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com·par·a·tist  (km-pr-tst)
n.
A person who employs the comparative method, as in studying literature.
[French comparatiste, from comparative, comparative, from comparer, to compare; see compare.]
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If comparatists were looking for broad definitional categories traditionally and theoretically suited to their discipline, or enthusiasts of World Literature for common goals and methodologies, the CLAI Conference 2009 established that the divisive experience and discourses of colonialism are still dominant and relevant, issues of the nation-state are yet unresolved and are still being addressed, and in more region and culture specific ways than ever.
Report on the 9th Biennial Conference of the Comparative Literature ... by Saraf, Babli Moitra / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
In part, this may be because most international law scholars are not comparatists; rather, most comparatists study domestic legal systems, primarily their private law dimensions, and not the international legal system as a whole.
International law's mixed heritage: a common/civil law jurisdiction by Picker, Colin B. / Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Part III argues for a counterintuitive and ironic proposition: Comparatists may lead a way out of transnationalism's morass.
Panglossian transnationalism by Dibadj, Reza / Stanford Journal of International Law
 
 
 
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