Comparative law is undergoing a rapid evolution, particularly when compared to the descriptive methodology that characterized the field prior to the 1950s. Beginning around that time, comparative law scholars began to embrace more analytical approaches in their studies, and as a result drew novel conclusions about causes and consequences of legal rules. In moving beyond mere description, comparativists showed that common elements behind what appeared to be different legal rules, and similarly, revealing substantive differences across legal systems that appeared to have uniform black letter law.1¹

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比较法在社会科学中的作用：简介†

比较法正在经历快速发展，特别是与 1950 年代之前该领域的描述性方法相比。大约从那个时候开始，比较法学者开始在他们的研究中采用更多的分析方法，并因此对法律规则的因果关系得出了新的结论。超越单纯的描述，比较主义者展示了看似不同的法律规则背后的共同要素，同样，揭示了似乎具有统一黑字法的法律体系之间的实质性差异。^{1 1}