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The Strategy of Methodology: The Virtues of Being Reductionist for Comparative Law
University of Toronto Law Journal (2009)
  • Gillian K Hadfield, University of Southern California Law
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Abstract

In this comment I respond to three comments by comparative legal scholars on my paper "Levers of Legal Design: Institutional Determinants of the Quality of Law." In this comment I respond to concerns about the potential for the reductionist methodology employed by economist to illuminate issues in comparative law, particularly in light of commitments in comparative legal scholarship to deep understanding of culture and respect for different legal systems.

Keywords
  • comparative law and economics,
  • common law,
  • civil code,
  • legal evolution,
  • legal culture,
  • interdisciplinary methodology
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
Gillian K Hadfield. "The Strategy of Methodology: The Virtues of Being Reductionist for Comparative Law" University of Toronto Law Journal Vol. 59 Iss. 2 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ghadfield/33/