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Abstract

This piece discusses the tension between internationalization of legal ordering and the growing pressure against local and national ordering. Using Aristotle, Tocqueville, the Reception of Roman Law as forebears of the problem, I discuss three major European Court of Justice decisions (Laval, Viking and Schmidberger) as examples of the displacement of local ordering. I conclude that the task of comparative law is to focus on the importance of local ordering, keeping the human at the center and not vague principles generated by international bodies with no or little local ties.

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  • Subject
    • Comparative and Foreign Law

    • International Law

    • Jurisprudence

    • Legal History

  • Journal title
    • Duquesne Law Journal

  • Volume
    • 52

  • Issue
    • 1

  • Pagination
    • 101-114

  • Date submitted

    8 September 2022