Seeking a disciplinary identity : the case of comparative legal history

Despite growing interest and an increasing amount of scholarly writing on the subject, it is still not quite clear what comparative legal history is, nor what its relation is to comparative law and legal history. The research handbook Comparative Legal History (2019) edited by Olivier Moréteau, Aniceto Masferrer, and Kjell A Modéer aims to provide answers on this issue. What is the identity, nature and place of comparative legal history: is it a novel emerging discipline or more like an indispensable dialogue between two existing academic subjects? This review article addresses the question of comparative legal history based on the research handbook. The question for comparative legal history is: to be or not to be a discipline.Peer reviewe