Comparative law and legal history

As René David noted, comparative law emerged as an independent discipline only because of the nationalization of law on the European continent.26 The Bavarians OriginsLegal HistoryComparative LawThe Search for Principles

The study of comparative law has a shorter history. It began in the nineteenth century and, according to some, matured only in the twentieth. As René David OriginsLegal HistoryComparative LawThe Search for Principles

What is a strong comparison in legal history?

The English legal historian Andrew Lewis separates comparative legal history into "strong comparisons" and "weak comparisons".
Strong comparisons refer to legal transplants, or the conclusions that a feature of a later legal system is borrowed from an earlier.

Why do comparative lawyers compare the law of different jurisdictions?

Comparative lawyers have sometimes compared the law of different jurisdictions while ignoring the historical reasons they are alike or unlike.
The consequences have been unfortunate.
Historians have often explained rules which are ubiquitous by the circumstances peculiar to one time and place.

Scottish legal historian (1933–2018)

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Alan J.
Watson was a Scottish legal historian, regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on Roman law, comparative law, legal history, and law and religion.
He is credited with coining the term legal transplants.

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