LEGAL BORROWINGS: THE DISCUSSION OF METAPHORS
https://doi.org/10.17803/2311-5998.2018.45.5.028-034
Abstract
In comparative law, the many terms and metaphors used to describe the phenomenon of legal borrowings. Since 1974, the legal transplant has become the dominant metaphor, while specialists in the comparative law offer a number of alternatives to conceptualise the legal transplantation phenomena. The Article focuses on metaphors that take into account the the post transfer effect on the recipient legal system and what measures have to be taken to ensure that the legal transplant is successful. on the one hand, a metaphor is instrument which help to catch subtleties and the complexity of the legal transplantation phenomena. On the other hand, a metaphor do not always help to erase the conceptual issues. Metaphors are only suggestive.
About the Author
E. A. Sorokina
Institute of State and Law of The Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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