Includes index.

Introduction : a new handbook for comparative law in a global context / Mathias Siems and Po Jen Yap -- Traditional methods / Jaakko Husa -- Historical-jurisprudential methods / Jean-Louis Halpérin -- Critical methods / Thomas Coendet -- Culture and comparative law methodology / Qian Xiangyang -- Linguistic approaches / Łucja Biel -- Qualitative fieldwork / Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, John Howe, Ingrid Lan Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, John Howe, Ingrid Landau and Carolyn dau and Carolyn Sutherland -- New institutional economics / Olive Sabiiti -- Empirical methods / Mathias Siems -- Machine-learning methods / Han-wei Ho, Patrick Chung wei Ho, Patrick Chung-Chia Huang, and Yun-chien Chang -- Civil law / Andrea Ortolani -- Common law / Shivprasad Swaminathan -- Confucian legal tradition / Ngoc Son Bui -- A former Soviet states of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia / Andrey Shirvindt -- Latin America / Isabel Zuloaga and José Manuel Díaz de Valdés -- Middle East and North Africa / Radwa Elsaman -- South Asia / Rehan Abeyratne -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Charles Manga Fombad -- The tradition of comparative law : comparison and its colonial legacie / Helge Dedek -- Decolonial theory and comparative law / Roger Merino -- Legal transplants : a theoretical framework and a case study from public law / Margit Cohn -- Legal transplants : a case study of private law in its historical context / Gerardo Caffera, Rodrigo Momberg, and María Elisa Morales -- Convergence and divergence in public law convergence and divergence in public law / Po Jen Yap -- Convergence and divergence in company law / Hatice Kübra Kandemir -- Law and development / Yong-Shik Lee and Andrew Harding -- Divided legal systems : understanding divided legal systems in conflict-prone societies / M. Bashir Mobasher and Haroun Rahimi -- Legal pluralism and commerce legal pluralism / Ada Ordor, Nojeem Amodu, and Victor Amadi -- Comparative international law / Danielle Hanna Rached and Conrado Hubner Mendes -- Transnational regulation / Victor V. Ramraj -- Quantitative forms of legal governance / Rene Urueña -- Comparative international arbitration law / Shahla Ali -- Cross-border judicial dialogue / Tom Gerald Daly -- Comparing regional law / Armin Cuyvers -- Comparative conflict of laws / Yuko Nishitani -- Comparative indigenous law / Anthony C. Diala -- Comparative legal education / Tan Cheng-Han, Alan Koh, Topo Santoso, Umakanth Varottil, and Jiangyu Wang.

"Comparative law is a common subject of research and teaching in many universities around the world. It is thus topical to publish this Cambridge Handbook of Comparative law that presents a truly global perspective of comparative law today aiming to appeal to readers globally"-- Provided by publisher.