Leading scholars provide a fresh theoretical look at the reasons why many legal development projects fail and explore in rich empirical detail how different societies interpret global legal reforms and the implications of this for development aid.

The 14 essays that make up this 2003 volume are written by leading international scholars to provide an authoritative survey of the state of comparative legal studies. Representing such varied disciplines as the law, political science, sociology, history and anthropology, the contributors review the intellectual traditions that have evolved within the discipline of comparative legal studies, explore the strengths and failings of the various methodologies that comparatists adopt and, significantly, explore the directions that the subject is likely to take in the future. No previous work had examined so comprehensively the philosophical and methodological foundations of comparative law. This is quite simply a book with which anyone embarking on comparative legal studies will have to engage.

García-Villegas compares the scholarship on the relationship between law, political power, and society in the United States and France.

Cambridge Legal Studies Preliminary Third Edition has been updated to reflect the changing processes of the legal system, while meeting the requirements of the current Stage 6 Legal Studies syllabus in NSW. The third edtion continues to combine the latest information, cases and statistics on all aspects of the law in an accessible student-friendly resource package that now offers flexible print and digital source options.