Università Roma Tre

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

Handbook:
V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2014
Further materials (especially for students attending the course) will be made available before the beginning of the course and in class.

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, for students who attend class:

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

FINAL EXAM
The final exam is written and is divided into two parts:
1) ten multiple choice questions (each correct answer is worth 1 point; each incorrect or blank answer is worth 0 points);
and
2) four open-ended questions (each question can be awarded from 0 to 5,5 points).

The duration of the exam is 1h30'.
Please note that this a written exam and thus punctuality is essential.

TEXTBOOKS:
Students can prepare on the following textbooks:

1) V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2014 (o ultima edizione)

and for students who attend class:

2) G. Calabresi, Il mestiere di giudice. Pensieri di un accademico americano, Il Mulino, Bologna, 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/