'A leading figure in critical legal studies and renowned scholar of
comparative constitutionalism, Frankenberg urges us forward,
offering a new taxonomy for critical work. He illustrates its
potential in terrific chapters on recent transnational legal
movements: to regulate the veil, provide access to justice and
reinvigorate human rights as a language of justification. A
methodological tour de force.' - David Kennedy, Harvard University
'One of the most courageous and intellectually earnest legal
scholars of our time, Gunter Frankenberg, has devoted his efforts
to reconstructing comparative law's internal strength and potential
for critical analysis. This book is a masterpiece that should be
read by every serious thinker concerned with the need for legal
reforms and the politics of globalization.' - Pier Giuseppe
Monateri, University of Turin, Italy Presenting a critique of
conventional methods in comparative law, this book argues that, for
comparative law to qualify as a discipline, comparatists must
reflect on how and why they make comparisons. Gunter Frankenberg
discusses not only methods and theories but also the ethical
implications and the politics of comparative law in order to bring
out the different dimensions of the discipline. Comparative Law as
Critique offers various approaches that turn on the academic
discourse of comparative law, including analysis of a widespread
spirit of innocence in terms of method, and critique of human
rights narratives. It also analyses how courts negotiate
differences between cases regarding Muslim veiling. Gunter
Frankenberg presents varied critical projects that discuss methods
and theories, ethics and the politics of comparative law to bring
out the different dimensions of the discipline. The incisive
critiques and comparisons in this book will make essential reading
for comparatists working in legal education and research as well as
students of comparative law and scholars in comparative
anthropology and social sciences.
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