Conceptualising ‘style’ in legal scholarship: the curious case of Zweigert’s 'style doctrine'

Cserne, Peter

Abstract

This paper focuses on the German legal scholar Konrad Zweigert’s (1911–96) deceptively simple and notoriously vague use of the term “style” in comparative legal scholarship.

Citation

Cserne, P. (2019). Conceptualising ‘style’ in legal scholarship: the curious case of Zweigert’s 'style doctrine'. International journal of law in context, 15(3), 297-309. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552319000296

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Sep 17, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Deposit Date: May 8, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 15, 2019
• Journal: International journal of law in context
• Print ISSN: 1744-5523
• Electronic ISSN: 1744-5531
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 297-309
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552319000296
• Keywords: Comparative-law theory; Art history; Classification of legal systems; Theory and methods of comparative law; Functional and cultural comparison
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1756365
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-law-in-context/article/conceptualising-style-in-legal-scholarship-the-curious-case-of-zweigerts-style-doctrine/53B1A5D8336C82393754F7CDEBA5E994