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Abstract: Law and development research in underdeveloped countries is the most important and challenging aspect of comparative law today. Some lawyers are aware of this and some lawyers are active in the field, but the lawyers have not kept pace with social scientists. This article describes the work of this new type of comparative lawyer working in the context of law and development, and specifically focuses on the author’s experience with Peru. This new type of comparative lawyer explores three novel contexts. He explores the interdisciplinary context, which is nothing more than an extension into the underdeveloped countries of methods long utilized by scholars in U.S. domestic law. He also explores the legal context which drives decisions, beyond mere constitutions and codes. He also explores the anti-national context, which is an objective approach to any and all law, divorced from and innocent of concepts or interests peculiar to a single nation or area. The relevant issue is world-wide development in food production, in education and health, in industrial production and jobs, and similar key areas.
Keywords: Comparative Law, Peru, Legal Studies
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