form of comparative legal systems
Introduction on civil law and common law legal orders. Law history of the two areas and legal terminology in both ancient and modern world; with attention to the legal terms most used by EU legislation or in their preparatory works.
Lectures, seminars and eventual students work in depth study
The second part of the course shall focuse on the common law developing in the USA. Other lectures will deepen legal orders outside the western legal tradition, like Chinese law and Islamic law, thanks to speeches given by experts in those fields. Legal sources (especially judgments) will be studied in their own languages
Attendance students
Notes and material on aulaweb, plus V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, vol. I, Testo e materiali per un confronto civil law common law, 5° ed., Torino, 2014, ch. III and V (addendums excluded)
R. Cavalieri (cur.), Diritto dell’Asia Orientale, 2° ed, Venezia, 2009, pp. 1 – 117
In employment students V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, vol. I, Testo e materiali per un confronto civil law common law, 5° ed., Torino, 2014, ch. III and V (addendums excluded)
R. Cavalieri (cur.), Diritto dell’Asia Orientale, 2° ed, Venezia, 2009
Ricevimento: Office hours for students: wednesday from 15.30-17.30 or possibly on other days, on appointment. Notices by e-mail are welcome, in order to schedule the appointments (Francesca.Brunetta@unige.it).
FRANCESCA BRUNETTA D'USSEAUX (President)
UMBERTO DE MAGISTRIS
ELENA ANNA GRASSO
MATTEO PATRONE
ANDREA PERELLI
I semester from September, 18th to December, 7th 2017 (12 weeks) II semester from February, 26th to May, 18th 2018 (12 weeks)
COMPARISON OF LEGAL AND OTHER SYSTEMS A
Attendance students will take two written texts; the first one in December 2017, on the first semester program, the second in May 2018, on the second semester program. Texts will be on lectures, integrated by depth-in specific topics and by the materials used for the lectures (you can find it on aulaweb).
Final mark will be the average of marks taken in the two texts, but the professor can rise it up in cases of very good performances.
For in employment students there will be an oral test (based on textbook) on the exam sessions indicated.
To attend the exam, it is mandatory to enroll (at least 48h before the session) following the Athenaeum on-line process.
