A Logic of Discovery and Verification for Comparative Legal Science

This chapterinvestigates the intricate mechanisms of abductive reasoning and considers its prospective applications within the realm of comparative legal research. Humans employ a distinct array of reasoning and knowledge-based skills to organise systematically and scrutinise evidence during the process of comparative analysis. This study contends that researchers in the domain of comparative legal science have primarily established practical guidelines, rather than a definitive and coherent method. It additionally asserts that research in comparative law can be guided by theoretical frameworks through an abductive logic, since the examination of socio-legal phenomena is connected to the development of hypothesis and theories.