Legal tradition plays a key role in comparative jurisprudence, representing the collection of legal and cultural, historical and national elements that form the basis of the rule of law in different societies. Comparing Western and non-Western legal traditions faces several methodological difficulties related to differences in approaches to the understanding of law, sources of law, enforcement, regulatory principles and role of the state. In this article the legal tradition is considered as an object of comparative analysis, approaches are proposed for objective and systematic study of differences and intersections between Western and non-Western legal traditions.