Studying Legal Cultures and Encounters? Methodological and Other Reflections

Hanne Petersen

Abstract

This article discusses the cultural and other turns in relation to legal culture and situates Western legal culture in context. It deals with concepts and their relations to trends and fashions and introduces methodological reflections such as use of interdisciplinary methods, personal experience and looks at the overlapping roles of authors as activists, teachers, communicators etc.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComparative Law
EditorsPeter Wahlgren
Number of pages22
Volume61
Place of PublicationStockholm
PublisherStockholm University Law Faculty
Publication date2015
Pages113-134
ISBN (Print)978-91-85142-75-0
Publication statusPublished - 2015
SeriesScandinavian Studies in Law
Volume61
ISSN0085-5944

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