Methodology and pathology of tort law comparative studies(focus on American Tort law)

In recent decades, legal comparative studies in Iran have increased drastically.U.S. tort law has fascinated many Iranian scholars and jurists. Yet, many of the comparative studies lack the necessary elements of a high-quality legal research. Different factors attribute to this problem. Among these factors are lack of in depth knowledge of the U.S. legal system, incorrect translation of legal texts, incorrect citations and lack of access to resources. Furthermore, understanding the ways we can incorporate the U.S. based tort law theories in Iran should be accompanied with the understanding of Iran’s socio-economic status. In addition, the tort law reform movement which has been the subject of many debates in the U.S. and its consequences has been left out as a key factor in many Iranian comparative tort law works. In this article, we try to identify some of the problems of comparative studies of the U.S. tort law system in Iran and put forward newways and initiatives to address them.