Keynote Elche 2024: Mathias Siems

Elche 20-21 June 2024

European Studies in Empirical Comparative Law

This keynote discusses the possibilities and challenges of European scholarship on empirical comparative law, that is, research at the intersection of empirical and comparative law studies.

It shows that, while empirical legal studies in Europe lag behind developments in the US, empirical comparative law has already achieved some prominence in Europe. Based on content analysis of law journals and working papers, it provides descriptive data on the transatlantic divide in empirical legal studies and comparative law, as well as on the use of empirical comparative law. In conclusion, empirical comparative law should become an important element of empirical legal studies in Europe, although some hurdles still need to be overcome.

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