The fair foot and the weak mind
Abstract
This essay draws on a short story by Balzac to illustrate how the epistemic ambitions pursued by orthodox comparative law are doomed. Given their cognitively weak minds, comparatists-at-law need to adjust and indeed lower their epistemic sights with a view to producing more creditable comparative work.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Comparative and International Law Studies
Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
Legal and Social Philosophy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 1–8
- Publication date
- 10 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter