(in Polish) Prawo porównawcze D-N-WPA-18

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Term 20/21:

The participants will be informed on the basic comparative methods (functional and institutional comparative law), the aims of the comparative law. They should learn about the comparative law in the macro-and microscale. The students will learn about the criteria of the legal traditions' classification and about essential formants of the main legal families. There is a special stress on the mixed jurisdictions, being a sort of laboratory for the comparative law. It will be discussed the criticism on the comparative method from the persective of the de-constructivism. The proces of the unification of law as a practical field of the application of the comparative method will be presented. It will be also a discussion concerning the legal reasoning, also by judges, wit the usage of the comparative method.

Course coordinators

Fryderyk Zoll

Learning outcomes of a component

The participants should learn the basic assumptions of the comparative methodology. The will get the fundamental capabilities to analyze foreign legal systems, by using the devices of the comparative method from different perspectives (micro- and macroscale). The will also learn different kind of the classification of the legal traditions. The participants will learn about the functional and institutional approach. They will learn about so called "formants" of the major legal systems.

Requirements

Ph.D. Students

Conditions of gaining credit

The stundents are expected to prepare an essay (about 20 pages), applying the comparative method. It is a take home exame. It may contain a comparative presentation of the question relevant for the Ph.D. - dissertation of the candidate or concern the questions of the comparative method.

Assessment methods and criteria for this course

The students should be able to prepare an essay, using the proper comparative method

Learning activities and teaching methods - thesaurus

Expository methods – multimedia presentation

Learning activities and teaching methods

Interactive lecture. The students are invited to discuss the subject matter of the class.

ECTS estimate

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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