Recent Comparative Law Scholarship
May 23, 2019
Comparative Law Methodology:
- Catherine Valke, Comparing Law (Cambridge University Press 2018)
- Law and Method Special Issue on Comparative Law Methodology
General Comparative Law Materials:
- Fernanda Nicola, Bill Davies, (eds.) EU Law Stories, Contextual and Critical Histories of European Jurisprudence (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
- Mark Van Hoecke inaugural lecture at QMUL “Do judges reason differently on both sides of the Channel?”
- International and Comparative Law Quarterly latest issues: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-and-comparative-law-quarterly/latest-issue
- Comparative Law and Anthropology (James A.R. Nafziger ed. Edward Elgar, 2017). is
- Comparative Legal History (O. Moréteau, A. Masferrer, K. Modéer eds., Edward Elgar, Research Handbooks in Comparative Law Series, 2019) (498 p.)
- O. Moréteau,The Louisiana Civil Codes: A Multilingual Experience, in Re- De- Co-dification? New Insights on the Codification of Private Law167-185 (Agustín Parise, Lars van Vliet eds., Eleven Publishers, The Netherlands 2019).
- Code civil de Louisiane, Édition bilingue (O. Moréteau ed., Société de législation comparée, Paris, Droit comparé et européen, vol. 28, 2017) (780 p.)
Constitutional Law:
Monographs
- Richard Albert, Constitutional Amendment: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions (Oxford University Press 2019)
- Richard Albert, Formas y Funciónes de la Reforma Constitucional(Externado University Press 2017)
Edited Volumes
- Richard Albert, Carlos Bernal and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo eds.,Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America(Hart 2019)
- Richard Albert and Joel Colón-Ríos eds., Quasi-Constitutionality and Constitutional Statutes: Forms, Functions, Applications (Routledge 2019)
- Richard Albert, Menaka Guruswamy and Nishchal Basnyat eds., Founding Moments in Constitutionalism (Hart 2019)
- Richard Albert, Antonia Baraggia and Cristina Fasone esd.Constitutional Reform of National Legislatures: Bicameralism Under Pressure (Edward Elgar 2019)
- Richard Albert, Xenophon Contiades & Alkmene Fotiadou eds.The Law and Legitimacy of Imposed Constitutions: Theory, Forms, Applications (Routledge 2018)
- Richard Albert and Bertil Emrah Oder eds.,An Unamendable Constitution? Unamendability in Constitutional Democracies (Springer 2018)
- Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Simon Drugdaeds. 2017 Global Review of Constitutional Law (Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy 2018)
- Richard Albert and David Cameron eds. Canada in the World: Comparative Perspectives on the Canadian Constitution (Cambridge University Press 2017)
- Richard Albert, Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou eds.The Foundations and Traditions of Constitutional Amendment (Hart 2017)
- Richard Albert,David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Simon Drugda eds. 2016 Global Review of Constitutional Law (Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy 2017)
- Richard Albert and Carlos Bernal eds. Cambio Constitucional Informal (Externado University Press 2016)
Casebook:
- Constitutional Law Group, directed by Patrick Macklem and Carol Rogerson, Richard Albert participating, Canadian Constitutional Law (Emond Publications, 5th ed. 2017)
Articles:
- Ioanna Tourkochoriti, What is the Best Way to Realise Rights? 39 (1) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (2019) 209-228
- Ioanna Tourkochoriti, “Comparative Rights Jurisprudence, An Essay on Methodologies”, Law And Method (2017) 1-22.
- Ioanna Tourkochoriti, “Challenging Historical Facts and National Truths: An Analysis of cases from France and Greece”, in Uladzislau Belavusau, Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, (eds.) Law and Memory, Towards Legal Governance of History
- Ioanna Tourkochoriti, “Speech, Privacy and Dignity in France and in the U.S.A.: A Comparative Analysis” 38 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, 101-182 (2016).
Criminal Law:
Noah Weisbord, “Who’s Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada’s Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,” 64(1) McGill Law Journal 1 (forthcoming, 2019).
Company Law:
- Pierre-Henri Conac & Martin Gelter (eds).: GLOBAL SECURITIES LITIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2019).
- Martin Gelter, Global Securities Litigation and Enforcement, in GLOBAL SECURITIES LITIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT 3-106 (Pierre-Henri Conac & Martin Gelter eds. 2019).
- Martin Gelter, Mapping Types of Shareholder Lawsuits across Jurisdictions, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON REPRESENTATIVE SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION 459-481 (Sean Griffith, Jessica Erickson, David Webber & Verity Winship eds., Elgar 2018).
- Martin Gelter, Nemika Jha & D. Gordon Smith, United States and Chapter 3 (Duties of Nominee Directors), in COMPARATIVE COMPANY LAW: A CASE-BASED APPROACH (Mathias Siems & David Cabrelli eds., Hart Publishing 2018).
Intellectual Property:
- Marketa Trimble, Geoblocking and “Legitimate Trade” in Intellectual Property and Obstacles to Legitimate Trade 53 (Christopher Heath, Anselm Kamperman Sanders & Anke Moerland eds., Wolters Kluwer, 2018)
- Marketa Trimble, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at Trade Shows: A Review and Recommendations, 34 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. (forthcoming 2019)
- Marketa Trimble, Territorialization of the Internet Domain Name System, 45(4) Pepperdine L. R. 623 (2018)
Torts:
- Marel Katsivela, “La Notion De Dommage Dans Le Cadre Du Délit De Négligence (Common Law) Et De La Responsabilité Extracontractuelle Du Fait Personnel (Droit Civil) Au Canada: Une Étude En Droit Comparé” (The Notion of Injury in the Tort of Negligence (Common Law) and the Personal Extracontractual Liability (Civil Law) in Canada: A Comparative Study), 96, La Revue du Barreau Canadien605-627 (2018).
- Marel Katsivela, “Le Manquement À La Norme De Diligence Et La Faute Dans Le Cadre Du Délit De Négligence (Common Law) Et De La Responsabilité Extracontractuelle Du Fait Personnel (Droit Civil) Au Canada: Une Étude Comparée”, 95 La Revue du Barreau Canadien(2018)
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The International Academy of Comparative Law recently concluded its election of new members. We are delighted to announce that a number of our colleagues have been elected into membership. On behalf of the American Society of Comparative Law, we extend our warmest congratulations to the following individuals: Elected to Titular Membership: Elected to Associate Membership: […]
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