Comparative law has been a cornerstone of legal studies at the LSE at least since Professor Otto Kahn-Freund joined the law school in the 1930s. Today’s LSE Law School is truly international, with ...

Our rich tradition ranges from doctrinal and comparative analyses of contract, torts, unjust enrichment and property law, to broader histories and theories of private law.

Born 1968 in Eutin. He read law at the Universities of Kiel, Paris and Oxford (MJur) and did his practical training in Regensburg where he also was a Research Assistant at the University. He went on ...

The American Society of Comparative Law was founded in 1951 "to promote the comparative study of law and the understanding of foreign legal systems . . . [and] private international law." The Society ...