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B014298 - COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS (IN ENGLISH)
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Academic Year 2015-16
Coorte 2011 - 5-years Single Cycle Degree in LAW
Course year
Fifth year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Legal Sciences (DSG)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
IUS/02 - COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
14/09/2015 ⇒ 04/12/2015
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B011425 - SISTEMI GIURIDICI COMPARATI (IN LINGUA INGLESE)
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in DEGREE IN LEGAL SERVICES
B011425 - SISTEMI GIURIDICI COMPARATI (IN LINGUA INGLESE)
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in DEGREE IN LEGAL SERVICES
Teaching Language
English
Course Content
The course aims at offering to the students an introduction to legal comparison, to the role of comparative law in the education of lawyers that intended to operate in a global context. In particular, the students will be exposed to the historical evolution and the main features of the civil law and common law tradition.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
M.A. Glendon, P.G. Carozza and C.B. Picker, Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell, Thomson/West, 2008.
T.Fine, An Introduction to the Anglo-American Legal System, Thomson, Aranzadi, 2007.
T.Fine, An Introduction to the Anglo-American Legal System, Thomson, Aranzadi, 2007.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge
Introduction to the comparative method and its role in contemporary legal education. Analysis of the civil law and common law traditions, mainly through the sources of law.
Abilities
Skills in researching legislative materials, case law and doctrine in order to frame and solve legal problems through the comparative method.
Results to be obtained
Capacity to understand the differences and similarities characterizing the two western legal traditions. Awareness of the importance of culture in the shaping of the lagal traditions. Aquisition of familairity with different languages and legal concepts.
Introduction to the comparative method and its role in contemporary legal education. Analysis of the civil law and common law traditions, mainly through the sources of law.
Abilities
Skills in researching legislative materials, case law and doctrine in order to frame and solve legal problems through the comparative method.
Results to be obtained
Capacity to understand the differences and similarities characterizing the two western legal traditions. Awareness of the importance of culture in the shaping of the lagal traditions. Aquisition of familairity with different languages and legal concepts.
Prerequisites
Sudents must have passed the following exams: Private Law (Diritto privato I), Constitutional Law (Diritto costituzionale generale). This requirement does not apply to Erasmus students and individual course students.
Teaching Methods
Students are strongly recommended to attend classes regularly, and participate actively in the discussion, and cosequently to register with any of the instructors within the second week of class.
The course will consist of 48 hours of lectures with plenty of opportunities for discussing in class the materials assigned on a weekly basis.
The course will consist of 48 hours of lectures with plenty of opportunities for discussing in class the materials assigned on a weekly basis.
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Oral exam
Course program
The course aims at offering to the students an introduction to legal comparison, to its nature and goals, to the role of comparative law in the education of lawyers intended to operate in a global context. In particular, through this course the students will be exposed to the historical evolution and the main features of the civil law and the common law tradition. In this connection, the analysis will touch upon some issues, which show how the two great Western
legal traditions are gradually converging. Besides their formative period, the course will deal in some detail with such topics as legal education, the legal professions, courts and procedure, constitutions and judicial review of legislation, the role of legislation, case law and doctrine as sources of law. Reference will also be made to the making of a European law.
legal traditions are gradually converging. Besides their formative period, the course will deal in some detail with such topics as legal education, the legal professions, courts and procedure, constitutions and judicial review of legislation, the role of legislation, case law and doctrine as sources of law. Reference will also be made to the making of a European law.