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The Art And Science Of Critical Scholarship: Postmodernism And International Style In The Legal Architecture Of Europe, Anna Di Robilant, Ugo Mattei

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This Article is a critique of several contemporary modes of thought in European legal scholarship. It intends to shed light on some interesting phenomena within legal ideology. Removing a legal ideology from its original context and applying it to a new situation can transform its meaning. For example, a progressive movement born in the United States becomes conservative when transplanted into the European institutional context The study of the Americanization of European law has offered many examples of such fascinating ideological twists.