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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Martin Shapiro (, Professor of Law, Boalt Law School, University of California, Berkeley) , Alec Stone Sweet (, Official Fellow and Chair of Comparative Government, Nuffield College, University of Oxford) , Alec Stone Sweet (Official Fellow and Chair of Comparative Government, Nuffield College, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.664kg ISBN: 9780199256488ISBN 10: 0199256489 Pages: 430 Publication Date: 22 August 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Law, Courts, and Social Science 2: Judicial Law-making and Precedent 3: Constitutional Judicial Review 4: Testing, Comparison, Prediction 5: Private Law and Governance 6: Abstract Review and Judicial Law-makingReviewsThis volume is unique. It brings together previously published works by two important scholars. articulates..and..instructs us about where the field of comparative legal studies has been and, possibly, where it is heading. The reader is asked to rethink common scholarly assumptions and approaches with regard to the role of law and politics in building institutions and social relations and their relationship to shaping our research agendas...reopens doors long since thought shut... advances theory building and demonstrates the utility and flaws of a wide range of methodological approaches. It exemplifies what is exciting about this field as it deploys and helps to create a transdisciplinary canon. Christine B. Harrington Shapiro and Stone Sweet offer a work of political science which is not simply of interest to legal theorists, especially those interested in the judicial function. The pervasive and substantial examination of the ECJ and the discussions of the comparative method makes this a very readable and an important work for European and comparative lawyers alike. International and Comparative Law Quarterly ... not simply a collection of essays, but a combined view of salient issues. International and Comparative Law Quarterly A quality introduction to the subject. M. C. Kane, University of St Andrews, UK Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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