Comparative Sociology Framework and Methods: Legalization, Localization, and Globalization

Author: Zhu Jingwen
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Publish Date: 2001-04-25
Features: The basic structure of this book consists of three parts: legalization, localization, and globalization.
Part Legalization, basically covers traditional comparative law content, incorporating several legal indicators for comparison and evaluation. Its research focus is the legal system of nation-states; the basic framework is the traditional classification of world legal systems: the civil law system, the common law system, the socialist legal system, and the legal systems of third-world countries; the basic content includes comparative studies of the structure of law, legal sources, the application of law, and the legal profession.
Part Localization, basically follows Macaulay's concept of "transient comparative legal sociology," with its research focus on law constrained by socioeconomic, political, and cultural environments. The basic framework is legal sociology's law-society, law in books—law in action; the basic content includes law in action: the relationship between law, discretion, and transaction, as well as the role of society on law and the role of law on society.
Part Globalization, basically deals with comparative law in the context of globalization, with its research focus on the relationships between legal systems of various countries under the backdrop of globalization. The basic framework is the relationship between state sovereignty and globalization; the basic content involves two different forms of legal globalization: the internationalization of domestic law and the domestication of international law, including the response of Chinese legal systems to globalization, studies on legal reforms in third-world countries with aid from developed countries, WTO research, and EU law research.