Comparative Private Law

Student will acquire competence on methodology for comparative legal research and on the circulation of legal models, international unification of law and dialogue between courts. Secondly, she/he will know and will be able to understand the institutional and private law features of the main legal traditions and of some national legal systems in particular, and to compare them. The course also aims to introduce the student to the complexity of sources of international contract law as well as to the coordination of these sources. Finally, it is intended to provide the student the discipline of the international sales contract and the necessary skills to face most frequent problems related to it.

At the end of the course the student will have a comparative historical panorama of the main European and non-European legal traditions; on this basis she/he can also formulate independent judgments and to approach critically his own national system. She/he will be able to face the complexity of the international contract law and, in particular, of the contract of sale of goods. Will now how to find and evaluate legislative and jurisprudential sources, having carried out bibliographical and documentary research, and having prepared a short essay or a presentation during the course. Finally, the general acquired knowledge and experience will also allow her/him to study other related scientific questions independently.