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030530 VO Comparative Law (2024W)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
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Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 14.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 15.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 21.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 22.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 28.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 29.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 04.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U14 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 05.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 11.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 12.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 18.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 19.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 25.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 26.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 02.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 03.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 09.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 10.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 16.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 17.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 07.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 13.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Tuesday 14.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 20.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course shall introduce students to foreign legal systems and legal ways of thinking and familiarise them with the comparative law method. This is particularly useful as a preparation for a later professional activity in an ever more globalised world, such as a top law firm, an exporting company, an international organisation, or in academic research. At the same time, dealing with foreign legal systems sharpens the understanding of one's own law; it therefore also benefits law studies.
The course consists of three parts, taught by three specialists. One part will be dedicated to general private law, another to business law, and still another to constitutional law. During the course, major legal systems will be presented, many of which have had an outsized influence on the development of the legal systems of other countries. The historical, economic and cultural background and its importance on the development on the respective legal system will be emphasied. Specific legal problems will be discussed and their respective solutions in the different legal systems are contrasted and compared.
Method:
The course combines the content of a lecture with the style of an interactive seminar. While information will be given, students will be asked to contribute and draw comparisons with their own law. The course is not limited to the study of black-letter-rules, but attempts to embed them in the historical, social, cultural and economic context of the respective country. A primary goal is to give a sense for the "flair" of respective legal systems that allows for a better understanding of its general characteristics. Readings will be given, typically a court judgment from the country, in the original or in English translation.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of different legal systems and be able to apply learned content in practical cases. This includes knowledge of certain legal institutions, concepts and terms that shape the respective legal system. Individual legal provisions need only be known in exceptional cases. The exam will be structured in accordance with the lecture in three separate parts, one covering the contents of Comparative Private Law, the second Comparative Business Law, and the third Comparative Constitutional Law. The award of marks is based on the correctness, completeness and degree of precision of the answers.

Examination topics

1. The lecture material, which is published on Moodle every week.

2. The contents discussed in the lecture.

3. Additional case law posted on Moodle.

Reading list

Konrad Zweigert and Hein Kötz, An Introduction to Comparative Law, 3rd ed., Tübingen 1998

Jaakko Husa, A New Introduction to Comparative Law, 2015

Geoffrey Samuel, An Introduction to Comparative Law Theory and Method, 2014

Mark Tushnet, Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law, 2nd ed., 2018

Thomas Kadner Graziano, Comparative Contract Law, 2nd ed., 2019

Matthias Siems, Comparative Law, 3rd ed., 2022

Uwe Kischel, Comparative Law, 2019

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