Ateneo - UPO

Meaning and goals of comparative law.
Western legal tradition: civil law and common law
Short introduction to Islamic law and to legal traditions of Asia and Africa.
The problems of legal translation.
Introduction to contract in common law.
International sale law.

6 CFU course:
A. Guarneri, Lineamenti di diritto comparato, Cedam, Padova, last edition available.
A. Frignani, M. Torsello, Il contratto internazionale, Padova, Cedam, 2010 da pag. 1 a pag. 254 e da pag. 437 a pag. 503

The course has, as goal, to introduce the students to comparative law, in order to understand how contract law has been formed in different legal systems and how now works in international settings.

No prerequisite is requested.

Lecture. an active participation from the students is appreciated and welcomed.

Attendance to class is not compulsory.

The final exam will be a written exam, with two open questions on each part of the program, for a total of four questions.

Introduction to comparative law methodology- Law, Language and legal translation - English common law - UsA Common law - The French legal system l - The German legal system -

as indicated under the entry "obiettivi formativi".