Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Introduction to Comparative Law

Introduction to Comparative Law
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9337
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Second semester
OB
Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English

Teaching staff

Introduction

In the event that the health authorities announce a new period of confinement due to the evolution of the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the teaching staff will promptly communicate how this may effect the teaching methodologies and activities as well as the assessment.


El objetivo del curso es introducir a los estudiantes a la cultura jurídica angloamericana (common law) mediante la comparación con la cultura jurídica de Europa continental (derecho civil). El contraste se centra en los orígenes históricos, las fuentes del derecho y la cultura constitucional .

Pre-course requirements

Conocimientos de derecho constitutucional, derecho público y derecho privado

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 11 - To acquire skills for autonomous learning
  • 18 - To understand the different ways of creating Law within its historical evolution as well as its current state
  • 27 - To skillfully use terminology and linguistic structures in English related to Law
  • 28 - To be able to read and understand bibliography and other legal texts in English

Learning outcomes of the subject

Metodología:

Lección magistral en clase y prácticas evaluables

- Lecturas relacionadas con la materia

Actividades formativas :

- Estudio independiente del alumno

Syllabus

Introducció al Dret Comparat

1. Concepte i Història

2. Objectius

3. Funcions

4. Metodologia

Sistemes jurídics o Famílies jurídiques

1.Introducció

2. Classificació

3. Diferències entre Civil Law i Common Law

Sistema continental o de civil law

1. Civil Law i Dret Romà.

2. El moviment de codificació: bases, desenvolupament i rellevància del moviment.

3. El model francès: la originalitat del seu contingut i la seva influència en altres codis.

4. Els models de llengua alemanya

Sistema de common law

1.Característiques generals del Common Law anglès. El commonwealth: els casos i precedents.

2.Tradició (del Bill of Rights al Human Rights Act)

3. Característiques generals del sistema als Estats Units i la seva influència en diversos sectors.

Altres sistemes jurídics del món

La unificació del Dret en temps de globalització

 

Teaching and learning activities

Online



Final exam of the entire subject for those who, in the continuous assessment, have not achieved a minimum grade of 7.

Continuous assessment based on weekly tests. It has a value of 40% of the total

In the July call, continuous assessment is only taken into account if it does not affect the grade.

TRAINING ACTIVITYCOMPETENCES
Presentación en el aula de los conceptos y su aplicación práctica
18 27
Actividades en el aula para el seguimiento de los alumnos (individual y en grupo)
27
Estudio independiente del alumno
11 18 27 28
Trabajos individuales
11

Evaluation systems and criteria

Online



Final exam on the whole of the subject for those who, in the continuous assessment, have not achieved a minimum grade of 7.

Continuous assessment based on weekly tests. It has a value of 40% of the total

In the July call, continuous assessment is only taken into account if it does not harm the grade.

Bibliography and resources

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES:

 

AJANI, G.; Sistemas Jurídicos Comparados. Lecciones y Materiales, Universitat de Barcelona, 2010.

 

BELTRAN DE FELIPE, M. y GONZÁLEZ GARCIA, J., Las sentencias básicas del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos, BOE-CEPC, 2ed, 2006.

 

GALGANO, F.; Atlas de Derecho Privado Comparado, Zanichelli Editore, Bologna, 2000.

 

GLENN, H.P.; Legal Traditions of the World, Oxford, 2010.

 

GLENDON, M.; WALLACE, M.; OSAKWE, C.; Comparative Legal Traditions, West Publishing Co, 1994.

 

GORDLEY, J.; TALOR, A.; An Introduction to the comparative study of Private Law: Readings, Cases, Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

RENÉ D.; JAUFFRET SPINOSI, C.; Los grandes sistemas jurídicos contamporáneos, traducción por SANCHEZ CORDERO (Universidad Pantheón, París), Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, 2010.

REIMANN, M.; ZIMMERMANN, R.; The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, 2006.

 

Recursos

Unites States Supreme Court: www.supreme.court.gov

The UK Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov.uk

US Senate: www.senate.gov

 

US House of Representatives: www.house.gov

Library of Congress: www.loc.gov

Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School: www.law.cornell.edu

Oyez Today: www.kentlaw.edu

 

Documentals i series:

The Supreme Court, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service).

John Adams, HBO, 2008.

Teaching and learning material