Comparative Law An Introduction to the Comparative Method of Legal Study and Research

First published in 1946, this book formed part of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law series. The text was written with three key aims: to explain the origin and meaning of comparative law; to describe the purposes for which the comparative method of legal study can be utilised; and to estimate the value of comparative law as an instrument for the growth and development of the law. Tables of cases and statutes are included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative law and legal history.

General introduction; Preface; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of statutes; 1. The province of comparative law; 2. The origins and development of comparative law; 3. The value of comparative law; 4. Comparative law and the conflict of laws; 5. Comparative law and the law of nations; 6. The process of comparison; 7. The comparative approach to case law; 8. The comparative interpretation of statute law; 9. The problem of legal terminology; 10. Comparative law and legal education; 11. The movement for the unification of private law; 12. The nature and characteristics of unified law; 13. The mechanism of unification; Appendix; Index.