Comparative Law and Large Legal Systems
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Druge oblike študija | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | 160 | 8 |
Study programme and level | Study field | Academic year | Semester |
II. level | Law | 2 | 1 |
Course Type
Compulsory
Workload | Lectures (h/semester) | Seminar
(h/semester) |
Tutorial
(h/semester) |
Individual Work (h/semester) | ECTS |
40 | 160 | 8 |
Lecturer
assoc. prof. dr. Marko Novak
Language
English
Prerequisites
Enrollment in the first year of the Master’s program having acquired a basic knowledge from the undergraduate legal studies.
Content (Syllabus outline)
I. OVERVIEW OF COMPARATIVE LAW
1. General Comparative Law
2. Specific Comparative Law
II. ROMANO-GERMANIC LEGAL FAMILY
1. Western European Legal Group
2. Central European Legal Group
3. Scandinavian Legal Group
4. Post-Socialist Legal Group
III. COMMON LAW
1. English Law
2. US Law
IV. LEGAL SYSTEMS OF FAR EAST, INDIA, ISLAM AND AFRICA
1. Law of Far East
2. Indian Law
3. Islamic Law
4. African Law
Study Literature
– A. Uzelac, Survival of the Third Legal Tradition?, 49 Supreme Court Law Review 2010;
– R. Manko, Survival of the Socialist Legal Tradition? A Polish Perspective, 4 Comparative Law Review 2012;
– R. Manko, Weeds in the Gardens of Justice? The Survival of Hyperposisivism in Polish Legal Culture as a Symptom/Sinthome, Polemos – Journal of Law, Literature and Culture, 7.2 2013;
– A. Watson, Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law, University of Georgia Press, 1993;
– K. Zweigert, H. Koetz, An Introduction to Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998;
– M. Reimann, R Zimmerman (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2008;
– M. Bussani, U. Mattei (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012.
Objectives and competences
The students acquire the basic knoledge from the area of general comparative law including the main characteristics of the major legal systems. Such knowledge includes methodological foundations which enable the students to apply it in practice as well as continue their research in this area of law.
Intended learning outcomes
- Understanding of the historical development of general comparative law and the major legal systems.
- Ability to discern between the major legal system and knowing their main characteristics.
- Knowing (and applying) of the basic methods of research in the area of general comparative law.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures with active student participation in the class discussion.
The course is assessed on the rating scale from 6 to 10, where 6 is the lowest rating at which the student passes the exam, 10 being the highest score.
Assessment
Written examination.
Lecturer’s references
Selected bibliografical units:
- NOVAK, Marko. Three models of balancing (in constitutional review). Ratio juris, ISSN 0952-1917. Print ed., 2010, vol. 23, no. 1;
- NOVAK, Marko. A typological reading of prevailing legal theories. Ratio juris, ISSN 0952-1917. Print ed., 2014, no. 2, vol. 27;
- NOVAK, Marko. Poglavja iz filozofije in teorije prava. 1. izd. Nova Gorica: Evropska pravna fakulteta, 2008;
- NOVAK, Marko. Uvod v pravo, (Študijsko gradivo). 1. izd. V Novi Gorici: Evropska pravna fakulteta, 2010;
- NOVAK, Marko. Idealni tipi prava v luči psihološke tipologije = Ideal types of law from the perspective of psychological typology. Revus, 2013, št. 19.