{"product_id":"9781509946969","title":"Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law A History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEuropean Academy of Legal Theory Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eParadigms in Modern European Comparative Law\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBalázs Fekete | Mark Van Hoecke | François Ost\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaw \/ Comparative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book uses the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn to provide a new vision of the development of European comparative law that will challenge and inspire scholars in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the 'empathic' use of some ideas from Kuhn's theories on the history of science – paradigm, paradigm-shift, puzzle-solving research and incommensurability – the book rethinks the modern history of European comparative law from the late 19th century to the modern day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt  argues  that three major paradigms determine modern comparative law:\u003cbr\u003e- historical and comparative jurisprudence, \u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003edroit comparé\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003cbr\u003e- post-World War II comparative law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt concludes that contemporary methodological trends are not  signs of a paradigm-shift toward a postmodern and culturalist understanding of comparative law, but that the new approach spreads the idea of methodological plurality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBalázs Fekete is Associate Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies, Hungary.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 November 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHart Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509946969\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369319366796,"sku":"9781509946969","price":46.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d08f5505-0933-492c-9eac-7f448c0aba7e.jpg?v=1783878741","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509946969","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}