How to Do Comparative Law
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Journal Article How to Do Comparative Law Get access John C. Reitz John C. Reitz 1John C. Reitz is Professor, University of Iowa College of Law. In addition to thanking all of the seminar participants, and especially co-convenor and editor Mathias Reimann, for helpful comments on earlier versions of this article and generally stimulating discussion of comparative law, I would also like to thank Karen Engle and Eric Stein for their comments on prior drafts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 46, Issue 4, Autumn 1998, Pages 617–636, https://doi.org/10.2307/840981 Published: 01 October 1998
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Lawyers and scholars use doctrinal research in comparative studies to better understand legal issues.
“For instance, Reitz, (1998) pointed out that this research is carried out by lawyers and scholars for comparative studies to have broader understanding of the legal issues.”
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Doctrinal research enables lawyers and scholars to conduct comparative study with broader abstraction over a legal problem.
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- Authors
- Reitz, J. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reitz, John C.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Comparative Law
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1998
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 617
- ISSN
- 0002-919X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2092469367
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The American Journal of Comparative Law (publishedVersion)
- Iowa Research Online (The University of Iowa) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Comparative and International Law Studies
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal Studies and Policies
- Keywords
- comparative law, legal scholarship, legal methodology, comparative legal analysis
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