Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Drawing on historical, normative, theoretical, and economic methodologies, Pier Giuseppe Monateri offers a fresh critical analysis of various dimensions of comparative law methods. Comprehensive and engaging with a multidisciplinary approach, this Advanced Introduction spans the fields of comparative legal studies, law and finance and global law.

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• uses analysis of current issues to offer a genuinely advanced perspective
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• use of theory for evaluating methods and approaches in comparative law
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• a comprehensive treatment of the main themes and approaches in comparative law discussions.

This insightful Advanced Introduction will be an excellent resource for both law students and scholars alike. It will also be a useful guide for those working in international law, as well as law clerks and legal advisors.

Professor Emeritus, Kent Law School, UK

About the Author
Pier Giuseppe Monateri, Professor of Comparative Law, Department of Law, University of Turin, Italy

Reviews
'Monateri's book is an invaluable addition to our field, because he provides anyone researching comparative law with a further strategic device, ie the staging of the comparative-law methodology within a broader context so as to nurture our legal engagement with the real world avoid bracketing our research in ideological reconstructions imposed from above.' -- Matteo Nicolini, Revista General de Derecho Publico Comparado
'This magisterial study shows a deep understanding of the methods of comparative law which will be useful to veterans in the field and yet accessible to newcomers. Monateri achieves the difficult task of presenting the approaches of each scholar faithfully while weaving them into a synthetic account of the development of comparative law that places each in the intellectual and political context of its day.' -- James Gordley, Tulane Law School, New Orleans, US
'Pier Guiseppe Monateri is one of Europe's most learned jurists, fluent in his knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), legal and political history, legal theory and comparative law in all its aspects. He is equally an original thinker which makes this advanced introduction to comparative law method much more than an introduction. Not only does it cover all the existing debates with clarity and in a critical manner, but it also proposes some important ideas. For example, the author invites the reader to rethink the nature and role of Roman law within the Western tradition; and he suggests that quantitative methods might well provide a more viable alternative to the slippery and often biased qualitative terms employed in many of the methodological debates. No comparative law student should be without this excellent book.' -- Geoffrey Samuel, Professor Emeritus, Kent Law School, UK
'There is something about comparative law that crystallizes more intellectual controversy , or perhaps a stronger hermeneutic of suspicion, than other legal fields. Focusing on legal methods (rather than content, traditions, cultures or systems), Monateri's Advanced Introduction provides the key. It is as if contemporary comparative legal studies, linking up with critical strands of legal thought and multiple interdisciplinary approaches, has dethroned jurisprudence or legal philosophy as the most visible and stimulating forum for discussing ideas about the law.' -- Horatia Muir Watt, SciencesPo Law School, Paris, France



Book Information
ISBN 9781789906172
Author Pier Monateri
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd