Mahy, Petra (2016) 'The Functional Approach in Comparative Socio-Legal Research: Reflections Based on a Study of Plural Work Regulation in Australia and Indonesia.' International Journal of Law in Context, 12 (4). pp. 420-436.
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This article examines the potential use and limits of Zweigert and Kötz’ classical functional approach in comparative law for an empirical socio-legal research project. The project involves a comparison of the formal labour laws and informal norms and institutions which regulate restaurant work in the cities of Melbourne, Australia and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The article argues that the functional approach is a necessary but incomplete method for overcoming the many issues of comparability between the two research sites; the method requires both extension of its analytical steps and explicit explanation of its limitations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Additional Information: | Accepted version of an article published by Cambridge University Press available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552316000197 |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Law Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Law > Centre of East Asian Law (CEAL) |
| ISSN: | 17445531 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552316000197 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2016 13:21 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/22232 |
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