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Legrand, Pierre, 1959-

Negative comparative law : a strong programme for weak thought / Pierre Legrand. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022. - ix, 466 pages ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 167 . - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 167. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Raising my game : to fail better -- Sniffing the wind -- Onomastics, very briefly -- More comparative law -- Borges's challenge -- Outings -- For indiscipline -- Decoloniality -- The same as the different -- Comparatism is culturalism -- This comparatist, even -- The negative -- The negative, applied -- My equipment -- Appreciation -- Supplement.

"A critical manifesto making the case for a radically alternative approach to the theory and practice of comparative law. This fragment's argument rejects positivism, the leading theoretical framework informing comparative law, and introduces culturalism with a view to enhancing comparatism's interpretive yield"--

ISBN: 9781316511978 1316511979

LCCN: 2021041810

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC244413 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020518200 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Comparative law.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.
Droit compare.
Sociologie juridique.
Law / Comparative.
Comparative law
Law--Philosophy
Sociological jurisprudence

LC Class. No.: K559 / .L42 2022