Comparative Law (2235.YR.001252.1)

Datos generales

Tipo:	OPT	Curso:	1	Periodo:	S semestre
Créditos ECTS:	5 ECTS

Profesorado:

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento	Idioma
Year 1	Verona Tio Perez-Albert	Derecho	ENG

This course contributes to the internationalisation of the Bachelor's in Law curriculum. Firstly, due to it being a subject taught in a foreign language (English), and, secondly, as its focus goes beyond the limits of the different forms of legal systems. It helps future lawyers develop a broader and less local vision of Law, something which is especially important in an increasingly globalised society.

The course starts with an introduction to the functions and methods of Comparative Law, and proceeds with an outlook to the major legal systems which classically are placed under the common law-civil law divide (English and American- French and German) by focusing on their different historical evolution. Subsequently, the course analyses the common law-civil law divide in a different context: that of legal institutions of private law (contract law, property law and civil procedure).

The student is expected to:

- Become aware of the importance of Law as a regulatory system for social relations with significant differences in different parts of the world.
- Recognise the impact that Europeanisation and globalisation have on national legislatures and judicial decisions.
- Develop a critical awareness towards the common law-civil law divide, know its origins and reflect on its actual relevance.
- Be able to identify the factors (historical and cultural) that are at the very root of the differences and similarities between the common law and civil law traditions in general as well as in regard to particular institutions of private law (contract law, property law and civil procedure).

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Actividades de evaluación

Journal articles

Readings published on the course website or indicated to be located by the student in the Library database.

Handbooks

Adams, M., Bomhoff, J. (eds.), Practice and Theory of Comparative Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Adams, M., Heirbaut, D. (eds.), The method and culture of comparative law: essays in honour of Mark Van Hoecke, Hart Publishing, 2014.

Adams, M., Husa, J., Oderkerk, M. (eds.), Comparative Law Methodology, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Andenas, M., Fairgrieve, D. (eds.), Courts and Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, 2016.

Bellomo, M., The Common Legal Past of Europe, 1000-1800 (translated from the 2nd edition by L. G. Cochrane), The Catholic University of America Press, 1995.

Bogdan, M., Concise Introduction to Comparative Law, Europa Law Publishing, 2013.

Bussani, M., Mattei, U. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Husa, J., A New Introduction to Comparative Law, Hart, 2015.

Kischel, U., Comparative Law, 1st ed., Oxford University Press, 2019.

Mousourakis, G., Comparative Law and Legal Traditions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Springer International Publishing, 2019.

Samuel, G., An Introduction to Comparative Law Theory and Method, Hart, 2014.

Samuel, G., A Short Introduction to the Common Law, Edward Elgar, 2013.

Smits, J.M. (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.

Strong, S.I., Fach Gómez, K.; Carballo Piñeiro, L., Comparative Law for Spanish-English Speaking Lawyers. Legal Cultures, Legal Terms and Legal Practices / Derecho comparado para abogados anglo- e hispanoparlantes. Culturas jurídicas, términos jurídicos y prácticas jurídicas, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Zweigert, K., Kötz, H., An Introduction to Comparative Law, 3rd ed., Clarendon, 1998.

In French:

David, R., Les grands systèmes de droit contemporains, 11e éd., Dalloz, 2002.

Fairgrieve, D., Muir Watt, H., Common law et tradition civiliste, convergence ou concurrence?, Presses Universitaires de France, 1er éd., 2006.

In Spanish:

Ajani, G., Sistemas jurídicos comparados: lecciones y materiales, Publicacions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2010.

Cartwright, J., Introducción al Derecho inglés de los contratos, 1ª ed., Aranzadi, 2019.

Cuñado, F., Gámez R., Introducción al Common Law, Aranzadi, 2017.

De Prada Rodríguez, M., Muñoz Rojo, R., El proceso civil inglés, Comares, 2014.

Del Barrio, N., La Jurisprudencia en el Common Law (desde la perspectiva del jurista continental), Aranzadi, 2018.

Merryman, J.H., La tradición jurídica romano-canónica, traducido por R. Pérez Perdomo, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2015.

Sánchez Lorenzo, S., El Derecho inglés y los contratos internacionales, Tirant lo Blanch, 2013.

Sánchez Lorenzo, S. (Ed.), Derecho contractual comparado: una perspectiva europea y transnacional, 3ª ed., Civitas Thomson Reuters, 2016.

Santos Aliste, T. J., Sistema de Common Law, Ratio Legis, 2013.

Grupo	Profesor	Departamento
Year 1	Verona Tio Perez-Albert	Derecho