21801061 - THE BASICS OF LEGAL COMPARISON

Through the historical-comparative method, the course aims, in the first part, to provide students with the tools to analyze and understand different concepts of law and different ways to legitimate the law in the main legal traditions (Civil law, Common law, legal systems of Islamic countries, main Asian legal systems, South American legal systems). In the second part, the course aims to let the students experiment with ways to solve practical legal problems (in the field of property, contracts and civil liability) in the framework of different legal systems that are representatives of different concepts of law.
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Programme

1. The Western Legal Tradition
Roman and Canon Law – Ius Commune europeo – Superior courts before Codification era – Age of Codifications – Age of Constitutions – The Common Law – Equity system – Inns of Court, Bench & Bar – Reports and binding precedent – The Rule of Law – Civil Law and Common Law convergence – The European legal culture – USA legal system – South-American legal systems

2. Other legal traditions
Sharia – African legal systems – Indian legal system – Chinese legal system – Japanese legal system

3. Global law
Uniformation and unification – European multilevel legal system – Law beyond the State – International Commercial law – Fundamental rights – Intercultural law


Core Documentation

1. Western Legal tradition
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2014, Giappichelli, limitatamente ai capitoli II (La tradizione di civil law) e III (La tradizione di common law)
AA. VV., Sistemi giuridici. Diritto e geopolitica, a cura di R. Torino, 2017, Cedam, Wolters Kluwer
L. Moccia, Origini e atteggiamenti del moderno diritto comparato: per una teoria dell’ordinamento giuridico aperto, in Comparazione giuridica e prospettive di studio del diritto, 2016, Cedam – Wolters Kluwer

2. Other legal traditions
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2014, Giappichelli, limitatamente al capitolo V (Incontri della tradizione giuridica occidentale)
AA. VV., Sistemi giuridici. Diritto e geopolitica, a cura di R. Torino, 2017, Cedam, Wolters Kluwer
L. Moccia, L’idea di diritto in Cina: sguardo storico-comparativo sullo sfondo della teoria dei sistemi giuridici comparati, in Comparazione giuridica e prospettive di studio del diritto, 2016, Cedam – Wolters Kluwer

3. Global law
L. Moccia, Comparazione giuridica, diritto e giurista europeo: un punto di vista globale, in Comparazione giuridica e prospettive di studio del diritto, 2016, Cedam – Wolters Kluwer
M. Bonell, Comparazione giuridica e unificazione del diritto, in Diritto privato comparato. Istituti e problemi, 2008, Laterza
L. Moccia, Diritto comunitario e diritto europeo, in Comparazione giuridica e prospettive di studio del diritto, 2016, Cedam – Wolters Kluwer


Reference Bibliography

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Type of delivery of the course

The course will be developed almost totally through ordinary lectures, in some limited cases given by experts. Students will be also invited to follow seminars delivered in the framework of the Department of Political Science on topics interesting for the course learning objectives

Attendance

The attendance is not compulsory but it is suggested

Type of evaluation

The learning results of each student will be verified through an oral examination (the duration of the oral examination will be between 15 and 20 minutes). The student will be asked to answer to 3 or 4 questions concerning the course topics.