Università Roma Tre

* I SISTEMI GIURIDICI NELLA FAMIGLIA ROMANISTICA-FRANCESE * LA DIFFUSIONE DEL CODE NAPOLÈON NEL MONDO * I SISTEMI GIURIDICI DELLA FAMIGLIA ROMANISTICA-TEDESCA (GERMANIA, AUSTRIA, SVIZZERA) * LA DIFFUSIONE DEL CODICE CIVILE TEDESCO NEL MONDO * I SISTEMI DI COMMON LAW: IN INGHILTERRA * (SEGUE) NEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA * IL DIRITTO DEI PAESI SCANDINAVI * IL DIRITTO ISLAMICO * I DIRITTI DEI PAESI DELL'ESTREMO ORIENTE (INDIA, CINA E GIAPPONE) * IL DIRITTO PRIVATO EUROPEO * L'UNIFICAZIONE DEL DIRITTO

Vittoria Barsotti - Vincenzo Varano, La tradizione giuridica occidentale. Testo e materiali per un confronto civil law common law, Giappichelli, ult. ed.

OR

Konrad Zweigert - Hein Kötz, Introduzione al diritto comparato, Volume 1, Principi fondamentali, Giuffrè, ult. ed.

PROGRAM

The course aims at introducing students to the comparative methodology and to the main legal systems consolidated globally. The approach will be both from an historical perspective and from one taking into consideration the main and current intersections between legal systems, highlighting similarities, convergences and competition between models and taking into account the developments deriving from the process of supranational harmonization of laws.
The program will focus on:
-the civil law tradition
-the common law tradition
-the tradition of Nordic systems
-the Islamic tradition
-the Hindi tradition
-the Confucian tradition
-the process of supranational harmonization of laws

TEXTBOOKS:
Students can prepare on the following textbooks:
1) V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2014 (o ultima edizione)

and

2) K.D. Borchardt, The ABC of European Union Law (can be downloaded for free at the following link:
http://bookshop.europa.eu/it/l-abc-del-diritto-dell-unione-europea-pbOA8107147/)

or, for students who attend class, instead of K.D. Borchardt:

3) G. Calabresi, Il mestiere di giudice. Pensieri di un accademico americano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013

FINAL EXAM:

The final exam is written and is divided into two parts:
1) 15 multiple choice questions (each correct answer is worth 1 point; each incorrect or blank answer is worth 0 points);
and
2) 5 open-ended questions (the evaluation for part 2 of the exam can reach a maximum of 15 points; each question can be awarded from 0 to 3 points)

TEXTBOOKS:
Students can prepare on the following textbooks:
1) V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2014 (o ultima edizione)

and

2) K.D. Borchardt, The ABC of European Union Law (can be downloaded for free at the following link:
http://bookshop.europa.eu/it/l-abc-del-diritto-dell-unione-europea-pbOA8107147/)

or, for students who attend class, instead of K.D. Borchardt:

3) G. Calabresi, Il mestiere di giudice. Pensieri di un accademico americano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013

The course aims at introducing students to the main legal systems consolidated globally, and more specifically to those with which the Italian legal system has major contacts. The approach will be both from a historical perspective and from one taking into consideration the main and current intersections between legal systems, highlighting similarities, convergences and competition between models.

1) V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2014 (last edition)

2) K.D. Borchardt, L’ABC del diritto dell’Unione Europea
http://bookshop.europa.eu/it/l-abc-del-diritto-dell-unione-europea-pbOA8107147/