Masferrer, Aniceto; Modéer, Kjell Å.; Moréteau, Olivier --- "The emergence of comparative legal history" [2019] ELECD 6; in Moréteau, Olivier; Masferrer, Aniceto; Modéer, A. Kjell (eds), "Comparative Legal History" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 1

Book Title: Comparative Legal History

Editor(s): Moréteau, Olivier; Masferrer, Aniceto; Modéer, A. Kjell

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781781955215

Section Title: The emergence of comparative legal history

Author(s): Masferrer, Aniceto; Modéer, Kjell Å.; Moréteau, Olivier

Number of pages: 28

Abstract/Description:

It would be wrong to think that the comparative approach to law started in the 19th century. In Antiquity, for example, Plato compared the Nomoi of the Greek city states, and Aristotle studied the different forms of state and their influence on the laws.