Description

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
2. Domestic Analogies: Natural, National, Public, Private?
Part II: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
3. 'African' International Law
4. 'American' International Law
5. China's Approaches to International Law
6. 'European' International Law
7. Latin America and Beyond
Part III: Critical and Analytical Perspectives
8. Comparative International Law and International Relations
9. Decolonising Comparative International Law
10. Science in Comparative International Law
11. Quantitative Comparisons as International Law
12. Global Law and Comparative International Law

Product details

Published 05 Feb 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 416
ISBN 9781509972401
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 Commercial Law at Du…

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