2013
DOI: 10.54648/erpl2013039
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Is It Legitimate and Beneficial for Judges to Use Comparative Law?

Abstract: In many European jurisdictions, the courts use the comparative method when applying domestic law. In some countries, they use this method occasionally; in others, the highest courts use comparative law in the field of private law in between 10 per cent and more than 30 per cent of all cases. However, it is sometimes still questioned whether it is legitimate for courts to use the comparative methodology, alongside the traditional methods of interpretation, when determining and interpreting domestic law. A very … Show more

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“…This claim of a strong path dependency of legal origins is often merely based on an assessment of group differences (for an overview, see La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, and Shleifer 7. For a summary of the main arguments, see, for example, Bobek 2013, 237-51;Kadner Graziano 2013. In the United States, the Supreme Court itself is divided on whether it is legitimate to rely on foreign law in the interpretation of the US Constitution.…”
Section: Review Of Literature On Cross-citations and Related Topicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This claim of a strong path dependency of legal origins is often merely based on an assessment of group differences (for an overview, see La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, and Shleifer 7. For a summary of the main arguments, see, for example, Bobek 2013, 237-51;Kadner Graziano 2013. In the United States, the Supreme Court itself is divided on whether it is legitimate to rely on foreign law in the interpretation of the US Constitution.…”
Section: Review Of Literature On Cross-citations and Related Topicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 7. For a summary of the main arguments, see, for example, Bobek 2013, 237–51; Kadner Graziano 2013. In the United States, the Supreme Court itself is divided on whether it is legitimate to rely on foreign law in the interpretation of the US Constitution.…”
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confidence: 99%