caa a22 4500 378885510 CHVBK 20180305123441.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040322xx s 000 0 eng 10.2202/1535-1653.1117 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.2202/1535-1653.1117 Gambaro Antonio 1University of Milan, Antonio.Gambaro@unimi.it The Trento Theses [Elektronische Daten] [Antonio Gambaro] The Trento Theses are founded on the assumption that the aim of comparison is to do science; the Theses give methodological indications as to how one might undertake the scientific project of legal comparison. Fourteen years after their formulation, it seems necessary to examine the epistemological status of these theses in the context of contemporary legal reflections. It is also necessary to examine if, and to what degree, the methodological indications expressed by the Trento Theses are adequate to the tasks of legal comparison in today’s world. I divide my discussion in three parts. In the first part, I examine whether the Trento Theses have any enduring validity, as well as the related but distinct question of whether their formulation might create, today more so than in the past, some misunderstandings that should now be avoided. In the second part, following from the previous analysis, I suggest certain possible modifications and amendments to the Theses. In the third part, I discuss the benefits of a careful methodology to comparative research as it may be applied to analysis of European diritto comune. ©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston Comparative Law nationallicence Comparative Methodology nationallicence Legal Tradition nationallicence Harmonisation of Law nationallicence Jus Commune Europeum nationallicence Global Jurist Frontiers De Gruyter 4/1(2004-03-22) 4:1 2004 4 gj https://doi.org/10.2202/1535-1653.1117 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2202/1535-1653.1117 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gambaro Antonio 1University of Milan, Antonio.Gambaro@unimi.it NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Global Jurist Frontiers De Gruyter 4/1(2004-03-22) 4:1 2004 4 gj CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter