Comparative legal systems

• CFU 9
• Prerequisiti

  It is suggestable to attend and pass the examination of Private Law.

• Obiettivi formativi

  The unit will study the civil law and common law legal traditions, their historical evolution and their principal characteristics, in order to offer the fundamental notions and the methodological tools for the formation of a "european jurist".

• Programma del corso

  The course will cover the following subjects: comparative law (origins and methods); the western legal tradition; the english legal tradition (history, common law and equity, rule of law, judicial system, sources of law); the common law as legal tradition; meanings of civil law and in particular civil law as code law; meanings of european private law and the formation of a european jurist.
  
  Materials and texts will be suggested during the lectures.

• Altre informazioni / materiali aggiuntivi

  cases and materials given by the teacher to students during the course.

• Metodi didattici
  • Slides will be used to enhance students' understanding of specific topics. Cases and materials will published on the webpage of the course two days in advance and discussed during the lesson according to the case method.
• Modalità di valutazione
  • The teacher assesses student's understanding of the main topics of the course through an oral examination
• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica

  english

• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione

  english

MATERIALI DIDATTICI

• Meanings of European Private Law 92.7 kB
• Civil Law as code law/II 105.2 kB
• The Court of Chancery 60.7 kB
• German civil code 1.4 MB
• European Commission (2004) 651 final 200.0 kB
• European Commission, communication (2001) 398 final 234.7 kB
• European Commission_ action plan 2003_ European contract law 286.9 kB
• Principles of European Contract Law_ formation of contract 514.6 kB
• Cass. Sez. Un. 9 settembre 2010 n. 19246 88.0 kB
• Cass., Sez. Un., 11 luglio 2012 n. 15144 88.5 kB
• unit 7 _ Civil law as code law 70.2 kB
• UNit 6_CIVIL LAW AS LEARNED LAW: AT THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION 69.3 kB
• Unit_5: the doctrine of binding precedent 214.7 kB
• forms of action 9.9 MB
• common law as a model of justice 207.1 kB
• Rights Brought Home_white Paper october 1997 44.7 kB
• Human Rights Act 1998 1.1 MB
• Ghaidan (Appellant) v. Godin-Mendoza (FC) (Respondent) [2004] UKHL 30 305.5 kB
• Unit 4_ The Rule of Law and Human Rights 106.4 kB
• A, R v. [2001] UKHL 25; [2001] 3 All ER 1 (17th May, 2001) 292.0 kB
• English system of the courts 296.7 kB
• Earl of Oxford case 457.5 kB
• Unit 3-part I: The Medieval Common Law 84.4 kB
• In re shop_Supreme Court of Philippine Islands, 1920 1.1 MB
• Unit Two_ The theory of legal systems 622.8 kB
• law, history and comparison 86.6 kB

  Unit one _ Comparative legal systems.