"The course aims at introducing the most relevant areas of comparative constitutional law through their historical contextualization in relation to the concrete problems of contemporary societies. To this end, the course will deal with specific legal issues through the study of concrete cases, in order to analyze phenomena of intersection between legal orders, and their convergence or divergence. "
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PROGRAM OF THE COURSE A.A. 2019-2020
The course aims to illustrate the history, methods and problems of the comparative approach and to introduce the main legal systems and traditions of the world and the most relevant current legal issues. Special attention will be put on territorial and IT security problems, as regards implemented within different legal systems; at the same time, in a historical perspective, it will highlight the intersections between law, culture and society in the development of those solutions. Finally, it will reflect on the prospects opened up by the processes of supranational harmonization of law.
This course includes a general part where the fundamental concepts and areas of Comparative legal systems are introduced. It will then focus on selected topics consistent with the degree programme, which are related to territorial security and information technology-releated aspects. For this, experts will be invited to hold lectures. Finally, the course foresses in-class discussion and other classroom activities that will allow analyzing concretely the problems discussed through the greatest involvement of students.
Readings A.A. 2019-2020
1) V. Varano - V. Barsotti, The western legal tradition, Giappichelli, Turin, 2018
2) Further readings will be recommended during the course.
Additional readings agreed with the teacher on the topics covered during the course are required for students who do not attend at least 80% of the lectures.
Programme
COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMSPROGRAM OF THE COURSE A.A. 2019-2020
The course aims to illustrate the history, methods and problems of the comparative approach and to introduce the main legal systems and traditions of the world and the most relevant current legal issues. Special attention will be put on territorial and IT security problems, as regards implemented within different legal systems; at the same time, in a historical perspective, it will highlight the intersections between law, culture and society in the development of those solutions. Finally, it will reflect on the prospects opened up by the processes of supranational harmonization of law.
This course includes a general part where the fundamental concepts and areas of Comparative legal systems are introduced. It will then focus on selected topics consistent with the degree programme, which are related to territorial security and information technology-releated aspects. For this, experts will be invited to hold lectures. Finally, the course foresses in-class discussion and other classroom activities that will allow analyzing concretely the problems discussed through the greatest involvement of students.
Core Documentation
COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMSReadings A.A. 2019-2020
1) V. Varano - V. Barsotti, The western legal tradition, Giappichelli, Turin, 2018
2) Further readings will be recommended during the course.
Additional readings agreed with the teacher on the topics covered during the course are required for students who do not attend at least 80% of the lectures.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will be organized through lectures structured in a way as to stimulate students' interventions and classroom discussion. In particular, this teaching methodology applies to the general part and the second part devoted to the presentation of case studies and specific problems. To this end, the teacher will make use of IT tools (PowerPoint presentation) and video materials. The third part of the course adopts a dialogical and interactive learning methodology that allows students - alone or gathered in small groups - to work and analyze in class materials submitted by the teacher (case-law, journal articles, constitutional documents etc.). Finally, it will be possible for students to agree with the teacher a topic to be analyzed in a short text to be discussed in class. Attendance to the course is non-compulsory. However, students who attend the lectures (at least 80%) will have the opportunity to discuss in class a topic agreed with the teacher, which will be taken into consideration for the final assessment. Moreover, these students are exempted from some readings for the final exam, regarding topics that are analyzed during the course.Type of evaluation
The assessment of students' learning generally consist of a written test, integrated, for those wishing to do so, by an oral exam that follows the written test. Assessment will be carried out differently depending on whether the student attends or does not attend the course (the status of student attending the courts is obtained whereas the student is not absent in more than 20% of the lessons). For students who attend the course, the written test includes three open questions and lasts one hour and ten minutes: one question relates to the general part (general concepts) and two questons relate to specific case studies or problems. Furthermore, active participation during the course will complement the assessment by the teacher. For students who do not attend lectures, the written test includes four open questions and lasts one and a half hour: two questions relate to the general part (general concepts) and two questions relate to specific case studies or problems.