Course teached as: - SISTEMI GIURIDICI COMPARATI 5-years Single Cycle Degree in LAW
Teaching Language - Last names H-Z
Italian
Course Content - Last names H-Z
Introduction to comparative law, through the study of the historical evolution and the sources of law in the civil and common law traditions, with special regard to the effectiveness of the protection of the rights of persons perceived as "culturally other"
General part: V. Varano e V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale. Testo e materiali per un confronto civil law common law, 6a ed., Torino, Giappichelli, 2018,
Special part: A.Simoni, Rom, antiziganismo e cultura giuridica. Prospettive di analisi, Roma, CISU, 2019. See the Italian version for the sections to be studied.
Learning Objectives - Last names H-Z
Introduction to the comparative method, through the study of sources and the analysis of the interaction of the legal systems with their social, political and cultural contexts.
Prerequisites - Last names H-Z
No prerequisites for foreign exchange students.
Teaching Methods - Last names H-Z
Lectures and workshops.
Further information - Last names H-Z
Teaching techniques are adapted every year to the number of students, their interests and linguistic skills.
Type of Assessment - Last names H-Z
Oral exam (two or three questions).
Course program - Last names H-Z
The first part of the program aims at providing students with an introduction to the comparative method, to the specific features of the various legal traditions and to the potential of the interaction between comparative law and other social sciences. The program therefore provides key information about the roots and evolution of the common law and civil law systems and of the Nordic area, mainly through the study of sources in order to highlight not only formal categories, but also the actual patterns of functioning of the legal machinery. In particular, after studying the origins and historical evolution, topics analysed will include the legal education, the legal professions, the judicial organization and the procedural models, the constitutions and the judicial review of legislation, the role of statutes, case law and doctrine as sources of law.
The last part of the course will revisit the notions provided in the first parts in the light of a specific social and political problem, namely the way in which modern states react to the presence of particular communities identified as "gypsies", "Roma", " nomads ”, focusing in particular on the Italian, English and Swedish experiences.