COMPARATIVE LAW
| Title | ΣΥΓΚΡΙΤΙΚΟ ΔΙΚΑΙΟ / COMPARATIVE LAW |
| Code | ΠΕ26 |
| Faculty | Law |
| School | Law |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Anna-Maria Konsta |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 100001601 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Nomikīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 318
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENIAIA KATEUTHYNSĪ | Limited Elective Courses in Special Topics | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Class ID | 600245405
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Class Schedule
| Building | Amphitheater NOE |
| Floor | Floor 3 |
| Hall | 313 ΣΠΟΥΔΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΑΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΑ (543) |
| Calendar | Tuesday 16:00 to 18:00 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600245405
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/auth/saml/login.php
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
This course aims Α) to give students information about the general characteristics of the major legal systems and Β) to familiarize them with the methodological problems and the methodological tools of comparative law. The particular learning objectives of the course are: (1) Providing knowledge that will allow students to find easily the foreign law, to study foreign legal concepts and legal institutions and to compare them. (2) Approaching theoretical problems of comparative legal research, such as, classification and comparability of laws, evaluation of foreign legal solutions, legal borrowing and legal transplants. (3) Understanding the usefulness of comparative legal research in the various areas of positive law and legal science and engaging in exploratory activities that will allow them to apply the comparative legal method and to discover its usefulness.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course consists of three parts:
The first part includes introductory lessons on the principles of the comparative method, the nature and the practical scope of comparative law and, more specifically, its role in the enactment and implementation of rules of law at the national, international, and European Union level.
The second part examines the general characteristics of the major legal systems and in particular, the civil law, on the one hand, and the common law, on the other. In the context of this section, an extensive introduction is also given to the main features of US law.
The third part examines traditional and religious legal systems that do not belong to Western legal culture, such as Hindu law, Muslim law, traditional African law and the laws of the Far East (China and Japan).
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 75 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 100 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students who choose to attend the course are assessed differently from those who choose to take it but do not attend it. A. STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND THE COURSE have two options: A. (1) They make an individual or collective oral presentation in class, which is assessed and its grade constitutes 20% of the total course grade (2) and finally participate in the final oral or written examinations covering the entire course material, the grade of which constitutes 80% of the final grade. B. STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE COURSE will take only the written examination.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
"1. Χριστίνα Δεληγιάννη-Δημητράκου, Εισαγωγή στο Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο, εκδ. Σάκκουλας, Αθήνα/Θεσσαλονίκη 1997. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον ΕΥΔΟΞΟ: 34450
2. Φ. Κοζύρης, Εισαγωγή στο αμερικανικό δίκαιο, εκδ. Σάκκουλας, Αθήνα/Θεσσαλονίκη 2002. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον ΕΥΔΟΞΟ: 34448
3. Ε. Μουσταΐρα, Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο, Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη, Αθήνα 2012. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον ΕΥΔΟΞΟ: 22768498"
Additional bibliography for study
Atiyah P.S., Summers R.S., Form and Substance in Anglo-American law, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1996.
Βρέλλης Σ, Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο, Eκδ. Αντ. Σάκκουλα, 1988
Baker J.H. , An Introduction to English legal history, 2η έκδ. από Hamilton, 1977.
Bell J., French Legal Cultures, Butterworths, 2001.
Δεληγιάννη-Δημητράκου Χ., Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο και Νομικός Πλουραλισμός, Εκδ. Σάκκουλα, 2008.
David R., Brierley, J.E.C., Major Legal Systems in the World Today, 3η έκδ. 1985.
Eυρυγένης Δ., Φραντζεσκάκης Φ., Σ. Συμεωνίδης, Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1974
Jolowicz J.A,, Droit anglais, Dalloz, 1992.
Legrand P., Comparer les droits résolument, puf, 2009.
Kiralfy A. R, The English Legal System, 1992.
Κοζύρης Φ., Συγκριτική Εισαγωγή στο Αμερικανικό Δίκαιο, Σάκκουλας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2002
Legrand, P. Comparer les droits résolument, puf, 2009
Mattei U., Comparative Law and Economics, 1997
Markesinis B., Always on the same path, essays on foreign law and comparative methodology, Hart, 2001
Menski W., Comparative Law in a Global Context: the Legal Systems of Asia and Africa, Platinium, 2000
Μουσταΐρα Ε., Σταθμοί στην πορεία του συγκριτικού δικαίου: θέσεις και αντιθέσεις, Eκδ. Αντ. Σάκκουλα, 2003.
Nelken D., (επ.), Comparing Legal Cultures, Dartmouth, 1997
Örücü E., The Enigma of Comparative Law: Variations on a Theme for the Twenty-first Century, 2004.
Reimann Μ., Zimmermann R., The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Riles A., Rethinking Masters of Comparative Law, Oxford-Portland, Hart, 2001.
Zweigert Kötz, An Introduction to Comparative Law, 2002
Last Update
25-02-2024
