Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

The course 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.

Knowledge of the methods of Comparative Law

Knowledge of the history of Comparative Law

Comprehension of the formation of the European Legal Tradition

Knowledge of the French Code and of the Romanistic Legal Family

Knowledge of the German Code and of the Germanic Legal Family

Knowledge of the Anglo-American Legal Family

Knowledge of the diffusion of European codes

Knowledge of the Nordic Legal Family

Knowledge of the Law in the Far East Systems

Knowledge of the Religious-based Legal Systems

Comprehension of the process of americanization of the Law

Comprehension of what means "globalizing the Law"

Face-to-face streaming recorded lessons.

Please remember to enroll in the course clicking on the icon "Registrati al Corso" (Enroll me) and to access the Moodle page ("Vai a Moodle"): here, you will find week after week all didactic material concerning the class of Comparative Law (a.a. 2021-2022).

Written exam on Moodle platform.

1. The Concept of Comparative Law

2. The Functions and Aims of Comparative Law

3. The Method of Comparative Law

4. The History of Comparative Law

5. The Style of Legal Families

6. The History of French Law

7. The Spirit and Essential Features of the Code Civil

8. The Reception of the Code Civil

9. Courts and Lawyers in France and Italy

10. The History of German Law

11. The German Civil Code

12. The General Civil Code of Austria

13. The Swiss Civil Code

14. The Development of the English Common Law

15. Courts and Lawyers in England

16. The Spread of the Common Law Throughout the World

17. The Law of the United States of America

18. Law-Finding and Procedure in Common Law and Civil Law

19. Scandinavian Law, Past and Present

20. Chinese Law

21. Japanese Law

22. Islamic Law

23. Hindu Law

24. The process of 'americanization' of the Law

25. The process of 'globalization' of the Law