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Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
Bringing together over 260 authors from 50 countries, the Encyclopedia of Comparative Law is the most comprehensive reference work in the field of comparative law.
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Bringing together over 260 authors from 50 countries, the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law is the most comprehensive reference work in the field of comparative law.
The Encyclopedia provides a unique collection of entries, written by authorities in their field, on the current state of this ever-emerging discipline. Entries provide unique insights into not only classical themes within the field but also expand the comparative method to many new topics – showing the way ahead for future scholarship. In addition, many topics are placed within a broader context, with attention given to aspects of social science, economics and anthropology.
Entries are alphabetically arranged, covering topical aspects of comparative law as well as country reports addressing the world’s most important jurisdictions. The Encyclopedia is an indispensable source of information for anyone dealing with comparative and international aspects of the law.
Key Features:
・A comprehensive range of over 225 substantive entries
・Entries organised alphabetically for ease of navigation
・Fully cross-referenced
・Special focus on methods used in comparative scholarship
・Entries written by the world’s foremost scholars of comparative law
・World class editorial team
The Encyclopedia provides a unique collection of entries, written by authorities in their field, on the current state of this ever-emerging discipline. Entries provide unique insights into not only classical themes within the field but also expand the comparative method to many new topics – showing the way ahead for future scholarship. In addition, many topics are placed within a broader context, with attention given to aspects of social science, economics and anthropology.
Entries are alphabetically arranged, covering topical aspects of comparative law as well as country reports addressing the world’s most important jurisdictions. The Encyclopedia is an indispensable source of information for anyone dealing with comparative and international aspects of the law.
Key Features:
・A comprehensive range of over 225 substantive entries
・Entries organised alphabetically for ease of navigation
・Fully cross-referenced
・Special focus on methods used in comparative scholarship
・Entries written by the world’s foremost scholars of comparative law
・World class editorial team
Contents
Contents:
Abortion
Rebecca J Cook and Bernard M Dickens
Access to Justice
Stefan Wrbka
Accident Compensation
Michael G Faure
Administrative Courts
Yseult Marique
Administrative Law
Hanns Peter Nehl
Adversarial and Inquisitorial Process
Amalia D Kessler
Agency and Representation
Hendrik Verhagen and
Laura Macgregor
Aims of Comparative Law
H Patrick Glenn
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anna Nylund
American Law
Ralf Michaels
American Law Institute
Michael D Green and Christopher J
Robinette
Animal Law
Visa AJ Kurki
Arbitration
Stefan M Kröll
Argentina
Martín Hevia
Artificial Intelligence Law
Mireille Hildebrandt
Assignment
Brigitta Lurger
Austria
Eva Micheler
Belgium
Eric Dirix
Biodiversity
Jan Wouters and Estelle Valentine
Irambona
Brazil
Bruno Vieira
Canada
Michelle Cumyn
Canon Law
Paolo Astorri and Wim Decock
Causa and Consideration
James Gordley and Hao Jiang
Channel Islands
Philip Bailhache and Duncan Fairgrieve
Children’s Rights
Atagün Kejanlioglu and Shauna Van Praagh
Chile
Rodrigo Momberg and Gonzalo Severin
China
Albert HY Chen
Choice of Law
Symeon C Symeonides
Citizenship
Rayner Thwaites
Civil Procedure
CH (Remco) van Rhee and Remme Verkerk
Climate Change Law
Daniel Farber
Code Civil
Jean-Louis Halpérin
Codification
Heikki Pihlajamäki
Colonialism and Law
Shane Chalmers
Comity
Roxana Banu
Commercial Regulation
Luke Nottage
Common Core Projects
Matthias E Storme
Common Law
Geoffrey Samuel
Comparative International Law
William E Butler
Comparative Jurisprudence
William Ewald
Comparative Law and Economics
Raffaele Caterina
Comparative Legal Anthropology
James AR Nafziger
Comparative Legal Education
Fiona Cownie
Comparative Legal History
Agustín Parise
Comparative Legal Linguistics
Heikki ES Mattila
Consent in Contracts
Catherine Valcke
Consent in Criminal Law
Miriam Gur-Arye
Constitution
David Schneiderman
Constitutional Court (Germany)
Michaela Hailbronner
Constitutional Courts
Sujit Choudhry
Construction Law
Evelien Bruggeman
Consumer Credit
Iain Ramsay
Consumer Protection
Stephen Weatherill
Copyright Law
Patrick Masiyakurima
Corruption
Mariana Moto Prado
Cosmopolitanism
Pavlos Eleftheriadis
Costs in Civil Proceedings
Catherine Piché
Cour de cassation
Jean-Louis Halpérin
Court of Justice of the European Union
Anthony Arnull
COVID-19 and Contract Law
Marta Santos Silva and Tomàs Gabriel García-Micó
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Thomas Weigend
Critical Approaches to Comparative Law
Günter Frankenberg and Fernanda G Nicola
Czech Republic
Bohumil Havel
Damages (in Tort)
Siewert D Lindenbergh and Marnix R Hebly
Death Penalty
Andrew Novak
Democracy
Tom Gerald Daly
Denmark
Sune Klinge
Disability Law
Andrea Broderick
Emergency Powers
Pasquale Pasquino
Energy Law
Kim Talus
England and Wales
William Bull and Damian Smith
Environmental Law
Marjan Peeters
Epistemology and Comparative Law
Geoffrey Samuel
Equity in English Law
Stephen Waddams
Estoppel
Jennifer Nadler
European Civil Code
Nils Jansen and Lukas Rademacher
European Court of Human Rights
Janneke Gerards
European Small Jurisdictions (Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco)
Marcus Galdia
European Union Law and Comparative Law
Juha Raitio
Euthanasia Law
Maurice Adams
Exceptionalism
Helge Dedek and Henry Coomes
Expressivism
Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn
Extraterritoriality
Carlos M Vázquez
Family
Régine Tremblay
Fiduciary Duty
Lionel Smith
Finland
Pia Letto-Vanamo
France
Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson and Alice Fournier
Freedom of Speech
Grzegorz J Blicharz
German Law
Helge Dedek and Martin J Schermaier
Gift
Richard Hyland
Global Law
Eric Tjong Tjin Tai
Globalization
Jaakko Husa
Greece
Eugenia Dacoronia
Hindu Law
Werner Menski
Hong Kong
Simon NM Young
Human Rights Law
Menno T Kamminga
Hungary
Balázs Fekete, András Jakab and Attila Menyhárd
Iceland
Björg Thorarensen
India
Aparna Chandra
Insolvency Law
Bob Wessels and Paul Omar
Insurance Law
Herman Cousy
International Academy of Comparative Law
Katharina Boele-Woelki and Diego Fernández Arroyo
International Court of Justice
Robert Kolb
International Finance
Jan Dalhuisen
(International) Investment Law
Georgios Dimitropoulos
Interpretation of Contracts
Jacques H Herbots
Ireland
David Kenny
Islamic Law
Mohammad Fadel
Israel
Gabriela Shalev
Italy
Barbara Pozzo
Japanese Law
Masaki Abe and Luke Nottage
Jewish Law
Benjamin Porat
Judicial Activism
Theunis Roux
Judicial Review
Erin F Delaney and Rosalind Dixon
Jury Trial
Stephen C Thaman
Labour Law
Ulla Liukkunen
Laïcité
François Saint Bonnet
Language Rights
Marcus Galdia
Latvia
Aleksandrs Fillers
Law and Art
Emily Gould
Law and Development
Jedidiah J Kroncke
Law and Gender
Roxanne Mykitiuk and Joshua DM Shaw
Law in North African Countries:
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
Tachfine Baida and Baudouin Dupret
Law of the Sea and International Maritime Law
Youri van Logchem
Legal Capacity
Laurence Francoz Terminal
Legal Culture
David Nelken
Legal Families
Jaakko Husa
Legal Formants
Antonio Gambaro and Michele Graziadei
Legal History and Comparative Law
Viola Heutger and Eltjo Schrage
Legal Orientalism
Thomas Coendet
Legal Origins
Mathias Siems
Legal Personality
Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
Legal Pluralism
Michael Palmer and Ling Zhou
Legal Reasoning
Jaap Hage
Legal Style
Péter Cserne
Legal Theory and Comparative Law
Frederick Schauer
Legal Translation
Gerard-René de Groot and Conrad JP van Laer
Legislation, Legisprudence and Comparative Law
Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov and Helen Xanthaki
Lex Mercatoria
Antti P Salonen
Lithuania
Laura Šlepaitė
Luxembourg
Pascal Ancel
Macro Comparison
Mark Van Hoecke
Malta
Justin Borg Barthet and
Anthony E Borg Barthet
Margin of Appreciation (ECHR)
Maija Dahlberg
Marriage
Marsha Garrison
Mauritius
AH Angelo
Medical Malpractice
Lara Khoury and Ma’n H Zawati
Methodologies for Comparative Law
Esin Örücü
Mistake
Gerhard Lubbe
Mixed Jurisdictions
Vernon Valentine Palmer
Montenegro
Marko Novaković and Luka Breneselović
Nationality Law
Gerard-René de Groot and Luuk van der Baaren
The Netherlands
Jan M Smits
Nigeria
Abdulmumini A Oba
Nordic Law
Ditlev Tamm
Northern Ireland
Brice Dickson
Norway
Sören Koch
Obligation
Stéphane Sérafin
Offer and Acceptance Inter Absentes
Franco Ferrari
Ombudsman
Alberto Castro
Pakistan
Martin Lau
Passenger Rights
Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich
Patrimony
Alexandra Popovici
Pension Law
Yves Stevens
Personal and Real Security
JHM (Sjef ) van Erp
Personality Rights
Johann Neethling
Peru
Raul F Zuñiga
Plea Bargaining
Bertrand Perrin and Pascal de Preux
Poland
Michał Gondek
Portugal
Madalena Narciso
Precedent
Raimo Siltala
Privacy and Data Protection
Herke Kranenborg
Private International Law
Horatia Muir Watt
Product Liability
Geraint Howells
Property and Real Rights
J Michael Milo
Proportionality
Jacco Bomhoff
Public Law
Jacques Ziller
Public Procurement
Sarah Schoenmaekers and Christopher Yukins
Punitive Damages
Solène Rowan
Quantitative Methods in Comparative Law
Ryan Whalen
Québec
Rosalie Jukier
Referendum
Markku Suksi
Regionalism
Vito Breda
Regulation of Online Platforms
Marta Cantero Gamito
Religious Courts
Mark Hill KC
Religious Rights
Ioanna Tourkochoriti
Remedies for Breach of Contract
Marco Torsello
Roman Law and Comparative Law: A Tale of Two Disciplines
Paul J du Plessis
Romania
Catalina Goanta
Rule of Law and Globalization
Mauro Bussani
Rule of Law, The
Gerald J Postema
Russian Law
William E Butler
Saudi Arabia
Dominik Krell
Scots Law
Hector L MacQueen
Separation of Powers
William Partlett
Singapore
Maartje de Visser
Slovenia
Maja Brkan, Maja Planinšič and Hana Šerbec
Social Security
Frans Pennings
Soft Law
Mariolina Eliantonio and Emilia
Korkea-aho
South Africa
Jacques du Plessis
South Korea
Youngjoon Kwon
Soviet Law
William E Butler
Spain
Antoni Vaquer
Strict Liability
Alexandru Daniel On
Subjective Right(s)
Helge Dedek
Supervening Events and Force Majeure
Martin Schmidt-Kessel
Supreme Court of the United States
Benjamin B Johnson
Sweden
Rolf Dotevall
Switzerland
Pascal Pichonnaz
Taiwan
Wei-Chung Lin
Tertium comparationis
Uwe Kischel
Tort Law
Ulrich Magnus
Trademarks
Irene Calboli
Transfer of Movable Property
Lars van Vliet
Transnational Criminal Law
Valsamis Mitsilegas
Trespass
Paula Giliker
Trust Law
Marius J de Waal
Turkey
Z Derya Tarman
Ultra Vires
Geneviève Cartier
UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL
Luca Castellani and Anna Veneziano
United Kingdom Supreme Court
James Lee
Unjustified Enrichment
Daniel Visser
Venice Commission
Iain Cameron
Vietnam
John Gillespie
Water Rights
Jill Robbie
Whistleblowing
Vigjilenca Abazi
World Trade Organization
William J Davey
Abortion
Rebecca J Cook and Bernard M Dickens
Access to Justice
Stefan Wrbka
Accident Compensation
Michael G Faure
Administrative Courts
Yseult Marique
Administrative Law
Hanns Peter Nehl
Adversarial and Inquisitorial Process
Amalia D Kessler
Agency and Representation
Hendrik Verhagen and
Laura Macgregor
Aims of Comparative Law
H Patrick Glenn
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anna Nylund
American Law
Ralf Michaels
American Law Institute
Michael D Green and Christopher J
Robinette
Animal Law
Visa AJ Kurki
Arbitration
Stefan M Kröll
Argentina
Martín Hevia
Artificial Intelligence Law
Mireille Hildebrandt
Assignment
Brigitta Lurger
Austria
Eva Micheler
Belgium
Eric Dirix
Biodiversity
Jan Wouters and Estelle Valentine
Irambona
Brazil
Bruno Vieira
Canada
Michelle Cumyn
Canon Law
Paolo Astorri and Wim Decock
Causa and Consideration
James Gordley and Hao Jiang
Channel Islands
Philip Bailhache and Duncan Fairgrieve
Children’s Rights
Atagün Kejanlioglu and Shauna Van Praagh
Chile
Rodrigo Momberg and Gonzalo Severin
China
Albert HY Chen
Choice of Law
Symeon C Symeonides
Citizenship
Rayner Thwaites
Civil Procedure
CH (Remco) van Rhee and Remme Verkerk
Climate Change Law
Daniel Farber
Code Civil
Jean-Louis Halpérin
Codification
Heikki Pihlajamäki
Colonialism and Law
Shane Chalmers
Comity
Roxana Banu
Commercial Regulation
Luke Nottage
Common Core Projects
Matthias E Storme
Common Law
Geoffrey Samuel
Comparative International Law
William E Butler
Comparative Jurisprudence
William Ewald
Comparative Law and Economics
Raffaele Caterina
Comparative Legal Anthropology
James AR Nafziger
Comparative Legal Education
Fiona Cownie
Comparative Legal History
Agustín Parise
Comparative Legal Linguistics
Heikki ES Mattila
Consent in Contracts
Catherine Valcke
Consent in Criminal Law
Miriam Gur-Arye
Constitution
David Schneiderman
Constitutional Court (Germany)
Michaela Hailbronner
Constitutional Courts
Sujit Choudhry
Construction Law
Evelien Bruggeman
Consumer Credit
Iain Ramsay
Consumer Protection
Stephen Weatherill
Copyright Law
Patrick Masiyakurima
Corruption
Mariana Moto Prado
Cosmopolitanism
Pavlos Eleftheriadis
Costs in Civil Proceedings
Catherine Piché
Cour de cassation
Jean-Louis Halpérin
Court of Justice of the European Union
Anthony Arnull
COVID-19 and Contract Law
Marta Santos Silva and Tomàs Gabriel García-Micó
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Thomas Weigend
Critical Approaches to Comparative Law
Günter Frankenberg and Fernanda G Nicola
Czech Republic
Bohumil Havel
Damages (in Tort)
Siewert D Lindenbergh and Marnix R Hebly
Death Penalty
Andrew Novak
Democracy
Tom Gerald Daly
Denmark
Sune Klinge
Disability Law
Andrea Broderick
Emergency Powers
Pasquale Pasquino
Energy Law
Kim Talus
England and Wales
William Bull and Damian Smith
Environmental Law
Marjan Peeters
Epistemology and Comparative Law
Geoffrey Samuel
Equity in English Law
Stephen Waddams
Estoppel
Jennifer Nadler
European Civil Code
Nils Jansen and Lukas Rademacher
European Court of Human Rights
Janneke Gerards
European Small Jurisdictions (Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco)
Marcus Galdia
European Union Law and Comparative Law
Juha Raitio
Euthanasia Law
Maurice Adams
Exceptionalism
Helge Dedek and Henry Coomes
Expressivism
Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn
Extraterritoriality
Carlos M Vázquez
Family
Régine Tremblay
Fiduciary Duty
Lionel Smith
Finland
Pia Letto-Vanamo
France
Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson and Alice Fournier
Freedom of Speech
Grzegorz J Blicharz
German Law
Helge Dedek and Martin J Schermaier
Gift
Richard Hyland
Global Law
Eric Tjong Tjin Tai
Globalization
Jaakko Husa
Greece
Eugenia Dacoronia
Hindu Law
Werner Menski
Hong Kong
Simon NM Young
Human Rights Law
Menno T Kamminga
Hungary
Balázs Fekete, András Jakab and Attila Menyhárd
Iceland
Björg Thorarensen
India
Aparna Chandra
Insolvency Law
Bob Wessels and Paul Omar
Insurance Law
Herman Cousy
International Academy of Comparative Law
Katharina Boele-Woelki and Diego Fernández Arroyo
International Court of Justice
Robert Kolb
International Finance
Jan Dalhuisen
(International) Investment Law
Georgios Dimitropoulos
Interpretation of Contracts
Jacques H Herbots
Ireland
David Kenny
Islamic Law
Mohammad Fadel
Israel
Gabriela Shalev
Italy
Barbara Pozzo
Japanese Law
Masaki Abe and Luke Nottage
Jewish Law
Benjamin Porat
Judicial Activism
Theunis Roux
Judicial Review
Erin F Delaney and Rosalind Dixon
Jury Trial
Stephen C Thaman
Labour Law
Ulla Liukkunen
Laïcité
François Saint Bonnet
Language Rights
Marcus Galdia
Latvia
Aleksandrs Fillers
Law and Art
Emily Gould
Law and Development
Jedidiah J Kroncke
Law and Gender
Roxanne Mykitiuk and Joshua DM Shaw
Law in North African Countries:
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
Tachfine Baida and Baudouin Dupret
Law of the Sea and International Maritime Law
Youri van Logchem
Legal Capacity
Laurence Francoz Terminal
Legal Culture
David Nelken
Legal Families
Jaakko Husa
Legal Formants
Antonio Gambaro and Michele Graziadei
Legal History and Comparative Law
Viola Heutger and Eltjo Schrage
Legal Orientalism
Thomas Coendet
Legal Origins
Mathias Siems
Legal Personality
Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
Legal Pluralism
Michael Palmer and Ling Zhou
Legal Reasoning
Jaap Hage
Legal Style
Péter Cserne
Legal Theory and Comparative Law
Frederick Schauer
Legal Translation
Gerard-René de Groot and Conrad JP van Laer
Legislation, Legisprudence and Comparative Law
Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov and Helen Xanthaki
Lex Mercatoria
Antti P Salonen
Lithuania
Laura Šlepaitė
Luxembourg
Pascal Ancel
Macro Comparison
Mark Van Hoecke
Malta
Justin Borg Barthet and
Anthony E Borg Barthet
Margin of Appreciation (ECHR)
Maija Dahlberg
Marriage
Marsha Garrison
Mauritius
AH Angelo
Medical Malpractice
Lara Khoury and Ma’n H Zawati
Methodologies for Comparative Law
Esin Örücü
Mistake
Gerhard Lubbe
Mixed Jurisdictions
Vernon Valentine Palmer
Montenegro
Marko Novaković and Luka Breneselović
Nationality Law
Gerard-René de Groot and Luuk van der Baaren
The Netherlands
Jan M Smits
Nigeria
Abdulmumini A Oba
Nordic Law
Ditlev Tamm
Northern Ireland
Brice Dickson
Norway
Sören Koch
Obligation
Stéphane Sérafin
Offer and Acceptance Inter Absentes
Franco Ferrari
Ombudsman
Alberto Castro
Pakistan
Martin Lau
Passenger Rights
Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich
Patrimony
Alexandra Popovici
Pension Law
Yves Stevens
Personal and Real Security
JHM (Sjef ) van Erp
Personality Rights
Johann Neethling
Peru
Raul F Zuñiga
Plea Bargaining
Bertrand Perrin and Pascal de Preux
Poland
Michał Gondek
Portugal
Madalena Narciso
Precedent
Raimo Siltala
Privacy and Data Protection
Herke Kranenborg
Private International Law
Horatia Muir Watt
Product Liability
Geraint Howells
Property and Real Rights
J Michael Milo
Proportionality
Jacco Bomhoff
Public Law
Jacques Ziller
Public Procurement
Sarah Schoenmaekers and Christopher Yukins
Punitive Damages
Solène Rowan
Quantitative Methods in Comparative Law
Ryan Whalen
Québec
Rosalie Jukier
Referendum
Markku Suksi
Regionalism
Vito Breda
Regulation of Online Platforms
Marta Cantero Gamito
Religious Courts
Mark Hill KC
Religious Rights
Ioanna Tourkochoriti
Remedies for Breach of Contract
Marco Torsello
Roman Law and Comparative Law: A Tale of Two Disciplines
Paul J du Plessis
Romania
Catalina Goanta
Rule of Law and Globalization
Mauro Bussani
Rule of Law, The
Gerald J Postema
Russian Law
William E Butler
Saudi Arabia
Dominik Krell
Scots Law
Hector L MacQueen
Separation of Powers
William Partlett
Singapore
Maartje de Visser
Slovenia
Maja Brkan, Maja Planinšič and Hana Šerbec
Social Security
Frans Pennings
Soft Law
Mariolina Eliantonio and Emilia
Korkea-aho
South Africa
Jacques du Plessis
South Korea
Youngjoon Kwon
Soviet Law
William E Butler
Spain
Antoni Vaquer
Strict Liability
Alexandru Daniel On
Subjective Right(s)
Helge Dedek
Supervening Events and Force Majeure
Martin Schmidt-Kessel
Supreme Court of the United States
Benjamin B Johnson
Sweden
Rolf Dotevall
Switzerland
Pascal Pichonnaz
Taiwan
Wei-Chung Lin
Tertium comparationis
Uwe Kischel
Tort Law
Ulrich Magnus
Trademarks
Irene Calboli
Transfer of Movable Property
Lars van Vliet
Transnational Criminal Law
Valsamis Mitsilegas
Trespass
Paula Giliker
Trust Law
Marius J de Waal
Turkey
Z Derya Tarman
Ultra Vires
Geneviève Cartier
UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL
Luca Castellani and Anna Veneziano
United Kingdom Supreme Court
James Lee
Unjustified Enrichment
Daniel Visser
Venice Commission
Iain Cameron
Vietnam
John Gillespie
Water Rights
Jill Robbie
Whistleblowing
Vigjilenca Abazi
World Trade Organization
William J Davey
