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Article Title: Comparative Law

Article Link: Comparative law

Lead Section

 * The article begins by introducing the topic of comparative law, what it is, and what exactly the purpose of it is. Given the topic that is going to be discussed throughout the entirety of the article, explaining what it is right in the beginning allows readers to understand what is going to be covered right from the start. The lead is concise, summarizing the article into very high level topics that will be covered.

Content

 * Although the article covered the content of which the expectation is set to be addressed in the lead section, the article could benefit from further explanation of the different laws, groups, families that are associated to each name under the Classifications of legal systems section. Including a one line summary of what each is rather than having to visit the link of each source, would allow readers to develop a more comprehensive understanding of what is being covered in the article. However, based off an understanding of what resources were used for the article, there has been some recent research incorporated into the article. The article is limited to how much material is considered more recent and up to date and could be further expanded upon.

Tone and Balance

 * Overall, the article is neutral as there does not appear to be a heavy bias toward one legal system. The legal systems are broken down separately to allow for a comparison to be made while also including a history that further breaks down how comparative law became about. With the further explanation and the inclusion of multiple legal systems, the article is able to report a non-biased position of comparative law.

Sources and References

 * Certain parts of the article are heavily dependent on only a single source, while other another area of the article does not properly cite its sources. However, the article in its entirety uses a wide range of sources of which the links within the citations do link out to. When looking at the citations at the bottom of the article there are sources as recent as 2023, but also as old as 1950. This article includes resources from all different ages to encompass the changes that have occurred over time. Additionally most of the sources and references that have been included in the article are from other textbooks or other published research journals.

Organization and Writing Quality

 * The way the article is structured allows readers to see the breakdown of the different sections and understand when topics have changed. However, in a couple scenarios I had to read the sentences more than once to fully understand what was trying to be said. With some minor updates to verbiage and reworking of sentences, the article would be more easily understood in my perspective. Overall, the use of bulleting sections and indentation of different paragraphs allowed for a better flow of the material that is being discussed and included within the article.

Images and Media

 * The article does include two images, of which I did not find very useful in developing a better understanding of the material that was being covered. One of the images is a map of the world and has a simple caption of "Legal Systems of the World" of which was not really further discussed anywhere throughout the article. The other is a picture if Sir Henry James, with a description of "Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, British jurist and first professor of comparative law at Oxford." Although the article does discuss whom Sir Henry James is, the picture did not enhance my understanding of whom he was or what he was known for.

Talk page Discussion

 * This article is a level-5 vital article that is rated Start-class associated to the Law and International relations; Law WikiProjects.

Overall Impressions

 * The article has room for improvements in ensuring that it is accurate and relevant. Identifying and including sources that are reliable and accurately cited within the article would allow for this article to be further enhanced. Additionally, the article is lacking significant detail regarding the different legal systems that are mentioned. Although this article is not specifically about each legal system, including a high level summary of each legal system that is mentioned would allow readers a more comprehensive understanding of what is being discussed throughout the article.