文档介绍：THE APPLICABILITY PARATIVE CONCEPTS
. van Laer (Maastricht University)(1)

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Contents
1. Introduction
concepts
The applicability parative concepts
2. The formation parative concepts
Extensional concepts
Functional concepts
Immanent concepts
3. Comparative concepts of empirical use
Extensional concepts
Functional concepts
Immanent concepts
4. Comparative concepts on the
The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
thesauruses?
5. Conclusions
References
Footnotes
1. Introduction
concepts
It is still an open question posed to the discipline parative law how to develop a satisfactory set of concepts to be used for stating and thinking about particular problems or hypotheses. To this question, I have elaborated some answers in my doctoral dissertation (Van Laer, 1997; in Dutch). The book has an English summary, which is also available on the (.nl/general/#CvL). The English summary gives an idea of two subjects, comparative systems of arrangement and characterization in private international law.
These subjects are discussed in the book, not in this article. This article is intended to shed light on the arguments given in the other chapters of the book.(2)
The core issue of this article is the suitability parative concepts parative legal studies. The question of whether parative concepts are of any use has not been answered conclusively. In this article, I have attempted to synthesize some important points from of the literature. But first, some introductory remarks w