ABSTRACT
Secondly, Legrand is particularly concerned by the apparent lack of commitment on the part of any comparatist to engage with theory.82 He argues that the comparatist ‘must engage in epistemological investigations, that is, ask how knowledge is constituted and how rationalities are shaped’; he or she ‘must consider the historical background that defines the conditions of possibility of particular forms of knowledge’.83 In other words, a central task of comparative law is to investigate the question of what it is to have knowledge of law.
