Interdisciplinary Comparative Law

Reviews / Votes

'It is a serious, and original, attempt to examine interdisciplinarity amongst the academic legal fraternity and makes many very pertinent observations, as one might expect from one of Europe's leading comparative lawyers.' -- Geoffrey Samuel (Kent) 'A profound meditation on how comparative law can and should overcome its "loneliness" by going beyond doctrinal study and embracing interdisciplinarity - engaging disciplines such as history, linguistics, literature, economics and social theory. The book also discusses how the comparativist studies international, transnational and global law. It maps out a paradigm shift in comparative law scholarship.' -- Albert H.Y. Chen, University of Hong Kong 'Interdisciplinary Comparative Law provides a synoptic account of the ways in which comparative law scholars use - and misuse-the methods of other academic disciplines, economics, history, and literary theory, among others. Learned and thoughtful, with many illuminating examples and novel insights, it shows that resorting to interdisciplinarity is both unavoidable and problematic. This is a must-read for serious comparativists.' -- Richard Kay, University of Connecticut, US 'Jaakko Husa's book describes interdisciplinarity as a double-edged sword to the comparative study of law. This openness towards interdisciplinarity and awareness of its limitations are key features of this book. Thus, readers gain inspiring insights into a variety of other disciplines while also benefiting from Husa's expertise as one of the most prolific comparative lawyers today.' -- Mathias Siems, European University Institute, Italy