Comparative Law
Episode Description
Following our last episode on comparative socio-legal methods, in this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Matthew Dyson (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) about doing comparative legal research.
Readings Recommended by Professor Matthew Dyson
Sacco, R. (1991), Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law. 39(1) American Journal of Comparative Law 1.Samuel, G. (2009), Can legal reasoning be demystified?. 29 Legal Studies 181.Örücü, E. (2003), Comparatists and extraordinary places. In Legrand, P. & Munday, R. (eds.), Comparative Legal Studies: Traditions and Transitions (CUP).Dyson, M. (2022), Explaining Tort and Crime (CUP).
Further Listening
Ole Hammerslev and Hilary Sommerlad on Comparative Socio-Legal Research
About the Speaker
Professor Matthew Dyson
Professor of Civil and Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Matthew Dyson specialises in criminal law, tort law, and the relationship between the two. His work is often historical and comparative, particularly in the last 200 years and across 10 countries. He came to the Faculty of Law at Oxford in 2016 as an Associate Professor, after many years in Cambridge, becoming Professor of Civil and Criminal Law in 2021. He is the Director of the Institute for European and Comparative Law at Oxford, Global Professor of Law, London Law Programme at the University of Notre Dame in England, an associate member of 6KBW College Hill Chambers, and President of the European Society for Comparative Legal History.