Introduction&Annelise Riles 1
Part Ⅰ Founding Moments 22
1 Montesquieu: The specter of despotism and the origins of comparative law&Robert Launay 22
2 Max Weber and the uncertainties of categorical comparative law&Ahmed A. White 40
Part Ⅱ The Critique of Classicism 66
3 Rethinking Hermann Kantorowicz: Free law, American legal realism and the legacy of anti-formalism&Vivian Grosswald Curran 66
4 Encountering amateurism: John Henry Wigmore and the uses of American formalism&Annelise Riles 94
Part Ⅲ The Science of Modernization 129
5 Nobushige Hozumi: A skillful transplanter of Western legal thought into Japanese soil&Hitoshi Aoki 129
6 Sanhuri, and the historical origins of comparative law in the Arab World （or how sometimes losing your Asalah can be good for you）&Amr Shalakany 152
7 Sculpting the agenda of comparative law: Ernst Rabel and the facade of language&David J. Gerber 190
Part Ⅳ Mid-Century Pragmatism 212
8 Rene David: At the head of the legal family&Jorge L Esquirol 212
9 The Comparative jurisprudence of Schlesinger and Sacco: A Study in legal influence&Ugo Mattei 238
Index 257