Is it time for jurisdictions to undertake recodification, decodification, or even
codification of their private laws? This volume addresses this recurring question in
legal science by presenting recent developments and new perspectives on the
codification of private law from a comparative law viewpoint. Contributions in this
volume explore how jurisdictions from America, Asia and Europe currently stand
regarding codification and help generate awareness on different paths, yet also
of common grounds. Codification exceeds jurisdictional borders, and therefore
the experiences presented in this volume should be seen as part of a global
phenomenon. Jurisdictions do not evolve in isolation, since the circulation of ideas
– often present in transplantation or normative transfers – is able to shape
codification. This volume should help assess the virtues and weaknesses of
codification, thus offering insights into the status of a paradigm that stretches
across the globe.

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