This book’s essays aim subversively and resolutely to replace the
hegemonic discursive frame governing comparative law. Beyond
harnessing negative critique to resist the orthodoxy’s
self-assured cognitive assumptions, at once unexamined and
indefensible, the argument mobilizes negativity as an empowering
idea, a resource towards the displacement of the brand of
comparative law that has been fostering a closing of the comparing
mind. To answer the demands of the moment and herald foreign law
research as a creditable intellectual development, one requires to
engage in a culturalist theorization and practice of comparative
law at radical variance from the prevailing positivist model. The
negative turn, then, is a call to comparative action – a
comparative motion – in support of the robustly undisciplined
thinking that must thoroughly inform research into foreign law. In
photography, the negative has been employed productively to
generate a positive print. In comparative law, negation wants to
affirm edifying epistemic yields. This book will benefit all law
teachers and postgraduate law students interested in the workings
of law on the international scene, whether specialists in
comparative law, public international law, private international
law, transnational law, or foreign relations law – in particular,
individuals bringing to bear a critical inclination to their
subject-matter.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2024 |
First published: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Pierre Legrand
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
400 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-72303-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-367-72303-4 |
Barcode: |
9780367723033 |
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