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Comparative law (non attivo a.a. 2020 -2021)
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Comparative law
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Anno accademico 2020/2021
- Codice dell'attività didattica
- GIU0611
- Docenti
- Prof. Fabrizio Cassella (Titolare del corso)
Prof. Pier Giuseppe Monateri (Titolare del corso)
Dott. Fabio Longo (Titolare del corso) - Corso di studi
- Laurea in Global Law and Transnational Studies - a Torino (D.M. 270/2004) [0707L31]
- Anno
- 2° anno
- Periodo didattico
- Da definire
- Tipologia
- Caratterizzante
- Crediti/Valenza
- 9
- SSD dell'attività didattica
- IUS/02 - diritto privato comparato
- Modalità di erogazione
- Tradizionale
- Lingua di insegnamento
- Inglese
- Modalità di frequenza
- Consigliata
- Tipologia d'esame
- Scritto
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Sommario insegnamento
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Obiettivi formativi
The course in its first module discusses the nature of Comparative Law, its functions, aims, methods and history, then it surveys the main features of the major legal families of the world, and finally deals with contemporary processes like the americanization and globalization of the Law.
In the second module the content of various constitutions is discussed, as well as constitutional review and, finally, some more specific questions such as constitutional endurance and constitutional transplants.
In its third module, the course deals with the rise of constitutionalism as a form of limitation of power, the constituent processes in a comparative perspective and the classification of constitutions.
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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
Knowledge of the methods of Comparative Law
Knowledge of the history of Comparative Law
Comprehension of the formation of the European Legal Tradition
The French Code - The German Code - The Judicature Acts
Knowledge of the diffusion of European codes
Comprehension of the process of americanization of the Law
Comprehension of what means "globalizing the Law"
Comprehension of what means “constitutional identity”
Knowledge of the structures of Constitutional Review
Comprehension of the concepts of “Constitutional Transplants” and “Constitutional Endurance”
Comprehension of the concepts of constitution and constitutionalism
Knowledge of the history of constitutionalism
Comprehension of what means "creating constitutions"
Knowledge of the types of constitutions
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Modalità di insegnamento
Lessons with slides and assignments for students
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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Written multiple choice exam
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Programma
Comparative Law: History and Methods
Comparative Law and the Modern World: Codes and Reform of English Procedure
Comparative Law and the Globalization of the Law
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The Content of Constitutions and Constitutional Identity
The structures of Constitutional Review
Constitutional Transplants and Constitutional Endurance
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Constitution and Constitutionalism
Creating Constitutions
Types of Constitutions
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Testi consigliati e bibliografia
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K. Zweigert and H. Kotz, An Introduction to Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, 1998 (only section A - General considerations; section B III - The Anglo-American Legal Family)
D.S. Clarke, Nothing new in 2000? Comparative Law in 1900 and today, Tulane Law Review 75, 2000-2001, pp. 871 ss.
A. Watson, Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law, University of Georgia Press, 1993 (only chapters I, II, III, IV)
R. David, Major Legal Systems in the World Today, London, Stevens and Son, 1985 (only Part I - The Romano-Germanic Family)
La Porta, Economic report of Legal Origins, Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46:2, pp. 285–332
Du. Kennedy, Three Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought: 1850–2000, in D. M. Trubek and A. Santos eds.,The New Law and Economic Development, 19, 2006, pp. 25–71
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M. Rosenfeld, Constitutional Identity, in M. Rosenfeld – A. Sajó (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, OUP, 2012, pp. 756-776
L. Orgad, The Preamble in Constitutional Interpretation, in International Journal of ConstitutionalLaw, Vol. 8, Issue 4, October 2010, pp. 714-738
C. Saunders, Courts with Constitutional Jurisdiction, in R. Masterman, R. Schuetze (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law, CUP, 2019, pp 414-440
M. Cappelletti, Judicial Review in Comparative Perspective, in «California Law Review», oct. 1970, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 1017-1053.
G. Halmai, Constitutional Transplants, in R. Masterman, R. Schuetze (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law, CUP, 2019, pp 580-604.
T. Ginsburg, Constitutional Endurance, in T. Ginsburg – R. Dixon (Eds.), Comparative Constitutional Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011, pp. 112-125
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T. Fleiner – C. Saunders, Constitutions embedded in different legal systems, in M. Tushnet – T. Fleiner – C. Saunders, Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law, Routledge, 2013, pp. 21-32
R. C. van Caenegem, The absolute state no lasting model (Chapter 7), in R. C. van Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law, CUP, 1995, pp. 108-125, 151-166, 174-193.
C. Klein- A. Sajó, Constitution-Making: Process and Substance, in M. Rosenfeld – A. Sajó (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, OUP, 2012, pp. 419-441
J. Elster, Forces and Mechanisms in the Constitution-Making Process, in Duke Law Journal, Vol. 45, 1995, pp. 364-396.
D. Grimm, Types of Constitutions, in M. Rosenfeld – A. Sajó (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, OUP, 2012, pp. 98-132
R. Bifulco, Federalism, in R. Masterman, R. Schuetze (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law, CUP, 2019, pp 312-312
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