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The Comparative Method And Law Reform, Darius Whelan
The Comparative Method And Law Reform, Darius Whelan
Darius Whelan
This 1988 LLM thesis examines law reform, the comparative method, and the combination of these two elements. A broad definition of law reform is adopted, to include law reform by legislators and judges, and proposals for law reform from law reform agencies and from academics. It is explained that the comparative method (commonly referred to as comparative law) is still at an experimental stage, and that no particularly rigid method of comparison has been adopted for the purposes of this thesis. The theory of reception and legal transplants is discussed, from Montesquieu to date. Particular emphasis is placed on the …
Glasnot And Perestroika: An Evaluation Of The Gorbachev Revolution And Its Opportunities For The West, Harold E. Rogers Jr.
Glasnot And Perestroika: An Evaluation Of The Gorbachev Revolution And Its Opportunities For The West, Harold E. Rogers Jr.
Denver Journal of International Law & Policy
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Law, Change, And Litigation: A Critical Examination Of An Empirical Research Tradition, Frank W. Munger
Law, Change, And Litigation: A Critical Examination Of An Empirical Research Tradition, Frank W. Munger
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This article examines the theory and empirical methods of recent studies of law and litigation. It argues that the recent interest in longitudinal studies of trial court dockets proceeds from a deeply rooted functionalist theoretical tradition in empirical work on courts. Functionalist theory, through its sophisticated application in the work of James Willard Hurst, is described as the direct or indirect source of theory for longitudinal litigation studies. Though there are many reasons for suspecting that fuctionalist theory is inadequate, it has seldom been rejected through proper empirical testing of its hypotheses. The theory, often poorly conceptualized, is discussed here …