The End of Comparative Law

Mathias Siems

Working Papers from Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Abstract: Following the 1900 congress in Paris, the beginning of the 20th century saw comparative law emerge as a significant discipline. This paper suggests that the early 21st century is seeing the decline, or maybe even the 'end', of comparative law. In contrast to other claims which see the 21st century as the 'era of comparative law', there are at least four trends which give rise to pessimism: 'the disregard', 'the complexity', 'the simplicity', and 'the irrelevance' of comparative law. These phenomena will be explained in the body of this paper; the concluding part considers suggestions as to how to proceed further.

Keywords: Comparative law; numerical comparative law; legal culture; law and finance; World Bank; harmonisation; convergence; governance. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K00 K20 N20 N40 P51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-03
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