'There is a World Elsewhere' - Lord Bingham and Comparative Law

TOM BINGHAM AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LAW, p. 831, M. Andenas and D. Fairgrieve, eds., Oxford University Press, June 2009

107 Pages Posted: 2 Oct 2010

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Duncan Fairgrieve

British Institute of International and Comparative Law ; Université Paris Dauphine

Mads Andenas

University of Oslo - Faculty of Law; Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London; University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law

Date Written: June 1, 2009

Abstract

The article analyses the methods courts use when citing judgments from other jurisdictions. It compares the judgments of the the most outstanding judge of modern times, Lord Bingham, with those of the US Supreme Court, and shows how Lord Bingham and Justices Breyer and Kennedy have developed a common methodology.

Keywords: Comparative Law, Foreign Judgments

JEL Classification: K00

Suggested Citation

Fairgrieve, Duncan and Andenas, Mads, 'There is a World Elsewhere' - Lord Bingham and Comparative Law (June 1, 2009). TOM BINGHAM AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LAW, p. 831, M. Andenas and D. Fairgrieve, eds., Oxford University Press, June 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1686190

Duncan Fairgrieve

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Mads Andenas (Contact Author)

University of Oslo - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London ( email )

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University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law

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