Functional method of comparative law and argumentation analysis in the field of transfers of movables: Can they contribute to each other? This contribution results from a research project on “Argumentation Analysis in the Field of Transfer of Movables”, financed by the Austrian Funds for Scientific Research ( Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, FWF), project no. P21075. The paper builds on an intervention at a conference entitled ‘The Use of the Functional Method in European and Comparative Property Law’, held at the University of Maastricht in June 2011. Thanks go to project assistant Martine Costa, University of Salzburg, who provided material from Dutch, French, and Belgian law for the example discussed in Chapter II.B.3, and submitted helpful comments on draft versions.