Four Matters of Interpretation: The Constitutional Phenomenon in Comparative Studies.
This article takes a close look at the state of comparative constitutional studies as constitutional scholarship is taking a comparative turn. It first surveys the field and identifies four varieties – doctrinal, law-and-society, documentary, and cultural – of constitutional comparison and then crit...
| Publicado en: | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 301 - 329 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Summer2025
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