TY - BOOK AU - Riles, A. TI - Rethinking the masters of comparative law SN - 9781841132907 U1 - 340.2 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford PB - Hart KW - Comparative law N1 - Table of contents: Part 1. Founding moments Montesquieu : the specter of depotism and the origins of comparative law Max Weber and the uncertainties of categorical comparative law Part 2. The critique of classicism Rethinking Hermann Kantorowicz : free law, American legal realism and the legacy of anti-formalism Encountering amateurism : John Henry Wigmore and the uses of American formalism Part 3. The science of modernization Nobushige Huzumi : a skill transplanter of Western legal thought into Japanese soil Sanhuri, and the historical origins of comparative law in the Arab world (or how sometimes losing your Asalah can be good for you) Sculpting the agenda of comparative law : Ernst Rabel and the facade of language Part 4. Mid-Century pragmatism René David : at the head of the head of the legal family The comparative jurisprudence of Schlesinger and Sacco : a study in legal influence ER -