Teaching code

4S009843

Teacher

Matteo Nicolini

Coordinator

Matteo Nicolini

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/21 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW

Period

1° periodo lezioni - GEM dal Oct 1, 2024 al Dec 20, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Knowledge and capacity to understand At the end of the course, students should: - have a solid knowledge of both method and fundamentals of comparative legal methodology; - have a good knowledge of the distinction between legal traditions and legal systems; - Understand the lexicon of comparative legal methodology. - have a basic knowledge of the non-legal variables affecting legal change (economics, geography, climate change); - assess how emergencies, risk management/containment, and climate change affect the realm of the law. Knowledge and capacity to apply understanding At the end of the course, students should be able to: - reflect on legal systems/traditions; - use the lexicon of comparative legal methodology - interpret non-legal variables, even ecological ones, affecting legal change; - apply the comparative legal method. Independent judgment At the end of the course, students will acquire be able to: - critically analyze non-Western legal traditions; - critically assess the several issues arising in a globalised world, where economic, legal, climate-change and political factors interact; - to examine public containment. Communication skills At the end of the course, students should be able to: - deliver presentations on legal change and legal system by using specific terms relating to comparative-law topics; - discuss non-Western conceptions of the law; Capacity to learn At the end of the course, students should be able to: - identify and analyze the way in which the theme of constitutional narrative is dealt with in the principal phenomena linked to globalization; - find the sources useful when it comes to developing an interdisciplinary comparative legal study.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of the English language.

Program

The course will be divided into three parts:
1. Comparative method and constitutional legal traditions. resilience and sustainability of legal pluralism traditions: Common Law; Civil; Law; Mixed Jurisdictions; African Law; Islamic Law; Hindu Law; Hebrew Law; Far Eastern legal systems. Pacific and Russia (SDG 16).
2. Contexts of Legal change (GOAL 17). An introduction to legal geography.
3. The governance of legal change. Colonisation; Numerical comparative law; Inequalities (SDG 10); Terrorisms; Climate change and comparative law (SDG 13).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Those attending the course will actively participate in it.
During the lectures, students will also discuss topics that have contributed to developing the role of legal traditions around the world .
Lectures will be held in presence.
The video recordings and any supplementary and supporting teaching materials will be made available to students who adhere to the PA 110 e lode protocol, and also, as envisaged by the University guidelines, to students who are in particular situations of fragility, with disabilities or suffering from learning disorders (following notification of and in coordination with the Inclusion Unit) .

Learning assessment procedures

Students that have regularly attended classes will take an oral exam.
During the course, they will be asked to deliver a review of the suggested reading and at least one presentation involving questions, case, and judgements dealt with during the course. The presentation will be assessed in order to determine the final mark.
Non-attending students
Non-attending students are required to take an oral exam. The exam will consist of an oral discussion, aims at verifying the knowledge of the fundamentals of comparative constitutional justice.
Erasmus students
Erasmus students that have regularly attended classes are granted the possibility to write an essay on a topic agreed by the teacher.

Evaluation criteria

Knowledge of the course topics is ascertained through review and presentation; the ability to critically analyze theoretical concepts, through the oral test. The final vote will be expressed out of 30.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is made up based on the verification of the mentioned criteria. In addition to the notions acquired, the grade is given by the ownership of the technical language used, the ability to connect between topics and institutes, and the analytical and argumentative ability. For attending students, active participation in lessons is also taken into account, which provides additional points.

Exam language

Italiano

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