LEADER 04702nam 22006731c 450 001 9910810375303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5937-1 010 $a1-280-80091-7 010 $a9786610800919 010 $a1-84731-202-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472559371 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338469 035 $a(EBL)285377 035 $a(OCoLC)476036527 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126335 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11989055 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126335 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10047021 035 $a(PQKB)10015913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC285377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772370 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10275971 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80091 035 $a(OCoLC)893332000 035 $a(OCoLC)191806351 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255699 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL285377 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472559371BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338469 100 $a20140929d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComparative law in the courtroom and classroom $ethe story of the last thirty-five years $fBasil Markesinis ; foreword by the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-520-8 311 $a1-84113-398-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aAbbreviations -- Table of Cases -- 1. Reflections on the State of Comparative Law I: The Twilight of the Heroes -- 1. Of Ghettoes and Smart Neighbourhoods -- 2. Decline -- 2. Reflections on the State of Comparative Law II: The Death of Heroes and the Era of Societal Needs -- 1. The Emergence of a Strategy -- 2. The Rabel Method Over Time -- 3. Functional Specificity: More of the Same Medicine -- 4. Old (Bad) Habits and New (Silly) Threats -- 5. From Heroes to Movements of Contemporary Globalisation -- 3. Spreading the Gospel (and the Name of the Evangelist) -- 1. Aims to be Pursued -- 2. Warnings and Caveats -- 3. Some Raw Data -- 4. Drawing the First Lessons -- 5. The Situation in Germany -- 6. The Case of South Africa -- 7. A Postscript -- 4. Foreign Law Inspiring National Law: Lessons from Greatorex v Greatorex -- 1. The Theory Put into Practice -- 2. The German Model -- 3. The Application of the German Idea to Greatorex -- 4. Unresolved Questions -- 5. The American Dimension -- 6. Some Tentative Conclusions -- 5. The Focused Approach in Public Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Study in Parallel -- 3. The Reasoning of the Courts -- 4. In Search of a Rapprochement -- 5. Wider Conclusions -- 6. Reflecting on the Future: An Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Correspondence Between Lord Atkin and Professor H C Gutteridge -- Appendix 2: The German Approach -- Appendix 3: Databases Searched -- Index 330 8 $aThis book presents an original, deliberately controversial and, at times, disturbing appraisal of the state of comparative law at the beginning of the 21st century: its weaknesses, its strengths, and its protagonists (most of whom were personally known to the author) during the preceding thirty-five years. It is also a reminder of the unique opportunities the subject has in our shrinking world. The author brings to bear his experience of thirty-five years as a teacher of the subject to criticise the impact the long association with Roman law has had on the orientation and well being of his subject. With equal force, he also warns against some modern trends linking it with variations of the critical legal studies movement, and urges the study of foreign law in a way that can make it more attractive to practitioners and more usable by judges. At the end of the day, this monograph represents a passionate call for greater intellectual co-operation and offers one way of achieving it. A co-operation between practitioners and academics on the one hand and between Common and (modern) Civilian lawyers on the other, in an attempt to save the subject from the marginalisation it suffered in the 1980s and from which the globalisation movement of the 21st century may be about to deliver it 606 $aComparative law 606 $2Comparative law 615 0$aComparative law. 676 $a340/.2 700 $aMarkesinis$b B. S.$0211394 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810375303321 996 $aComparative law in the courtroom and classroom$916426 997 $aUNINA