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1、COMPARATIVELAWINTHECOURTROOMANDCLASSROOMThisisanoriginal,deliberatelycontroversialand,attimes,dis-turbingappraisalofthestateofcomparativelawatthebegin-ningofthetwenty-firstcentury:itsweaknesses,itsstrengths,anditsprotagonists(mostofwhomwerepersonallyknowntotheauthor)duringthepreceding35y
2、ears.Itisalsoareminderoftheuniqueopportunitiesthesubjecthasinourshrinkingworld.Theauthor,theholderofchairsandvisitingchairsin25universitiesandafellowoffiveacademies,includingtheBritishAcademy,bringstobearhisexperienceof35yearsasateacherofthesubjecttocriticisetheimpactthelongassociationwi
3、thRomanlawhashadontheorientationandwell-beingofhissubject.Withequalforce,healsowarnsagainstsomemod-erntrendslinkingitwithvariationsofthecriticallegalstudiesmovement,andurgesthestudyofforeignlawinawaythatcanmakeitmoreattractivetopractitionersandmoreusablebyjudges.Attheendoftheday,thismon
4、ographrepresentsapas-sionatecallforgreaterintellectualco-operationandoffersonewayofachievingit.Aco-operationbetweenpractitionersandacademicsontheonehandandbetweencommonand(modern)civilianlawyersontheother,inanattempttosavethesubjectfromthemarginalisationitsufferedinthe1980sandfromwhicht
5、heglobalisationmovementofthetwenty-firstcenturymaybeabouttodeliverit.BythesameauthorandalsopublishedbyHartPublishingForeignLawandComparativeMethodologyAlwaysontheSamePathTheGermanLawofTorts(4thedition)withHannesUnberathTheTortiousLiabilityofStatutoryBodiesAbouttheauthorBasilMarkesinisisa
6、nhonoraryQCandholdsdoctoratesorhonorarydoctoratesfrom(inalphabeticalorder)Athens,Cambridge,Ghent,Munich,Oxford,andParisI(Panthéon-Sorbonne).AfterholdingsuccessivelytheChairsofEuropeanLawandthenComparativeLawattheUniversityofOxford,wherehefoundedtheOxfordInstituteofEuropeanandComparative
7、Law,hethenmovedtoUniversityCollegeLondontotheChairofCommonandCivilLaw,whichheholdssimultaneouslywiththeJamailRegentsChairattheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Hehasauthoredorco-authored25booksandoveronehundredlegalarticles,whichhavebeenpublishedinleadinglawjournalsinAmerica,Belgium,En
