AuthorKiikeri, Markku. author
TitleComparative Legal Reasoning and European Law [electronic resource] / by Markku Kiikeri
ImprintDordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0977-5
Descript XIII, 337 p. online resource

SUMMARY

Comparative Legal Reasoning and European Law deals with the use of comparative law in European legal adjudication. It describes the different forms of the use of comparative law in legal reasoning, argumentation and justification in several national legal orders and in European level legal institutions. The book begins with an inquiry into the nature of comparative law as a legal source. After the description of the empirical study it ends to the general theory of European law and several hard cases of European law are examined. The book is intended for students and researchers in European law but it also contains aspects to be taken into account in the practical work in European legal orders and legal institutions by judges and legal practitioners


CONTENT

1: Introduction -- 1.General Remarks -- 2.Comparative Law in the Context of European Law -- 3.The Relevance of the Study -- 2: Some Historical and Theoretical Observations -- 1.Preliminary Remarks: The Rhetorical Nature of the Comparative Legal Argument -- 2. Some History -- 3. To the Idea of Comparative Legal Reasoning -- 4. General Conclusions -- 3: Comparative Law in European Legal Adjudication -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparative Law in the European Level Case Law -- 3. โHard Casesโ and the Comparative Limits of European Law -- 4: Conclusions -- 1. Comparative European Law and European Comparative Law -- 2. Conclusions on European Law -- Epilogue -- 1. Contemporary Comparative Law -- 2. What Kind of Institutional Justification is Comparative Legal Justification? -- Literature -- Interviews


SUBJECT

  1. Philosophy
  2. Ethics
  3. Political science
  4. Law -- Philosophy
  5. Law
  6. Private international law
  7. Conflict of laws
  8. International law
  9. Comparative law
  10. Public international law
  11. Philosophy
  12. Philosophy of Law
  13. Ethics
  14. Theories of Law
  15. Philosophy of Law
  16. Legal History
  17. Public International Law
  18. Private International Law
  19. International & Foreign Law
  20. Comparative Law