Federalism and Legal Unification: Comparing Methods, Results, and Explanations Across 20 Systems

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Daniel Halberstam

University of Michigan Law School

Mathias W. Reimann

University of Michigan School of Law

Date Written: February 23, 2010

Abstract

How and to what degree do federations produce uniform law within their system? Our comparative empirical study addresses this question comprehensively for the first time by examining legal unification in twenty federal systems around the world. We present the means and methods of legal unification, the degree of legal unification of each system (and of particular areas of the law within each system), and a first attempt to explain the driving forces of legal unity and diversity in federations more generally. (Note: This paper has been significantly revised from its original posting.)

Keywords: Federalism, Comparative Federalism, Unification of Law, Legal Unification, Unification, Comparative Law, Private Law, Comparative Private Law

JEL Classification: K10

Suggested Citation

Halberstam, Daniel and Reimann, Mathias W., Federalism and Legal Unification: Comparing Methods, Results, and Explanations Across 20 Systems (February 23, 2010). University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 186, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1557690 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1557690

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