Part I: Setting the Scene 1. Comparative International Law: State of the Art, Mathias Siems (European University Institute, Italy) 2. Comparative International Law: A Historical Re-Construction, Robert Schütze (Durham University, UK) Part II: Historical and Comparative Perspectives 3. 'African' International Law, Kehinde Folake Olaoye (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar) 4. 'American' International Law, Ríán Derrig (World Maritime University, Sweden) 5. China's Contemporary Approach to International Law, Ge Chen and Ming Du (Durham University, UK) 6. 'European' International Law: European Exceptionalism and Universalism in the Nineteenth-Century, Max H Mayer (University of Tübingen, Germany) 7. The Islamic Conception of International Law, Ayesha Shahid (Coventry University, UK) Part III: Critical and Analytical Perspectives 8.

Is Comparative International Law Really Comparative Law? A Methodological Critique, Saïda El Boudouhi (Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, France) 9. Comparative International Law: What's Next? Ugo Mattei (University of California San Francisco College of Law, USA) and Avi Singh (International University College of Turin, Italy) 10. Decolonising the Comparative Metrics of (Private) International Law, Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po Paris, France) 11. Science in Comparative International Law, Petra Minnerop (Durham University, UK) 12. Quantitative International Comparisons: A Tale of Missed Encounters, Marta Infantino (University of Trieste, Italy) 13. Global Law and Comparative International Law, Jaakko Husa (University of Helsinki, Finland).