The course aims to approach the student to comparative law, and to the study of the partition of private law in civil law and common law systems.

The student will acquire:

- full knowledge and comprehension of civil law systems and common law systems

- full knowledge of the main partition of domestic and foreign private law and of the methodology of comparative law

- capacity of understanding the purposes and effects of law policies

- capacity of work out papers

The holder of the qualification possesses:

- capacity of applying domestic and foreign rules and regulations, understanding differences and resemblances

- capacity of finding, also through data bank, understanding and employing domestic and foreign statute law, case law and materials.

The acquisition of the above indicated requirements is verified through exercises on cases and final exam

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

The course is divided in two parts:

Part I

Introduction to comparative law and to compared legal systems. The study of civil law systems and common law systems (in particular, english and US models)

Part II

Law of Property (including trust), Law of Contract and Law of Torts in civil and common law systems

Attendance

The course consists of lessons, with the active participation of students to the discussion on materials in foreign language (e.g. judgments, cases, statutes, etc.).

Course books

The student who attended the course prepares for the exam on the following text:

G. ALPA, M.J. BONELL, D. CORAPI, L. MOCCIA, V. ZENO ZENCOVICH, A. ZOPPINI, Diritto privato comparato, Bari, Laterza, last edition, with exception of the parts on law of corporations and wills and testaments

Assessment

Oral exam.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

The lecturer, during the receiving time or via e-mail, will available to provide informations or explanations

Course books

The student who did not attend the course prepares for the exam on the following texts:

Part I

R. Sacco, voce Diritti dell’Europa continentale e sistemi derivati (Civil law), in Enciclopedia Giuridica Treccani

U. Mattei, Il modello di common law, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione

Part II

G. ALPA, M.J. BONELL, D. CORAPI, L. MOCCIA, V. ZENO ZENCOVICH, A. ZOPPINI, Diritto privato comparato, Bari, Laterza, last edition, with exception of the parts on law of corporations and wills and testaments

Assessment

Oral exam.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.