GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Book Part

Publication Date

2026

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Accepted

Abstract

This new casebook offers a contemporary approach to the teaching of comparative law.  By integrating an up-to-date set of cases, code texts, and scholarly materials drawn from the civil law and common law traditions, as well as from Islamic law and customary law, it captures today’s dynamic legal landscape.  Beyond the western jurisdictions that typically feature in the general comparative law course, the book gives sustained attention to Brazil, Pakistan, South Africa, and Ethiopia. Subject areas covered are private law, procedural law, labor law, administrative law, digital law, and constitutional law.  Looking to professional life after graduation, this book equips students with the tools necessary to use comparative law in international legal practice, domestic law reform, and work within international organizations. Throughout, the discussion of foreign legal systems is directed at an American law-student audience. Students are asked to compare their own common law and constitutional tradition with that of England and with other traditions, they are assigned American cases for purposes of understanding what is distinctive about American law compared to the rest of the world, and they are asked to think critically about American law in light of what they have learned about other jurisdictions.

GW Paper Series

2026-36

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