Global Legal Indicators and Comparative Law

Daniele D’Alvia is Lecturer in Banking and Finance Law at CCLS, Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Associate Researcher at the European Banking Institute in Frankfurt, Germany.Matteo Nicolini is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law in the Department of Law at the University of Verona, Italy; Visiting Lecturer at the Newcastle University Law School, UK; and External Partner of the Centre for the Study of Law in Theory and Practice (LTAP) at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

• Introduction: Framing and Ranking the Law from “the Outside” 1. Legal Indicators: The Law as an ‘Output’ 2. A Scientific State of Mind: The Onset of Legal Indicators 3. Legal Indicators and Constitutional Governance 4. The International Financial Architecture: Financial History and Evolution 5. The Benchmarks of International Insolvency Law 6. Conclusions

"Global legal indicators play an increasingly important role in today’s world. Yet their relationship with traditional legal rules often remains unclear. This book offers a much-needed foundational analysis of these indicators through the lens of comparative law. I highly recommend it!" Mathias Siems, European University Institute, Florence, Italy"Comparative lawyers were traditionally suspicious about quantification. In this century the mood has changed, and numbers have started to appear in comparative law. Some speak of the quantitative turn. This highly original book is part of the turn as it focuses on indicators and the role they play in societies. The authors show how the traditional practice of ranking legal systems is still part of the endeavour of understanding law comparatively. By analysing global legal indicators they make an innovative contribution. The book will be an excellent read for anyone interested in comparative law or globalising law." Jaakko Husa, University of Helsinki, Finland.