Philosophy of Law and Comparative Law

Comparative Philosophy of Comparative Law

Cardozo ' S Philosophy of Law

Benjamin Nathan Cardozo's contributions to the juristic culture of his time are not confined to the doctrinal illuminations and improvements which are to be found in his judicial opinions. He was a great judge; he was also a philosopher of law. How great a philosopher of law is a question that is, perhaps, premature to ask or to attempt to answer. Philosophy is a long-range look at life, and it...

Surrogacy in Comparative law; With Emphasis on French, Iranian, English and Greek Law

The surrogacy is one of the artificial reproductive technologies through third party interference, which has raised many legal debates. Studying the law of various countries around the world shows a variety of different legislative approaches in this regard. In this paper, I first categorize legal systems around the world in the field of surrogacy. I then review the laws and regulations of four...

Comparative Law and Language

Comparative law is law’s cybernetics, or “theory of messiness.” It attempts to steer through the messiness of the foreign by reordering it into the language of the familiar without betraying the original. It is needed urgently in contexts of unrecognized metamorphosis, and today metamorphoses are burgeoning in murky areas outside of law’s traditional categories of either the national or the int...

Readings in comparative sociology of law: Law and Development