It resembles with the historical method, but is more general than the latter. It was first employed by Aristotle, who was said to have compared 150 constitutions in order to State general principles underlying them. In modem times it was used by Montesquieu, Maine, De Tocqueville, Bryce and others. The comparative Method is, first of all, based on the general scientific principle that similar causes produce similar results. Comparative Method requires accumulation of six logical processes, arrangement, classification, coordination, elimination, and deduction. By these processes we sift out common causes and consequences.<\/p>