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Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät Lehrstuhl Babusiaux

Comparative Private Law

C-Nr. 0693

Time

Dienstag

14:00 - 15:45

Room

RAK-E-8

Content

The course held by Prof. Alonso, Babusiaux, Bonfield, Fiocchi, Fragu and Hadžimanović, will introduce students to the methods of Comparative Private Law. In doing so, the course will present topical examples of Comparative Private Law in the field of Contract Law, Property Law, and Consumer Protection Law.

All materials (powerpoint slides, further reading) will be published on olat (depending on the respective professor’s choice before or after the course).

Organisation

The course will be held in presence only. Please note, that there will be no podcasting in order to encourage attendance of class. Should the pandemic situation require it, the teaching will switch to Zoom. Please make sure to check our website regularly!

Preparation

Before the beginning of each class, the students will need to read the respective chapters of the following book: 

Michael Bogdan, Concise introduction to Comparative Law, 2013; ISBN 9789089521255

Date Subject Lecturer Reading (Bogdan)

20.9.

 Introd.: Def., Methods etc. Alonso Part I, Chapter I, 2, 6
27.9. Introd.: Legal Transplants Alonso Part I, Chapter 4,5,7
4.10. Introd.: Legal Families Alonso  
11.10. English Law Hadžimanović Part I, Chapter 9, 8

18.10.

21.10.

 English Law Hadžimanović Part II, Chapter 9

25.10.

 American Law Bonfield Part II, Chapter 10
01.11. American Law Bonfield Part II, Chapter 10

08.11.

 American Law Bonfield Part II, Chapter 10
15.11. German Law Babusiaux Part II, Chapter 12
22.11. German Law Babusiaux Part II, Chapter 12
29.11. Customary Law Fiocchi T.W. Bennet, Comparative Law and African Customary Law, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, ed. M. Reimann, R. Zimmermann, Oxford 2006, 641-674.

6.12.

 French Law Fragu Part II, Chapter 11
13.12. French Law Fragu Part II, Chapter 11

20.12.

 Islamic Legal Culture Fiocchi C. Mallat, Comparative Law and the Islamic (Middle Eastern) Legal Culture, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, ed. M. Reimann, R. Zimmermann, Oxford 2006, 609-640.

 

Weiterführende Informationen

Zoom link lectures 25.10. and 8.11.

The lecture next Tuesday (25th of October) and also the lecture on Tuesday the 8th of November will be held online via zoom. You may enter the zoom meeting using the link published in OLAT. 

OLAT access

You will find any additional materials and information on OLAT.