Comparative law in the courtroom and classroom : The story of the last thirty-five years

Contents:
Abbreviations xxi;
Table of Cases xxvii;
1. Reflections on the State of Comparative Law I: The Twilight of the Heroes 1;
1. Of Ghettoes and Smart Neighbourhoods 1;
2. Decline 4;
2. Reflections on the State of Comparative Law II: The Death of Heroes and the Era of Societal Needs 35;
1. The Emergence of a Strategy 35;
2. The Rabel Method Over Time 38;
3. Functional Specificity: More of the Same Medicine 45;
4. Old (Bad) Habits and New (Silly) Threats 49;
5. From Heroes to Movements of Contemporary Globalisation 61;
3. Spreading the Gospel (and the Name of the Evangelist) 75;
1. Aims to be Pursued 75;
2. Warnings and Caveats 80;
3. Some Raw Data 86;
4. Drawing the First Lessons 90;
5. The Situation in Germany 107;
6. The Case of South Africa 120;
7. A Postscript 125;
4. Foreign Law Inspiring National Law: Lessons from Greatorex v Greatorex 157;
1. The Theory Put into Practice 157;
2. The German Model 161;
3. The Application of the German Idea to Greatorex 163;
4. Unresolved Questions 164;
5. The American Dimension 167;
6. Some Tentative Conclusions 171;
5. The Focused Approach in Public Law 183;
1. Introduction 183;
2. A Study in Parallel 184;
3. The Reasoning of the Courts 187;
4. In Search of a Rapprochement 188;
5. Wider Conclusions 198;
6. Reflecting on the Future: An Epilogue 209;
Appendix 1: Correspondence Between Lord Atkin and Professor H C Gutteridge 225;
Appendix 2: The German Approach 231;
Appendix 3: Databases Searched 261;
Index 267.