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