This selection of essays by the leading comparative lawyer,Basil Markesinis, provides a compilation of his most stimulating and authoritative work. It brings together for the first time writings which capture the essence of his pioneering approach to comparative law. The essays are of particular interest to those engaged in the study of the law of obligations; scholars will find here a discussion of broad intellectual and theoretical issues pertaining to this field. These issues are highlighted in the introductory chapter. This work is a tour de force of comparative law scholarship and should be read and kept close at hand by every comparatist.

This tightly packed tome is an unabashed attempt by the intellectually partisan author to convince English judges to use foreign material in their decision makingwarrants serious attention. Albert P. Melone The Law and Politics Book Review September 2002 Foreign Law and Comparative Methodology is an important work for the scholar, the practitioner as well as the broader society - in particular in relation to the European continent. Professor J. B. Ojwang Netherlands International Law Review September 2002

Sir Basil Markesinis, QC, LL.D. (Cantab.) DCL (Oxon) D. Iur h.c. (Ghent, Paris I (Sorbonne) and Munich), is Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London and Jamail Regents Chair at the University of Texas at Austin.