Comparative law
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Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Canon law, Jewish Law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law. It includes the description and analysis of foreign legal systems, even where no explicit comparison is undertaken. The importance of comparative law has increased enormously in the present age of internationalism, economic globalization, and democratization.
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See also
- Annual Bulletin of the Comparative Law Bureau (American Bar Association: 1908–1914, 1933), the first comparative law journal in the U.S.
- Comparative criminal justice
- Comparative law wiki, online wikis where jurists can complete questionnaires regarding their home legal system
- Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779–1861) – a German legal scholar who wrote on comparative law
- List of national legal systems
- Rule according to higher law
- Rule of law
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