Scan Globally, Reinvent Locally: Can We Overcome the Barriers to Using the Horizontal Learning Method in Law and Development?

Hosei Ronshu, Nagoya University Journal of Law and Politics, No. 258, 2014, Forthcoming

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1270

12 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2014

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David M. Trubek

University of Wisconsin Law School

Date Written: July 18, 2014

Abstract

Many in the field of development studies have embraced the method of horizontal learning among peer developing countries as a useful tool to identify practices that might help solve development problems. While this “scan globally, reinvent locally” approach has been tried in the field of law and development, features of the legal field in general, and aspects of the field in the Global South in particular, make it hard to use this approach in legal studies. The essay explains the reasons why horizontal learning among peer developing countries could contribute to the study of law in development, describes some tentative experiments with the method in legal studies, examines the barriers to using this approach, and suggests ways to foster more horizontal cooperation and learning.

Keywords: Law and development, comparative law, research methodology, Global South

JEL Classification: K40

Suggested Citation

Trubek, David M., Scan Globally, Reinvent Locally: Can We Overcome the Barriers to Using the Horizontal Learning Method in Law and Development? (July 18, 2014). Hosei Ronshu, Nagoya University Journal of Law and Politics, No. 258, 2014, Forthcoming, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1270, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2468102

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