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030113 KU Law Crossing Borders (2024S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 13.03. 12:30 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 10.04. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 17.04. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 24.04. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 08.05. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 15.05. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 22.05. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 29.05. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 05.06. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 12.06. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Wednesday 19.06. 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The production of law does not only take place in the national framework. Throughout history, legal knowledge, norms and practices circulated between different countries, cultures and languages. Legal books were translated, codifications adopted and law was practised by persons who had studied abroad. In the course we will have a look at several historical examples of such processes of intercultural exchange in the field of law. We will ask about the contexts in which this took place and we will discuss theories that explain the law that emerged from such transfers. We will see that this helps not only to gain a better understanding of law's history, but also of law's present.

Assessment and permitted materials

Two written exams during the term.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The assessment is based on the average of both exam grades. It can be improved by active participation in the discussions.

Examination topics

The exams will be based on the content of the course.

Reading list

Alan Watson, Legal transplants, 2nd ed. 1993.
Pierre Legrand, The impossibility of 'legal transplants', in: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law Vol 4 (1997), p. 111-124.
Peter Burke, Cultural hybridity, 2009.

Further reading material will be provided on Moodle.

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