Um número para guardar.
Vol.12 Nº O1 Pages 1-598 01 January 2001
It is with considerable excitement, that we announce this new issue to you. Logging in at just under 600 pages, it brings to you - for the first time online - the conference proceedings of the famous comparative legal theory conference, held in Bremen (Germany) in 1986, between scholars from the Law Schools at Bremen and the University of Wisconsin. The proceedings were subsequently published in a much revered "blue" volume, by Nomos Publishing House in Baden-Baden, Germany. The conference brought together leading figures in critical legal thought from both the United States and Germany for a series of discussions on the evolution of legal thought in both countries from the 19th century onwards into the present, reflecting on the roles of courts, parliaments, law schools, the profession and students in the shaping of legal culture. The conference occurred at a crucial time in the development of legal thought - and practice. The post-World War II social consensus and the welfare state had come under considerable pressure, 'law and economics' had begun its journey to become the most influential 'law & society' movement, deep-reaching political transformations were under way, in the United Kingdom, the US and in Germany conservative administrations had taken the reign, and meanwhile the globalization of markets had begun to unfold at breathtaking speed. Yet, the Berlin Wall was still standing - just about.
