Comparative Sociology: Frameworks and Methods—Legalization, Localization, and Globalization

Author: Zhu Jingwen
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2001-04-09
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: civil law, common law, socialist law, and the legal systems of third-world countries; the basic content includes comparative studies of legal structure, legal sources, legal application, and the legal profession.
Part Localization, basically is what Macaulay referred to as "temporary comparative legal sociology." Its research focus is law constrained by social, economic, political, and cultural environments. The basic framework is legal sociology's law-society, law in books vs. law in action. The basic content includes law in action: the relationship between law, discretion, and transactions, as well as the role of society on law and the role of law on society.
Part Globalization, basically is comparative law in the sense 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, research on legal reforms in third-world countries with aid from developed countries, WTO studies, and EU law studies.