手法を比較

	比較判例法分析	テクストの解釈学的理解
分野	フィールド調査法	フィールド調査法
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	Late 19th–20th century (systematic comparative law from ~1900; case-focused comparative methodology consolidated ~1970s–1990s)	19th–20th century (Schleiermacher ~1819; Dilthey ~1883; Gadamer 1960; Ricoeur 1969)
提唱者	Comparative law tradition (Zweigert, Kötz, MacCormick, Summers and others)	Friedrich Schleiermacher; Wilhelm Dilthey; Hans-Georg Gadamer; Paul Ricoeur
種類	Qualitative legal research method	Qualitative interpretive method
原典	MacCormick, D. N., & Summers, R. S. (Eds.). (1991). Interpreting Statutes: A Comparative Study. Dartmouth. ISBN: 978-1855210264	Gadamer, H.-G. (1975). Truth and Method (G. Barden & J. Cumming, Trans.). Seabury Press. (Original work published 1960 as Wahrheit und Methode). ISBN: 978-0826400185
別名	cross-jurisdictional case analysis, comparative judicial analysis, transnational case law comparison, CCLA	hermeneutics, hermeneutical interpretation, interpretive hermeneutics, philosophical hermeneutics
関連	6	6
概要	Comparative case law analysis is a qualitative legal research method that systematically examines and contrasts judicial decisions from two or more legal systems or jurisdictions. By placing rulings side by side, the method identifies convergences, divergences, and the underlying legal reasoning that shapes how courts address similar legal questions across different national or regional contexts.	Hermeneutic analysis is a qualitative interpretive method for uncovering the meaning of texts, documents, spoken discourse, or human actions. Rooted in 19th-century biblical and legal scholarship and systematised by Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Gadamer, and Ricoeur, it operates through the hermeneutic circle: the meaning of a part is understood through the whole, and the meaning of the whole is revised as parts are interpreted. The goal is not to measure or code, but to achieve a deepening, dialogic understanding of the object of interpretation.