
to draw her own conclusions in the Finale. By this method two
fundamentally opposed views are exposed in each Chapter. The what, why
and how of comparative law, comparative law and legal education,
comparative law and judges, and comparative law and law reform by
transposition are explored. The author also examines current debates of
comparative law such as law and culture, deconstruction of
classifications, mixing systems, limits of comparability,
convergence/non-convergence and ius commune novum.
By following this two-pronged approach, the book covers many important
aspects of comparative law in a refreshing manner not seen in any other
work. It is provocative and discursive, bringing together for the reader
major developments of comparative law. The book ends by asking 'Where
are we going?'.