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The Rise of Comparative Law (And EU Law as Catalyst)

By Bartolus

Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson of the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas - has just published a monograph on how the creation EU law has had an impact on comparative law and comparative law education. The abstract states:

Over the past years, academics have reacquired a significant role in the European law-making process. A truly European legal research, based on various networks has developed. This Lecture examines the discrepancy between, on the one hand, the rise of European and comparative law and, on the other hand, the limited means allocated to the supranational education of future jurists. Legal insularity is no longer an option. Comparative law should therefore no longer be regarded as a purely academic and optional discipline but as an effective way to lead professors, judges and legislators out of national legal isolation. Moreover, the strength and durability of a truly European legal thinking depends largely on the comparative dimension of education.

You can order the monograph here.

With luck the insightful Jacco Bomhoff over at his terrific ComparativeLawBlog will write some more about Professor Fauvarque-Cosson's short piece.

Full post as published by EU Law Blog on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).