Teaching code

4S009846

Academic staff

Enrico Andreoli, Sabrina Ferrazzi

Coordinator

Enrico Andreoli

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/02 - COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW

Period

2° periodo lezioni (2A) dal Feb 12, 2025 al Mar 25, 2025.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course is intended to provide the student with the knowledge of the basics of the comparative method, which is key to understand the phenomena of contemporary societies as well as the categories, meaning, functioning of private and public law tools.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to elaborate on public and private law rules and notions, applying the comparative methodology, in both written and oral forms, developing proper reasoning and argumentation, using an appropriate and specific vocabulary, reaching independent judgement on actual cases.

Prerequisites and basic notions

As a first-year teaching, there are no specific prerequisites different from those required for admission to the Degree Course.

Program

1. In the first part of classroom lectures (comparative public law, 15 hours), after an introduction on the method, functions and methods of legal comparison, the course deals with the concepts of legal family and legal tradition. The concept of the source of law is then explored in depth and the main manifestations of the legal phenomenon in the various families and traditions previously analyzed will be illustrated (forms of State, forms of government, ways of producing the legal phenomenon).
2. In the second part (comparative private law, 15 hours), the comparison will serve to understand the value and critical issues of the classifications of today's legal systems, also from an empirical perspective. Particular attention is paid to the circulation of models and rules between the different systems and in a global perspective.
3. Two laboratories for attending students flank the classroom lectures, one in the comparative public law area and one in the comparative private law area (6 hours each): they are both dedicated to the presentation of a group report by the students on a topic agreed with the professor and not covered in class, but inherent to the classroom syllabus.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course includes lectures for 30 hours and two laboratories for a total of 12 hours; attendance is strongly recommended.
Within the teaching methods, the following is specified.
1. Group work will be carried out by means of laboratory activities for students phisically attending the teaching.
2. Any students enabled to use the recorded lectures and accessible via the Panopto platform are exempt from the laboratory activity.
3. Incoming Erasmus students are invited to contact the professor in charge of the teaching (enrico.andreoli@univr.it) for the precise definition of the teaching methods dedicated to them.

Learning assessment procedures

The assessment of expected learning outcomes differs for attending and non-attending students, as follows.
Students who attend 80% of the lectures (24/30 hours) are considered to be attending; any students enabled to use the recorded lectures and accessible via the Panopto platform are considered to be attending upon confirmation of the viewing of 80% of the recorded lectures (24/30 hours).
1. For attending students: written test with multiple-choice and open-ended answers, of one and a half hours' duration, whose programme is made up of the topics covered during the classroom lectures.
For attending students (with the exclusion of any students entitled to use the recorded lectures), group work in the laboratories part constitutes part of the learning outcomes.
2. For non-attending students: oral test, whose syllabus consists of the examination bibliography indicated in the appropriate section.
For any information, non-attending students may refer to the professor in charge of the teaching (enrico.andreoli@univr.it).
3. Incoming Erasmus students are invited to contact the professor in charge of the teaching (enrico.andreoli@univr.it) for the precise definition of the examination arrangements for them (consisting of the discussion of a paper).

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation criteria include the ascertainment of:
1. the depth and breadth of knowledge gained;
2. the ownership of language;
3. the analytical and argumentative ability;
4. the ability to critically reflect on and link the topics covered in the teaching programme.
The evaluation of the final examination (both written and oral) is expressed in thirtieths.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

For attending students in the classroom, a quota of 2 points is reserved for the group activity carried out in the laboratories to affect the final grade.

Exam language

Italiano; per gli studenti Erasmus incoming è prevista la possibilità di effettuare la prova d'esame loro dedicata (discussione di un paper) in lingua inglese. / Italian; incoming Erasmus students will have the opportunity to take their exam (discussion of a paper) in English.

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