Introduction&O. V. Kresin and Iu. S. Shemshuchenko 1
Applied Comparative Law and Periodization 4
The Place of Ukraine on the Legal Map of the World&W. E. Butler 4
The Periodization of Comparative Law: In Search of an Acceptable Model&O. V. Kresin 13
Typologies and Method 36
Typologies of Modern Legal Systems of the World&L. A. Luts 36
Legal Systems of the Modern World: Problems of Identification&V. V. Oksamytnyi 53
Comparative Law Hermeneutics: Cognitive Possibilities&M. A. Damirli 84
Functionalism and the Development of Comparative Law Cognition&A. V. Tkachenko 92
Systemic Considerations 110
Comparative Law and the Integrating Role of International Law&Iu. A. Tikhomirov 110
Comparative Legal Research in an Era of Globalization&Kh. N. Bekhruz 123
Unified Potential of Comparative Law as a Science and Instructional Discipline&A. Iu. Salomatin 141
Legal System: State, Region, World?&O. F. Skakun 159
Legal Theory and Comparison 189
The Concepts of "Jus" and "Lex": Historical and Legal Linguistic Aspects&R. A. Romashov 189
Philosophical Problems of Legal Comparativistics&A. D. Tikhomirov 207
Social Naturalism as a Methodological Principle of Comparative Law and Legal Globalistics&A. N. Kostenko 234
On European Comparative Law 255
Classification of European Systems of Private Law&E. O. Kharitonov and O. I. Kharitonova 255
Convergence of Romano-Germanic and Anglo-Saxon Law&M. N. Marchenko 276
Legal Systems and Religion 304
Religious Legal Systems: Features and Classification&D. V. Lukianov 304
Canon Law in the Modern Legal System of Society&A. S. Smykalin and V. P. Motrevich 318
Confessional Law and the Subject of Comparative Research&S. O. Shaliapin 326
Review Article 331
Renaissance of Slavonic Law?&W. E. Butler 331
Bibliography 337
Publications of Ukrainian Association of Comparative Law&W. E. Butler 337
Index of Names 347