Michalsen, Dag --- "Methodological perspectives in comparative legal history: an analytical approach" [2019] ELECD 9; in Moréteau, Olivier; Masferrer, Aniceto; Modéer, A. Kjell (eds), "Comparative Legal History" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 96

Book Title: Comparative Legal History

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

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781781955215

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: Methodological perspectives in comparative legal history: an analytical approach

Author(s): Michalsen, Dag

Number of pages: 14

Abstract/Description:

This chapter discusses important methodological perspectives in comparative legal history. There is no common understanding of the character and function of comparative legal history, but the starting point is to explore methodically the combination of legal history and comparative law. Legal historians ought to take into account the recent debates in comparative law when debating comparative qualities of legal history. Comparative legal history is not a discipline in its own right, but rather a research dimension that highlights methodological issues that are inherent in much of legal history as an academic discipline.