Geoffrey Samuel, MA, LLB, PhD (Cantab), Dr (Maastricht) Dr (honoris causa) (Nancy 2), has been Professor of Law at Kent Law School since 1997 and is a Professor affilié in the École de Droit, Sciences-Po, Paris since 2012. He is, or has been, a Visiting professor at the Universities of Dijon, Nancy, Paris I and Paris II, Zaragoza, Sciences-Po, Lille, Bordeaux, Littoral, Fribourg, Auckland, Corsica and Aix-en-Provence.

• 1. Problems and Promises of Comparative Law 2. Asking the Right Question 3. What is ‘Comparison’? 4. Functional Method 5. Alternatives to Functionalism 6. Structural Method 7. Hermeneutical Method 8. What is ‘Law’ (1)? 9. What is Law (2)? 10. Paradigm Orientations

This is an ambitious project by Geoffrey Samuel and one that hopefully exposes more scholars and students to the variety of methodological and theoretical approaches of comparative law and comparative legal theory…The potential methodological framework through the ten dichotomies in the concluding remarks provides an excellent road map for issues that researchers should keep in mind when embarking on a comparative legal theory project…For those who are in the target audience and are interested in questions about comparative law and legal theory, this text should be a welcome resource.