Introduction -- The comparative legal method -- Common law and civil law -- Mapping the world's legal systems -- The diffusion of legal traditions -- Postmodern comparativelaw -- Socio-legal comparativelaw -- Numerical comparativelaw -- Empirical comparativelaw -- Legal transplants and convergence -- Comparative regional and international law -- From transnational law to global law -- Comparativelaw and development -- Implicit comparativelaw -- Reflections and outlook.