Practice and theory in comparative law / edited by Maurice Adams and Jacco Bomhoff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comparing law : practice and theory / Maurice Adams and Jacco Bomhoff -- Reflections on comparative law methodology : getting inside contract law / Catherine Valcke -- Reasoning with previous decisions / Jan Komarek -- Comparing legal argument / Jacco Bomhoff -- In search of system neutrality : methodological issues in the drafting of European contract law rules / Gerhard Dannemann -- Comparative law and global regulatory convergence : the example of competition law / David J. Gerber -- Reflections on comparative method in European constitutional law / Monica Claes and Maartje de Visser -- Rethinking methods in European private law / Jan M. Smits -- Transnational comparisons : theory and practice of comparative law as a critique of global governance / Peer Zumbansen -- Comparative constitutional compliance : notes towards a research agenda / Frederick Schauer -- Quantitative methods for comparative constitutional law / Anne Meuwese and Mila Versteeg -- Comparisons in private patrimonial law : towards a bottom-up approach using (cross-cultural) behavioural economics / Julie de Coninck -- Against'comparative method' : explaining similarities and differences / Maurice Adams and John Griffiths -- Comparative law as an act of modesty : a pragmatic and realistic approach to comparative legal scholarship / Koen Lemmens.