Comparative International Law

Foundations and Critique

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Comparative International Law

Foundations and Critique

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The concept of comparative international law emerged early in the last century, but the discipline still suffers from a lack of intellectual and methodological foundations. This ambitious collection fills that gap.

It examines key concepts of comparative international law, such as legal analogies and families of international law, while offering critical perspectives on it. With contributors carefully selected for their expertise, they present diverse and thought-provoking views from both international law and comparative law. This is a much-needed and cutting-edge contribution to a topical and growing field of research.

Table of Contents

Part I: Setting the Scene
1. Comparative International Law: State of the Art, Mathias Siems (European University Institute, Italy)
2. Comparative International Law: A Historical Re-Construction, Robert Schütze (Durham University, UK)

Part II: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
3. 'African' International Law, Kehinde Folake Olaoye (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
4. 'American' International Law, Ríán Derrig (World Maritime University, Sweden)
5. China's Contemporary Approach to International Law, Ge Chen and Ming Du (Durham University, UK)
6. 'European' International Law: European Exceptionalism and Universalism in the Nineteenth-Century, Max H Mayer (University of Tübingen, Germany)
7. The Islamic Conception of International Law, Ayesha Shahid (Coventry University, UK)

Part III: Critical and Analytical Perspectives
8. Is Comparative International Law Really Comparative Law? A Methodological Critique, Saïda El Boudouhi (Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, France)
9. Comparative International Law: What's Next? Ugo Mattei (University of California San Francisco College of Law, USA) and Avi Singh (International University College of Turin, Italy)
10. Decolonising the Comparative Metrics of (Private) International Law, Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po Paris, France)
11. Science in Comparative International Law, Petra Minnerop (Durham University, UK)
12. Quantitative International Comparisons: A Tale of Missed Encounters, Marta Infantino (University of Trieste, Italy)
13. Global Law and Comparative International Law, Jaakko Husa (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Product details

Published Feb 05 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 400
ISBN 9781509972418
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Robert Schütze

Robert Schütze is Professor of European Union and…

Anthology Editor

Mathias Siems

Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Mark…

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