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Tim Edgar: The Accidental Comparatist

Author(s) -

Kim Brooks

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

canadian tax journal/revue fiscale canadienne

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0008-5111

DOI - 10.32721/ctj.2020.68.1.sym.brooks

Subject(s) - scholarship , accidental , identification (biology) , feature (linguistics) , law , political science , sociology , law and economics , philosophy , physics , linguistics , botany , acoustics , biology

This paper focuses on the contributions of Tim Edgar as a major comparative law scholar. It reviews the major debates and theoretical directions in comparative law scholarship and offers a case study of Edgar's contributions in the light of the major debates in comparative law. Edgar's development as a comparatist is traced through three defined phases. His identification of the policy problem to be resolved is highlighted as a major feature of his contribution.

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