Comparative Law in a Global Context

Comparative Law in a Global Context
By:"Werner F. Menski"
Published on 2006-03-30 by Cambridge University Press

Now in its second edition, this textbook presents a critical rethinking of the study of comparative law and legal theory in a globalising world, and proposes an alternative model. It highlights the inadequacies of current Western theoretical approaches in comparative law, international law, legal theory and jurisprudence, especially for studying Asian and African laws, arguing that they are too parochial and eurocentric to meet global challenges. Menski argues for combining modern natural law theories with positivist and socio-legal traditions, building an interactive, triangular concept of legal pluralism. Advocated as the fourth major approach to legal theory, this model is applied in analysing the historical and conceptual development of Hindu law, Muslim law, African laws and Chinese law.

This Book was ranked 8 by Google Books for keyword law.

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Context and Culture in Language Teaching

Context and Culture in Language Teaching
By:"Claire Kramsch"
Published on 1993-06-17 by Oxford University Press

This book focuses attention on cultural knowledge not just as a necessary aspect of communicative competence, but as an educational objective in its own right-as an end, as well as a means, of language learning.

This Book was ranked 32 by Google Books for keyword teaching.

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