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Part I: Courts And Comparative Law |
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1 Courts and Comparative Law: In Search of a Common Language for Open Legal Systems |
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3 | (22) |
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I Current challenges to comparative law and comparative law as a challenge |
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3 | (6) |
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II Polycentricity and pluralism |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (8) |
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IV Some conclusions and consequences for scholarship |
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20 | (5) |
Part II: Conflicts And Comparisons |
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2 Is it Legitimate and Beneficial for Judges to Compare? |
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25 | (29) |
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25 | (1) |
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II Comparative law-a method at the disposal of the courts? |
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26 | (14) |
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III Comparative law in court practice |
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40 | (11) |
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51 | (3) |
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3 Comparative Law and the Courts: What Counts as Comparative Law? |
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54 | (12) |
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I Introduction: identifying the difficulties |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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III Hidden comparative law |
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56 | (3) |
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IV Comparing facts and receiving ideas |
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59 | (2) |
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V Beyond superficiality: structuralism versus functionalism |
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61 | (3) |
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VI Concluding remarks: danger and promise |
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64 | (2) |
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4 Foreign Law before the French Courts: A Unique Procedural Treatment |
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66 | (13) |
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Benedicte Fauvarque-Cosson |
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I Should the French choice of law rule be applied ex officio by the judge? |
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67 | (2) |
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II Who is in charge of determining the content of the foreign law and how? |
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69 | (5) |
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III The parties' right to agree upon the application of the lex fori (accord procedural) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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5 Foreign Law in National Courts: A Common Law Perspective |
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79 | (23) |
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I The foreign law problem |
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80 | (6) |
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86 | (3) |
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III Theoretical responses |
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89 | (10) |
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99 | (3) |
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6 Foreign Law in International Legal Practice |
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102 | (17) |
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I 'Foreign law' in Italian legal culture: fashions and models from the 19th century to today |
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102 | (4) |
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II Examples of foreign models used by Italian courts |
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106 | (4) |
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III Use of Anstalt from Lichtenstein |
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110 | (1) |
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IV The foreign models utilized in Italian contractual practice |
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111 | (1) |
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V Lex mercatoria and principles of international commercial contracts processed by UNIDROIT |
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112 | (2) |
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VI The rules of the common market of the European Union |
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114 | (1) |
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VII Some tentative conclusions |
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115 | (4) |
Part III: Comparative Law Within A European And International Law Context |
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7 Common Ground: A Starting Point or Destination for Comparative-Law Analysis by the European Court of Human Rights? |
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119 | (22) |
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I The comparative-law method as inherent in Convention law |
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119 | (2) |
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II What the Court means by 'consensus' |
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121 | (1) |
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III Evolutive interpretation |
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122 | (3) |
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IV The Court's comparative-law inquiry |
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125 | (2) |
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V Comparative-law material in the judgments of the Strasbourg Court |
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127 | (9) |
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VI Comparative jurisprudence from non-Council of Europe Member States |
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136 | (1) |
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VII International-law consensus |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (2) |
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8 The Comparative Law Method and the Court of Justice of the European Union: Interlocking Legal Orders Revisited |
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141 | (36) |
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141 | (3) |
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II The comparative law method in the EU judicial framework |
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144 | (14) |
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III The conceptual framework of the comparative law method in EU adjudication |
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158 | (18) |
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176 | (1) |
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9 National Judges and Strasbourg Case Law: Comparative Reflections about the Italian Experience |
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177 | (10) |
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I Introduction: the protection of human rights as case law |
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177 | (1) |
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II The style of judgments |
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178 | (2) |
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180 | (1) |
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IV The approach of Italian judges to the European Convention. Comparative remarks with the common law |
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181 | (5) |
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186 | (1) |
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10 Comparative Law and the European Union Civil Service Tribunal |
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187 | (13) |
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I Brief reminder of the institution and powers of the CST |
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187 | (2) |
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II The requirement of 'a balanced composition of the Civil Service Tribunal on as broad a geographical basis as possible ... with respect to the legal systems represented' |
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189 | (2) |
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III The traditional comparative-law approach by the CST: recourse to national law |
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191 | (7) |
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IV Comparative law methods in the CST case law |
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198 | (2) |
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11 Networks, Dialogue or One-Way Traffic? An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Citations Between Ten of Europe's Highest Courts |
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200 | (13) |
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200 | (1) |
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II Population and search methodology |
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201 | (2) |
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III Bar charts of cross-citations |
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203 | (4) |
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IV Network presentation of cross-citations |
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207 | (2) |
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V Outgoing and incoming citations |
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209 | (2) |
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VI Caveats and conclusions |
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211 | (2) |
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12 The International Court of Justice's Methodology of Law Ascertainment and Comparative Law |
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213 | (22) |
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213 | (4) |
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II Customary international law |
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217 | (7) |
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224 | (7) |
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231 | (4) |
Part IV: Comparative Law Before Administrative Courts |
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13 Comparative Law as an Essential Feature of French Public Law: The Influence of the European Union and of the European Convention on Human Rights |
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235 | (7) |
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Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe |
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I The EU and the ECHR have imposed on French public law a form of comparative legal pressure |
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236 | (2) |
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II This form of imposed comparative law in the framework of the EU and ECHR has led to the development of spontaneous comparative law |
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238 | (4) |
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14 Comparative Legal Methodology of the Conseil d'Etat: Towards an Innovative Judicial Process? |
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242 | (11) |
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I Method: comparative law as policy |
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243 | (5) |
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II Roles of comparative law at the Conseil d'Etat: transforming the judicial process? |
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248 | (4) |
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III Conclusion: promising perspectives |
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252 | (1) |
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15 The Use of Comparative Law before the French Administrative Law Courts: Or the Triumph of Castles over Pyramids |
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253 | (13) |
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253 | (2) |
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II Comparative law is compulsory |
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255 | (3) |
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III Comparative law is necessary |
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258 | (4) |
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IV Comparative law is useful |
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262 | (3) |
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265 | (1) |
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16 The Use of Comparative Law before the Italian Public Law Courts |
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266 | (15) |
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I The relevance of comparative law during a decision's preparation and the difficulties of evaluating its role concretely |
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266 | (1) |
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II The links with organizations through which comparative law may surface in the Italian public law courts |
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267 | (1) |
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III Developments in Italian public law since judges have started drawing legal comparisons |
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268 | (3) |
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IV Some examples of how the Italian public law courts have used comparative law |
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271 | (5) |
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276 | (5) |
Part V: Constitutional Courts As Users Of Comparative Law |
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17 Cooperation of Constitutional Courts in Europe: The Openness of the German Constitution to International, European, and Comparative Constitutional Law |
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281 | (19) |
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I Constitutional courts between constitutional law and European law |
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282 | (9) |
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II Interactions between constitutional courts |
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291 | (4) |
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III Interactions between European courts in the jurisprudence of constitutional courts |
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295 | (5) |
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18 Judicial Dialogue in a Multilevel Constitutional Network: The Role of the Portuguese Constitutional Court |
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300 | (29) |
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300 | (1) |
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II A brief overview on multilevel constitutionalism, transnational constitutionalism, and constitutional pluralism |
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300 | (4) |
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III Judicial dialogue in a multilevel constitutional system |
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304 | (5) |
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IV The openness of the Portuguese constitutional order to the multilevel constitutionalism |
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309 | (5) |
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V The Portuguese Constitutional Court and the 'judicial dialogue' |
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314 | (3) |
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VI Analysis of some Portuguese constitutional decisions |
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317 | (10) |
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327 | (2) |
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19 Judges and Professors: The Influence of Foreign Scholarship on Constitutional Courts' Decisions |
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329 | (24) |
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I The use of comparison in deciding cases |
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329 | (1) |
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II The references to legal literature |
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330 | (2) |
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III Purpose and method of research |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (4) |
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338 | (4) |
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342 | (4) |
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346 | (5) |
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351 | (2) |
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20 South Africa: Teaching an 'Old Dog' New Tricks? An Empirical Study of the Use of Foreign Precedents by the South African Constitutional Court (1995-2010) |
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353 | (25) |
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353 | (6) |
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II Historical and constitutional context |
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359 | (1) |
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III Empirical analysis: making sense of statistics |
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360 | (15) |
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375 | (3) |
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21 Enhancing Constitutional Self-Understanding through Comparative Law: An Empirical Study of the Use of Foreign Case Law by the Supreme Court of Canada (1982-2013) |
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378 | (29) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (9) |
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III The empirical research |
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388 | (16) |
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404 | (3) |
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22 Comparative Law before the Supreme Courts of the UK and the Netherlands: An Empirical and Comparative Analysis |
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407 | (30) |
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407 | (2) |
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409 | (6) |
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415 | (11) |
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IV Constitutional implications |
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426 | (7) |
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433 | (4) |
Part VI: Comparative Law Before General Courts |
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23 Constructing the 'Foreign': American Law's Relationship to Non-Domestic Sources |
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437 | (35) |
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I Incorporating 'foreign' law |
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439 | (12) |
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II Othering 'foreign' law |
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451 | (18) |
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469 | (3) |
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24 The Use of Comparative Law before the French Private Law Courts |
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472 | (11) |
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472 | (1) |
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II The protection of social values by a supreme court |
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473 | (4) |
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III The importance of comparative law in the practice of the Cour de cassation |
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477 | (6) |
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25 The Use of Comparative Law before the French Cour de Cassation: The View from Academia |
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483 | (12) |
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I Introduction: The less and less 'hidden use' of comparative law before the Cour de cassation |
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483 | (1) |
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II The different degrees of the use of comparative law in the preparatory works ('travaux preparatoires') of the Cour de cassation's decisions |
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484 | (6) |
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III How does the Cour de cassation access comparative law material? |
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490 | (3) |
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IV Conclusion: Is the Cour de cassation an 'ideal supreme court' with respect to comparative law? |
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493 | (2) |
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26 Italian Courts and Comparative Law |
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495 | (18) |
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495 | (2) |
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II Private international law and reference to foreign case law |
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497 | (5) |
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III International conventions and reference to foreign decisions |
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502 | (6) |
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IV Italian courts' brainstorming and foreign case law |
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508 | (3) |
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511 | (2) |
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27 The Controversial Status of International and Comparative Law in the United States |
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513 | (23) |
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513 | (1) |
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II The contemporary debate and the puzzle |
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513 | (6) |
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519 | (9) |
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IV Reclaiming the chance to learn |
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528 | (8) |
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28 Foreign Law and the Modern Ius Gentium |
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536 | (16) |
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536 | (3) |
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II The law of nations (ius gentium) |
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539 | (4) |
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III Contrast with modern natural law argumentation |
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543 | (1) |
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IV Ius gentium and the juvenile death penalty |
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544 | (2) |
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546 | (2) |
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VI Legal problems and legal science |
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548 | (2) |
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550 | (2) |
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29 Comparative Law before the Spanish Private Law Courts in the 21st Century |
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552 | (17) |
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552 | (1) |
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II A few words on the background |
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553 | (2) |
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III Empirical data on the use of comparative law before the private law courts |
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555 | (13) |
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568 | (1) |
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30 Comparative Legal Reasoning and the Courts: A View from the Americas |
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569 | (12) |
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569 | (3) |
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II Comparative legal reasoning and aboriginal or chthonic law |
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572 | (1) |
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III Comparative legal reasoning and European legal traditions |
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573 | (4) |
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IV Comparative legal reasoning in the context of free trade |
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577 | (2) |
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579 | (2) |
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31 Comparative Law in the German Courts |
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581 | (14) |
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581 | (1) |
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II Comparative law as a necessary tool |
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582 | (9) |
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III Comparative law: outlook |
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591 | (4) |
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32 Comparative Law in the Syariah Courts: A Case Study of Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei |
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595 | (20) |
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I Introductory context: history of Islam, law, and the state in Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei |
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596 | (3) |
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II The Syariah court systems in Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei |
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599 | (12) |
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611 | (4) |
Part VII: Using Comparative Law: Case Studies |
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33 'Liaison Magistrates': Their Role in International Judicial Cooperation and Comparative Law |
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615 | (6) |
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615 | (1) |
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II Liaison magistrates and mutual assistance in matters of international crime |
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616 | (2) |
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III Liaison magistrates and mutual assistance in civil matters |
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618 | (1) |
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IV Liaison magistrates and comparative law |
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618 | (2) |
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V The 'rapprochement' of judicial authorities |
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620 | (1) |
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34 Comparative Law in Consumer Litigation |
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621 | (19) |
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621 | (1) |
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II Comparative law and judicial policy development: White v Jones and Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services |
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622 | (2) |
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III Comparative law in the European Union law context |
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624 | (10) |
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IV European Court case law |
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634 | (1) |
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V Comparative law in courts |
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635 | (4) |
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639 | (1) |
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35 The Use of Comparative Law by Courts in Birth-Related Tort Cases |
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640 | (17) |
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I Birth-related torts-a comparative perspective |
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641 | (10) |
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II The use of comparative law by courts-reasons and extent |
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651 | (3) |
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III The influence of comparative law on judicial decisions |
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654 | (1) |
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655 | (2) |
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36 The Use of Comparative Law in A & Others v National Blood Authority |
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657 | (23) |
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657 | (2) |
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659 | (1) |
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III The English legal principles |
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660 | (1) |
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IV Preparation of the case |
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660 | (4) |
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V The request for a reference in 1999 |
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664 | (1) |
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664 | (2) |
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666 | (1) |
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VIII Comparative law features of the oral argument |
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667 | (2) |
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669 | (4) |
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673 | (1) |
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674 | (2) |
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676 | (4) |
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37 What Europeans Can Learn from an Untold Story of Transjudicial Communication: The Swiss/Turkish Experience |
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680 | (16) |
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680 | (2) |
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II The global reception of Swiss private law in Turkey |
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682 | (1) |
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III The role of courts in the law-making process |
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683 | (3) |
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IV The importance of comparative law and its impact on judicial assessment |
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686 | (6) |
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V Similar observations in the EU context |
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692 | (2) |
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694 | (2) |
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38 The Draft Common Frame of Reference in the Courts: The Remaking of Comparative Law |
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696 | (23) |
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696 | (2) |
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II How the DCFR has been applied by the courts |
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698 | (17) |
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III Assessment of the approaches taken by the ECJ and the national courts |
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715 | (1) |
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716 | (3) |
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