Skip to main content
CODE 64927
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/02
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni:
  • A
  • B
  • MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    Diritto Privato Comparato A-L is organised in two half. After a brief introduction on legal comparison, lectures will focus on principal legal orders of both civil law and common law areas as well as the Chinese and the Islamic traditions. In each semester legal sources (especially judgments) will be studied in their own languages.
    Language students: the borrowed course is “Introduzione alla comparazione giuridica e ai sistemi giuridici comparati”, Fraz. A, cod. 64927

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    form of comparative legal systems

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The aim of Part I is to provide general knowledge on foreign legal orders and to give to students the tools to proper understand those legal experiences.

    This Part is intended to contribute to the education of a professional operating in a complex world marked by the constant need of a comparison between different legal orders and instances of harmonization. This part shall also encourage students to develop a critical attitude in approaching law issues and to enable them to interact with lawyers from different legal traditions.

    At the end of the term, students shall have acquired a general knowledge on foreign legal orders main characteristics and they will be able to understand those countries legal sources (in their own languages).  Thanks to a proper case law analysis, students shall acquire also the skills to research foreign legal sources and the ability to understand and make proper use of foreign legal materials. They shall also have developed the ability of (critically) evaluating subjects of their studies.

    Students will acquire a general knowledge on principal research paths and on how to use legal databases, so they shall update their legal research on their own.

     

    TEACHING METHODS

    Lectures, seminars and eventual students work in depth study

    Due to the Covid emergency, lessons will take place on Teams

    Diritto privato comparato A-L is part of a Project of the Department for innovating teaching. More infos on aulaweb  

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    In Part I, after a general introduction on legal comparison, lectures will focus on Common law systems. The analysis will start with the historical development and the actual status of the English legal systems (with special focus on administration of justice and English legal sources). Then there will be a description of U.S. law’s peculiarities. It is important to notice that this Part shall not be focused just on historical development, but It will include legal sources analysis, foreign legal thinking examination and the explanation of main legal arrangements.

    The goal of this Part is to increase the knowledge of foreign legal orders by the analysis of countries really different from the Italian such as the Chinese one, the Japanese one and those based on Islamic law. That’s why the course will host classes by scholars (from other Universities) that have gained a deep knowledge on those legal systems. Keeping in mind that this course aim is to train professionals able to interact with lawyer from different legal orders and with different legal cultures.

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    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, 6° ed., Torino, 2018, ch. I, III, and  V (addendums excluded)

    In employment students
    V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, vol. I, Testo e materiali per un confronto civil law common law, 6° ed., Torino, 2018, ch. I, III and V (addendums excluded)

    R. Cavalieri (cur.), Diritto dell’Asia Orientale, 2° ed, Venezia, 2009, pagg. 1-117

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    FRANCESCA BRUNETTA D'USSEAUX (President)

    GIORGIA CORSI

    ELENA ANNA GRASSO (President Substitute)

    ALESSANDRO CAPROTTI (Substitute)

    UMBERTO DE MAGISTRIS (Substitute)

    MATTEO PATRONE (Substitute)

    ANDREA PERELLI (Substitute)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    I semester from September 14th to December 4th 2020
     

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Due to the Corona virus emergency all exams will take place on the web (Microsoft teams)

    Please take a look at aulaweb or contact me at francesca.brunetta@unige.it 

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The aim of the exam is to assess student knowledge of foreign legal orders key elements. It is also to verify the achievement of a proper legal vocabulary and the ability to sort and understanding sources of law. Examiners will ascertain the skill of connecting different topics.

    Exam schedule

    Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
    11/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    01/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    12/05/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    26/05/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    09/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    23/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    01/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    22/09/2021 16:00 GENOVA Orale