Centre for Comparative Law

About the Centre for Comparative Law

Comparative law plays a vital role in promoting legal development, coherence, and justice in an increasingly interconnected world. Comparative approaches allows legal scholars, policymakers and practitioners to understand how different legal systems approach similar issues, offering valuable insights and help to identify best practices, gaps and areas for improvement in legal systems.

The Centre for Comparative Law (CCL) is committed to promoting cross-cultural knowledge exchange and fostering the exchange of ideas to drive legal innovation and adaptation to changing social dynamics. Through independent research, expert discussions, and training initiatives, CCL aims to enhance legal understanding and knowledge across national borders. CCL's scope encompasses diverse areas such as civil and commercial law, conflict resolution, and dispute resolution. Collaborating with universities, distinguished scholars, and research institutions in the UK and globally, CCL actively seeks to advance its mission on a broad scale.

Current areas of research of the Centre for Comparative Law

Arbitration

Comparative and international law perspectives in the international arbitration field, facilitating the high-level debate of practitioners, academics and policy-makers from around the world.

Artificial Intelligence

Partnering with technology hubs to explore the legal challenges posed by the introduction of AI and its impact on national and international regulatory environments.

Collective Redress

Comprehensive research and discussion output on collective redress across Europe, emphasising cross-national comparisons, underlining issues of commonality and difference.

Comparative Law

Research into legal systems around the world using comparative methods to highlight similarities and differences which can provide development opportunities.

COVID-19

Analysis of the current developments, including international legal obligations, domestic legal responses, and legal liabilities arising from the introduction of emergency products.

European Law

Extensive programme of activities on European law topics, including advancing the Rule of Law, protection of human rights, perspectives on Brexit, and trade agreements.

International Litigation

Analysis of the frameworks for international litigation, cross-border jurisdiction and enforcement and potential conflicts including legal consequences of Brexit.