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Knowledge of comparative law is useful, if not indispensable, for law academics and legal professionals in an increasingly globalised world. The research findings of this book attest to the relevance of comparative law in legal scholarship, practice and education in both domestic and international legal spheres.
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Reimann, M. (2002). The progress and failure of comparative law in the second half of the twentieth century. American Journal of Comparative Law, 50, 671–700, 686–687.
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Some comparatists think that the ‘revival’ of comparative law results from the trend of globalisation. See Adams, M. & Heirbaut, D. (2014). Prolegomena to the method and culture of comparative law. In M. Adams and D. Heirbaut (Eds.), The method and culture of comparative law: Essays in honour of Mark Van Hoecke (pp. 1–21). Oxford: Hart Publishing, 11.
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Allan, D. E., Hiscock, M. & Roebuck, D. (Eds.) (1969). Asian contract law: A survey of current problems. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
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Comparative legal scholarship is a means for state building and local law reform. See Adams, M. & Heirbaut, D. (2014). Prolegomena to the method and culture of comparative law. In M. Adams and D. Heirbaut (Eds.), The method and culture of comparative law: Essays in honour of Mark Van Hoecke (pp. 1–21). Oxford: Hart Publishing, 10 (quoting H. Patrick Glenn).
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Gautama, S. (1973). Credit and security in Indonesia: Legal problems of development finance. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press and Crane, Russak & Co.
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Adams, M. & Heirbaut, D. (2014). Prolegomena to the method and culture of comparative law. In M. Adams & D. Heirbaut (Eds.), The method and culture of comparative law: Essays in honour of Mark Van Hoecke. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Allan, D. E., Hiscock, M. & Roebuck, D. (Eds.) (1969). Asian contract law: A survey of current problems. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
de Montesquieu, B. (1949). The spirit of the laws. New York: Hafner.
Gautama, S. (1973). Credit and security in Indonesia: Legal problems of development finance. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press and Crane, Russak & Co.
Maine, H. S. (1986). Ancient law (foreword by Lawrence Rosen). Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Reimann, M. (2002). The progress and failure of comparative law in the second half of the twentieth century. American Journal of Comparative Law, 50, 671–700.
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Lo, V.I. (2019). Conclusion: The Relevance of Comparative Law. In: Farrar, J., Lo, V., Goh, B. (eds) Scholarship, Practice and Education in Comparative Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9246-7_12
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