21810427 - COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS

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 deepen the historical-comparative aspects of the European integration process and the evolution of the Chinese legal system.
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Mutuazione: 21810427 SISTEMI GIURIDICI COMPARATI in Scienze politiche L-36 ANTONELLI FEDERICO ROBERTO

Programme

1. Introduction to Comparative Law
Origins and evolution of Comparative Law - Nature of Comparative Law - Functions and purposes of Comparative Law - The variety of legal systems - Legal comparison and classifications: legal families

2. 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

3. Other legal traditions
Chines legal system – Indian legal system – Japanese legal system - Sharia – African legal systems

4. Global law
Uniformation and unification – European multilevel legal system – Law beyond the State – International Commercial law – Fundamental rights – Intercultural law - The Legal Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative

Core Documentation

1. Introduzione al diritto comparato
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2018, Giappichelli, limitatamente al capitolo I (Introduzione al diritto comparato).

2. La tradizione giuridica occidentale
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2018, Giappichelli, limitatamente ai capitoli II (La tradizione di civil law) e III (La tradizione di common law)
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

3. Altre tradizioni giuridiche
Federico Roberto Antonelli, Il diritto cinese dall'antica alla nuova via della seta. Padova, Libreria Universitaria.it edizioni, Seconda edizione 2021.
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, 2018, Giappichelli, limitatamente al capitolo V (Incontri della tradizione giuridica occidentale) e con l'esclusione della sezione II (L'incontro con la Cina)

4. Diritto e globalizzazione
M. Bonell, Comparazione giuridica e unificazione del diritto, in Diritto privato comparato. Istituti e problemi, 2012, Laterza
L. Moccia, Diritto comunitario e diritto europeo, in Comparazione giuridica e prospettive di studio del diritto, 2016, Cedam – Wolters Kluwer

Type of delivery of the course

The main teaching method consists of frontal classroom lessons aimed at acquiring the fundamental knowledge for the achievement of the learning objectives. Participation of students in such classroom lessons is recommended but not mandatory.

Attendance

Participation of students in such classroom lessons is recommended but not mandatory.

Type of evaluation

The exam is oral. The criteria to which reference will be made for the evaluation of the exam are the following: Knowledge of contents / Clarity / Ability to synthesize and analyze / Language skill/ Critical judgment capacity . Attending students can attend an intermediate test for partially replace the final oral exam.