Comparative Legal Reasoning and European Law

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 instituti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kiikeri, Markku
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Series:Law and Philosophy Library
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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. “Hard Cases” 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