Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging?: Lessons from Contemporary Crises

This book focuses on two main aspects: legal convergence and crises. Despite the abundance of literature on legal convergence over the years, the question of whether legal systems are converging or diverging remains unanswered. This book provides a valuable contribution to questions concerning comparative law, legal convergence, and legal transplants by examining them through the lens of crises.

Crises challenge countries’ legal systems and prompt institutional responses to tackle perceived ...