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Curso en Derecho Comparado


Detalles de Evento


El Prof. Ricardo Gosalbo Bono (Antiguo Director en el Servicio Jurídico del Consejo de la UE y Profesor de Derecho en la Universidades de Salamanca y Libre de Bruselas) volverá este año a impartir su curso de Derecho Comparado y los Fundamentos Nacionales del Derecho de la UE.

Se trata de un excelente curso que explora tanto los diversos sistemas jurídicos del mundo como la comparación entre diversos ordenamientos jurídicos, así como la relación entre el Derecho nacional y el Derecho de la Unión. Para participar en este curso —que tendrá lugar entre el 14 y el 16 de marzo de 2018 en la Facultad de Derecho— es preciso inscribirse en el siguiente formulario. Los que asistan a la mayoría de las sesiones recibirán un certificado acreditativo.

 

PROGRAMA DEL CURSO

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PART I : INTRODUCTION

Lesson 1: Definition, Aims, And History of Comparative Law 

1.- Definition of Comparative Law. 2.- The Aims of Legal Comparison. 3.- The History of Comparative Law. 4.- List of Available Materials, Collections, and databases on Comparative law.

Practical Illustrations: – Algera v. Common Assembly of the ECSC, Joined Cases 7/56 and 3 to 7/57, (1957) ECR 41 pp.55-56. 

Lesson 2: The Classification of Laws

1.- The Multifarious Conceptions of the Law. 3.- The Classifications of the Legal Systems and Legal Traditions. 4.- The Different Methods of Comparison.

Practical Ilustrations: Malabo v. Quennsland (No 2) (1992) MCA 23;(1992) 175 CLR 1// Sunday Times v. The United Kingdom (1979)ECHR, Series A. No 30 at p.59

 

PART II: NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF EU LAW

Lesson 3: The Civil Law System

1.- The Legacy of Roman Law. 2.-The Contents of Roman Private and Public Law. 3.- The Legacy of Germanic Law. 3.- The Legacy of Christian Law. 4.- The Lex Mercatoria. 4.- The Distinction between Private and Public Law. 5.- The Distinction between Ordinary and Administrative Courts.

Practical Illustrations: Kinloch Damph Ltd v. Nordvik Salmon Farms, Scottish Court of Sessions, CA 29/14/99.

Lesson 4: French Law as the Model for the Romanistic Systems

1.- The Importance of French Law. 2.- A Short History of French Law. 3.- The Sources od French Law. 4.- The French Judiciary. 5.- French Private Law. 6.- French Public Law. 7.- The Distinctive Traits of the Spanish and Italian Laws.

Practical Illustrations: Sample of Book I of the French Civil Code///Case no. 1082243, Affaire Nicolo, Recueil Lebon, Conseil d’Etat 1989

Lesson 5: German Law as the Model for the Germanic Systems 

1.- The Idiosyncrasies and History of German Law. 2.- The Sources of German Law. 3.- The German Administration of Justice. 4.- German Civil and Commercial Laws. 5.- German Public Law. 6.- German Criminal and Labour Laws. 7.-The Germanic Traits of Austrian and Swiss Laws.

Practical Illustrations: Sample of the Application of the Principle of Abstraction to the German Law of Contracts/// Ruling on the Lisbon Treaty, judgment by the German Constitutional Court of 30 June 2009, 2 BvE 2/08

Lesson 6: The Common Law System 

1.-The Origins of the Common Law. 2.- The Distinction between Common Law and Equity. 3.- The Common Law Method. 4.- The Common Law Legacy.

Practical Illustrations: Sample of Writ of fieri facias (Writ No. 57 against personal representatives)/// J. Dainow, The Civil Law and The Common Law: Some Points of Comparison (1996-1967) 15 American Journal of Comparative Law pp. 419-435.

Lesson 7: English law as the Model

1.- The Origins of English law. 2.- The Sources of English law. 3.- The Importance of Judge-made Law and the Doctrine of Precedent. 4.- The Contents of English Common Law (Law of Persons, of Contract and of Tort). 5.-The Principles of English Equity. 6.- English Constitutional and Administrative Laws. 7.-A Brief Excursion into the Law of the United States.

Practical Illustrations: Wilkinson v. Downton (1897) 2 Q.B. 57 ( tort)/// Girozentrale v. Islington (1996) UKHL 12 (trust) ///Several Landmark Cases in USA Supreme Court History.

Lesson 8: The Law of the European Union as new Ius Commune

1.- The Influence of the Law of the EU Member States upon EU law. 2.- The General Principles of EU Law. 3.- The Original Traits of EU law. 4.- The Gradual Europeanisation of Private Law (Codification of Contract, Tort and Commercial Laws). 5.- The Gradual Europeanisation of Public Law.

Practical Illustrations: Liselotte Hauer v. Land Rheinland-Pfal, Case 44/79, (1979) ECR 3727///Sample of Model Contract for the International Sale of Goods///Sample of Model for the International Bill of Lading.

 

PART III: EUROPEAN AND OTHER LEGAL TRADITIONS COMPARED

Lesson 9: Russian, Chinese and Cuban Laws 

1.- Russian Law and the Development of the Socialist Legal System. 2.- The Law of Contemporary Russia. 3.- The Legal System of the People’s Republic of China. 3.- Cuban Law.

Practical Illustrations: Samples of Recent Controversial Legislation in Russia/// The Fan Zhiyi Case and the Yu Qiuyu Case before Chinese Courts.

Lesson 10: Religious Legal Systems

1.- Islamic Law : its Developments through the Different Schools of law, the Contents of Sharia law, and the Law in contemporary Islam. 2.- The Jewish Legal Tradition. 3.- The Law of the Bahai Faith.

Practical Illustrations: Sample of Islamic Marriage Contract/// Sample of a Jewish gezeirah law.

Lesson 11: Traditional Laws 

1.- The Traditional Hindu Law. 2.- The Traditional Laws of the Far East. 3.- The Customary Laws of Africa.

Practical Illustrations: The Fifteen Forbidden Aphorisisms (nivarita sutras) from the Saiva Dharmasastras/// Samples of African customs.

Lesson 12: Comparative Law and Related Subjects

1.- Comparative Law and International Law. 2.- Comparative Law and the Globalization of Law. 3.-Comparative Law and Private International Law. 4.- Comparative Law and Legal History.

Practical Illustrations: Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa, ICJ Reports 1950,128 at p.148 per Lord MacNair.