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Reasons and Context in Comparative Law

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Reasons and Context in Comparative Law

Reasons and Context in Comparative Law

Essays in Honour of John Bell
Sophie Turenne, University of Cambridge
July 2025
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9781009246323
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    In honour of the work and writings of Professor John Bell, leading scholars present essays on factors affecting the course of 'legal development' in common law and Civilian systems. The reasons and context for legal development in a comparative perspective embrace the law both in action and in the books, legal institutions, legal cultures, and the extra-legal environment. Offering an accessible pathway into understanding comparative law, the collection introduces the core features of understanding foreign legal systems. With a range of illustrative case studies, the essays explore topical problems and debates in tort, contract, legal history, and judicial studies. In a tribute to one of the defining legal scholars of our time, this volume draws a rich, nuanced picture of the object of comparative legal research, and indicates new and exciting avenues for further research.

    • Outlines the core features of comparative law, making the study of foreign legal systems accessible to non-specialist readers
    • Includes studies of topical problems and debates in tort, contract, legal history, and judicial studies
    • Features essays from renowned experts demonstrating that comparative research is problem-based and immersive and developing avenues for further research

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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction Sophie Turenne
    • 2. What can law schools offer other disciplines? Geoffrey Samuel
    • 3. Examining vicarious liability comparatively: a risky business? Paula Giliker
    • 4. What's in a name: historical foundations of unjust(ified) unrichment David Ibbetson
    • 5. An art obscured with difficult cases': interpretation and rhetoric in Fulbecke's Direction Joanna McCunn
    • 6. Observations on the reform of the French law on contractual interpretation Solène Rowan
    • 7. Assessing (divergent) legal development Colm P. McGrath
    • 8. Roundabout law Matthew Dyson
    • 9. A comparative reflection on Chilean economic torts Cristián A. Banfi
    • 10. Judicial identity crises: the French and European High Courts Mitchel de S.O.-l'E. Lasser
    • 11. Researching judicial cultures in the European Union: lessons from John Bell Elaine Mak.
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    • Sophie Turenne, Geoffrey Samuel, Paula Giliker, David Ibbetson, Joanna McCunn, Solène Rowan, Colm P. McGrath, Matthew Dyson, Cristián A. Banfi, Mitchel de S.O.-l'E. Lasser, Elaine Mak

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    • Sophie Turenne , University of Cambridge

      Sophie Turenne is a Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Law at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She is President of the British Association of Comparative Law and an Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.

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