European comparative Law L2-S4

Code Cours
2324-FDL-ITLAW-EN-2012
Establishment
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Valentina Volpe
Period

Présentation

Modalités

Forms of instruction

Grades will be based on:

  • ClassParticipation+ Class Debate(up to20%)Class participationisareally meaningful part of the final grade.Students are expected tobe familiar withthe readings and be prepared foreach class.

During Session VIIthe class will be divided in two groups and each student will be requested to argue in favor/against the thesis of the universality of democracy/human right...butregardless to her/his personal opinion about itJThe idea is to engage in a meaningful classdebateon one of the core topics of the course, while learning to the appreciate the reasons of “the others”.

  • Oral exam (80%-100%)
Evaluation
Examen : coeff. 1

Ressources

Bibliography

<ul> <li>Mauro Bussani and Ugo Mattei,The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law, CUP2012(Bussaniand Mattei)</li> <li>H. Patrick Glenn,Legal Traditions of the World, OUP, 2014</li> </ul> || All readings will be available through DropboxReading assignments will be drawn from the syllabus below. Assignments are listed by session. In principle, the order by whichmaterials are listed corresponds to the order they will be discussed during class hours.