Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought

by Pierre Legrand

Written under the sign of Beckett, this book addresses comparative law's commitment to the deterritorialization of the legal and its attendant claim for the normative relevance of foreign law locally in the fabrication of statutory determinations, judicial opinions, or academic reflections. Wanting to withstand the law's persistent tendency towards nationalist retrenchment and counter comparative law's institutional marginalization, the fifteen essays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316511979
• ISBN13: 9781316511978
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"