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Teacher
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VARDI NOAH
(syllabus)
PRIVATE COMPARATIVE LAW (COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE)
PROGRAM:
THE COURSE AIMS AT CONDUCTING A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOME KEY INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW (CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW), WITH SPECIAL FOCUS BOTH ON THE COMMON LAW/CIVIL LAW CONVERGENCE AND DISTINCTIONS AND ON THE PROCESS OF EUROPEANISATION OF PRIVATE LAW. IN PARTICULAR, THE FOLLOWING AREAS WILL BE EXAMINED:
INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE COMPARATIVE LAW - CONTRACT LAW IN THE CIVIL LAW, ROMAN LAW, AND COMMON LAW TRADITIONS - PRINCIPLES OF TORT LAW AND RELEVANT CASE LAW IN SOME OF THE MAIN TRADITIONS OF CIVIL LAW (FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY) AND COMMON LAW (UK AND USA)- THE EUROPEANISATION OF PRIVATE LAW IN THE AREAS OF CONTRACT AND TORT (WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON CONSUMER LAW).
A DETAILED SYLLABUS WITH CALENDAR OF CLASSES, TOPICS AND ASSIGNED READINGS IS AVAILABLE (UNDER "PRIVATE COMPARATIVE LAW") AT:
HTTP://WWW.GIUR.UNIROMA3.IT/STUDYING_LAW/COURSES.PHP
(reference books)
PRIVATE COMPARATIVE LAW
FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE COURSE IN ENGLISH:
A SELECTION OF READINGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES WILL BE USED, INCLUDING:
FOR CONTRACTS:
• H. BEALE, B. FAUVARQUE-COSSON, J. RUTGERS, D. TALLON, S. VOGENAUER, CASES, MATERIALS AND TEXT ON CONTRACT LAW, 2ND ED., HART PUBLISHING, 2010
FOR TORTS:
• M. Bussani, A. J. Sebok, Comparative Tort Law- Global Perspectives, Elgar Publishing
PLUS VARIOUS CASES AS NOTED IN THE SYLLABUS.
SUPPORTING / RECOMMENDED COURSE READING MATERIAL: NON-COMPULSORY SELECTED READINGS WILL BE RECOMMENDED DURING THE COURSE FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS.
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