UNIFORM PRIVATE LAW
Syllabus
Prerequisiti
Prerequisites
Programma
I- Introduzione:
1. La norma sociale
2. Fattori di Differenza/Similitudine tra sistemi giuridici
3. Antropologia giuridica e sociologia del diritto
4. Dati giuridici/Dati metagiuridici
(Settimana #2)
II- La questione linguistica
III. Teorie sui Legal Transplants (Watson, Legrand, Siems, Galindo)
IV. La metodologia del diritto comparato
1. Civil Law Tradition e la sua storia
2. Common Law Tradition e la sua storia
(Settimana #3)
3. La teoria dei formanti del diritto di Sacco
4. La sistemologia di Mattei
V. Introduzione al diritto contrattuale (Nozione, Atto-Fatto-negozio giuridico, gli esempi di Sacco)
VI. Chi crea diritto privato uniforme: come e perché?
(Settimana #4)
1. L’'Unione europea
1.1 UE e l’'amonizzazione del mercato interno
1.2 Le diverse regolamentazioni nel mercato interno
1.3 L’'UE quale soggetto giuridico internazionale
1.4 Gli strumenti per l'azione esterna della UE
2. Il Consiglio d’'Europa
3. Mercosur
4. OHADA
5. UNCITRAL (CISG e CESL)
6. UNIDROIT (PICC)
(Settimana #5)
7. Regole globali e attori privati (New Lex Mercatoria, BCE e ISDA)
8. Il formante dottrinale quale creatore di DPU
8.1. La Commissione Lando (PECL)
8.2. NCCUSL e ALI (Uniform Commercial Code e Restatement)
9. Il formante giurisprudenziale quale creatore di DPU
9.1. La Corte Europea di Giustizia
9.2. Il Giudice nazionale quale Giudice europeo
9.3 L’Arbitrato Internazionale
(Settimana #6)
VII. Diritto uniforme materiale:
1. Diritto del consumo
2. I Principi Generali quale strumenti transnazionali
IX. Il conflitto tra leggi
1. L’Alternativa tra gli approcci Opt-in/Opt-out
2. Applicazione della scelta del diritto applicabile
Program
I- Introduction:
1. Social norm
2. Factors of Difference/Similarity between legal systems
3. Anthropology and Sociology of Law
4. Legal Data/Metalegal Data
(Week #2)
II- Legal Language
III. Theories on Legal Transplants (Watson, Legrand, Siems, Galindo)
IV. Comparative Law Methodology
1. Civil Law Tradition and its History
2. Common Law Tradition and its History
(Week #3)
3. Sacco’s Theory on Legal Formants
4. Mattei’s Taxonomy
V. Introduction on Contract Law (Notion of Contract, Juridical Acts and Contracts, Sacco’s example on contract law)
VI. Who creates Uniform Private Law: How and Why do it
(Week #4)
1. European Union
1.1 EU and the Harmonization of the Internal Market
1.2 Regulatory Differentiation in the Internal Market
1.3 EU as International Player
1.4 Instruments of EU external Action
2. Council of Europe
3. Mercosur
4. OHADA
5. UNCITRAL (CISG and CESL)
6. UNIDROIT (PICC)
(Week #5)
7. Global Rules and Private Actors (New Lex Mercatoria, ECB and ISDA)
8. The Doctrinal Formant as Producer of UPL
8.1. Lando’s Commission (PECL)
8.2. NCCUSL and ALI (Uniform Commercial Code and Restatement)
9. The Judicial Formant as Producer of UPL
9.1. The European Court of Justice
9.2. The National Judge as EU Judge
9.3 The International Arbitration
(Week #6)
VII. Uniform Substantial Law:
1. Consumer Law
2. General Principles in Transnational Instruments
IX. Conflict of laws
1. Alternative among Replacement/Opt-in/Opt-out Approach
2. Application of the Choice of Law Rules
Testi Adottati
Books
Bibliografia
Bibliography
Modalità di svolgimento
Teaching methods
Regolamento Esame
Per la verifica dell'apprendimento è previsto il superamento di una prova scritta (obbligatoria). La prova scritta (90 minuti) verte su due/tre domande aperte, ciascuna volta ad ottenere dallo studente una risposta scritta quanto più possibile ragionata ed elaborata su temi trattati nel corso. Verrà tenuto conto del rigore del ragionamento, la chiarezza espositiva e dell’'utilizzo corretto della terminologia giuridica in aderenza con i descrittori di Dublino (1. Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione (knowledge and understanding); 2. Capacità di applicare la conoscenza e comprensione (applying knowledge and understanding); 3. Autonomia di giudizio (making judgements); 4. Capacità di apprendimento (learning skills); 5: Abilità di comunicazione (communication skills). Il risultato finale consiste nella somma dei punti raggiunti per ogni domanda in una scala in 30/30 (il minimo per superare l’esame è 18/30).
Il voto di esame può aumentare o diminuire di 2 punti extra per gli studenti frequentanti che in via facoltativa si rendono disponibili a sviluppare un progetto in gruppo. La valutazione del progetto riguarda elaborazione, redazione e presentazione in gruppo (3-5 persone per gruppo) di una questione giuridica allo scopo di mettere in pratica e dimostrare le proprie capacità di comunicazione (scritte e orali) nell'ambito di problematiche di diritto privato uniforme.
La prova di esame sarà valutata secondo i seguenti criteri:
Non idoneo: importanti carenze e/o inaccuratezze nella conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; limitate capacità di analisi e sintesi, frequenti generalizzazioni e limitate capacità critiche e di giudizio, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo non coerente e con linguaggio inappropriato;
18-20: conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti appena sufficiente con possibili generalizzazioni e imperfezioni; capacità di analisi sintesi e autonomia di giudizio sufficienti, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo poco coerente e con un linguaggio poco appropriato/tecnico;
21-23: Conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti routinaria; Capacità di analisi e sintesi corrette con argomentazione logica sufficientemente coerente e linguaggio appropriato/tecnico
24-26: Discreta conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; buone capacità di analisi e sintesi con argomentazioni espresse in modo rigoroso ma con un linguaggio non sempre appropriato/tecnico.
27-29: Conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti completa; notevoli capacità di analisi e sintesi. Buona autonomia di giudizio. Argomenti esposti in modo rigoroso e con linguaggio appropriato/tecnico
30-30L: Ottimo livello di conoscenza e comprensione approfondita degli argomenti. Ottime capacità di analisi, di sintesi e di autonomia di giudizio. Argomentazioni espresse in modo originale e con linguaggio tecnico appropriato.
Exam Rules
The exam includes a written exam (compulsory). The written exam (90') concerns two/three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning, clarity of presentation and correctness of the legal language will be evaluated, in compliance with the Dublin descriptors (1. Knowledge and understanding) 2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding; 3. Making judgments; 4. Learning skills; 5: Communication skills. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
Exam grades can be raised/lowered by 2 extra points if attending students choose to participate in a group project. The project evaluation concerns developing, drafting and presenting a legal topics in team (3-5 persons each team) in order to practice and demonstrate their (written and oral) communication skills in the area of uniform private law. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
The exam will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Not suitable: important deficiencies and / or inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited capacity for analysis and synthesis, frequent generalizations and limited critical and judgment skills, the arguments are presented in an inconsistent way and with inappropriate language;
18-20: just sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics with possible generalizations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment, the topics are exposed in an inconsistent way and with inappropriate / technical language;
21-23: Routine knowledge and understanding of topics; Ability to correct analysis and synthesis with sufficiently coherent logical argument and appropriate / technical language
24-26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics; good analysis and synthesis skills with rigorously expressed arguments but with a language that is not always appropriate / technical.
27-29: Complete knowledge and understanding of the topics; remarkable abilities of analysis and synthesis. Good autonomy of judgment. Topics exposed rigorously and with appropriate / technical language
30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and in-depth understanding of the topics. Excellent skills of analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment. Arguments expressed in an original way and with appropriate technical language.
Obiettivi Formativi
A tal fine, il corso intende raggiungere i seguenti obiettivi:
- Acquisire conoscenza e capacità di comprensione delle procedure di creazione del diritto nel contesto nazionale rispetto al contesto europeo e internazionale al fine di comprendere le interconnessioni tra fonti del diritto interno e quelle europee e internazionali;
- Acquisire conoscenza degli attori della scena internazionale che contribuiscono alla nascita del diritto privato uniforme al fine di poter comprendere facilmente modalità e fini della loro attività normativa;
- Acquisire conoscenza degli elementi che condizionano le procedure di creazione del diritto di tali attori, al fine di interpretare nel modo corretto i contenuti giuridici e comprendere gli effetti sulle società e i mercati.
RISULTATI DI APPRENDIMENTO ATTESI:
CONOSCENZA E CAPACITA' DI COMPRENSIONE: Il programma formativo mira a fornire le conoscenze di base, modelli e metodologia necessaria all’interpretazione delle dinamiche legali europee e internazionali, ossia
- conoscere differenze e similitudini tra i sistemi giuridici del mondo
- conoscere le ragioni di tali differenze e similitudini
- conoscere la diverse teorie metodologiche della comparazione giuridica
- conoscere e comprendere le dinamiche giuridiche tra gli attori europei e internazionali
- comprendere le modalità del procedimento di creazione delle regole
- comprendere le finalità della creazione di regole
- comprendere concetto e limiti della diritto privato uniforme
CAPACITÀ DI APPLICARE CONOSCENZA E COMPRENSIONE:
Attraverso le conoscenze e le capacità di comprensione acquisite lo studente deve essere in grado di sviluppare abilità/capacità per:
- trovare e accedere in modo autonomo alle regole giuridiche nazionali, europee e internazionali;
- Interpretare e applicare tali regole nel contesto empirico aziendale;
- negoziare con parti contrattuali provenienti da sistemi giuridici diversi;
- individuare le variabili sulle quali agire per il miglioramento delle condizioni contrattuali in un contesto transfrontaliero
AUTONOMIA DI GIUDIZIO:
Il corso mira a sviluppare nello studente autonome riflessioni su diverse tematiche relative all’interazione dei sistemi giuridici a livello globale. Avere la capacità di integrare le conoscenze e gestire la complessità, nonché di formulare giudizi sulla base di informazioni limitate o incomplete, includendo la riflessione sulla creazione di diritto privato uniforme collegate all'applicazione delle loro conoscenze e dei loro giudizi. L'approccio del corso cerca di collegare agli aspetti giuridici quelli sociali e economici per favorire un atteggiamento costruttivo rispetto ai problemi attraverso l'acquisizione di competenze e di una mentalità di tipo problem-solving. A tal fine il corso prevede la partecipazione diretta dello studente all'elaborazione, redazione e presentazione di una questione specifica nell'ambito del diritto privato uniforme con lo scopo di farlo confrontare e ragionare in modo autonomo nel processo di applicazione delle teorie e metodologie insegnate.
ABILITÀ COMUNICATIVE:
Il corso prevede la partecipazione diretta dello studente all'elaborazione, redazione e presentazione di una questione specifica nell'ambito del diritto privato uniforme affinché lo studente apprenda:
- esprimersi, in forma scritta e orale, utilizzando un linguaggio tecnico appropriato agli interlocutori e al contesto di riferimento;
- capacità di analisi dei problemi, anche complessi;
- capacità relazionali;
- capacità di lavorare in gruppo, gestire lo stress e le situazioni conflittuali.
CAPACITÀ DI APPRENDIMENTO: Lo studente acquisisce i principi di base e i metodi della scienza giuridica in riferimento alla produzione di regole in contesti internazionali: organizzazioni europee e internazionali, corti di giustizia, gruppi di lavoro in ambito accademico e studi legali in modo da essere in grado di
- sviluppare analisi sui temi del diritto globale;
- tenersi aggiornati sull'evoluzione della normativa di diritto privato uniforme;
- approfondire i temi relativi al legal process in ambito interno, europeo e internazionale;
- costruire e sviluppare un metodo di studio e di ricerca idoneo a consentire l'approfondimento delle conoscenze maturate.
Learning Objectives
Objective of the course is to prepare students for the international legal context in which they will operate. They will be provided with fundamental tools that will enable them to understand the mechanisms of law-making process on all levels – legislative, jurisprudential, doctrinal and practical.
To this end, the course aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of the legal process at national level with regard to the European and international context, with the aim of understanding the interconnections between the national legal sources and the European and international;
- Acquire knowledge of the different international actors producing uniform private law, in order to be able to easily understand the various methods and purposes of their legal production;
- Acquire knowledge of the elements that affects the actors' creation of common rules to rightly interpret national, European and international legal contents and understand their impact on societies and markets.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
The teaching program aims to provide basic understanding, models and methodology necessary for interpretation of the European and international legal dynamics, such as
- Know differences and similarities between the legal systems in the world;
- Understand what are the reasons for these differences and similarities;
- Know theories and methods of the legal comparison;
- Know and understand the legal dynamics between legal actors in Europe and worldwide;
- Understand the legal process for the creation of uniform private law;
- Understand the purposes behind the legal process and the creation of uniform private law;
- Understand notion and boundaries of the uniform private law.
APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Through the knowledge and understanding acquired the student must be able to develop skills / abilities for:
- find and independently access information on national, European and international laws;
- interpret and apply these laws on the real business context;
- negotiate contracts with foreigners coming from different legal systems;
- evaluate the conditions of survival and development (quantitative and qualitative) of the groups;
- identify the variables on which to act for the improvement of transnational negotiations’ quality standards.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
Students will develop autonomous reflections on various issues relating to legal systems’ interactions on global level. Have the ability to integrate knowledge and manage complexity, as well as to make judgments based on limited or incomplete information, including reflection on the legal process for the uniform private law production related to the application of their knowledge and their judgments. The course approach seeks to link legal aspects to social and economic ones to foster a constructive attitude towards problems through the acquisition of skills and a problem-solving mentality.
For this purposes, during the course students are expected to directly participate in developing, drafting and presenting specific topics regarding uniform private law with the scope of practicing autonomous legal reasoning while applying the theories and methodologies they have been taught.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
During the course students are expected to directly participate in developing, drafting and presenting specific topics on uniform private law in order to
- express themselves, in written and oral form, using a technical language appropriate to the interlocutors and the reference context;
- ability to analyze problems, even complex ones;
- relational skills;
- ability to work in groups, manage stress and conflict situations.
LEARNING SKILLS:
The students will learn basic principles and legal science methods with reference to the creation of rules in an international setting – European and international institutions, courts of justice, work groups in an academic setting, law firms in order to be able to
- develop analyses on the issues of global law;
- keep up to date on the evolution and the creation of uniform private law;
- deepen the issues related to the legal process at national, European and international level;
- build and develop a method of study and research suitable to allow the deepening of the knowledge gained.
Prerequisiti
Prerequisites
Programma
I- Introduzione:
1. La norma sociale
2. Fattori di Differenza/Similitudine tra sistemi giuridici
3. Antropologia giuridica e sociologia del diritto
4. Dati giuridici/Dati metagiuridici
(Settimana #2)
II- La questione linguistica
III. Teorie sui Legal Transplants (Watson, Legrand, Siems, Galindo)
IV. La metodologia del diritto comparato
1. Civil Law Tradition e la sua storia
2. Common Law Tradition e la sua storia
(Settimana #3)
3. La teoria dei formanti del diritto di Sacco
4. La sistemologia di Mattei
V. Introduzione al diritto contrattuale (Nozione, Atto-Fatto-negozio giuridico, gli esempi di Sacco)
VI. Chi crea diritto privato uniforme: come e perché?
(Settimana #4)
1. L’Unione europea
1.1 UE e l’'amonizzazione del mercato interno
1.2 Le diverse regolamentazioni nel mercato interno
1.3 L’UE quale soggetto giuridico internazionale
1.4 Gli strumenti per l'azione esterna della UE
2. Il Consiglio d’Europa
3. Mercosur
4. OHADA
5. UNCITRAL (CISG e CESL)
6. UNIDROIT (PICC)
(Settimana #5)
7. Regole globali e attori privati (New Lex Mercatoria, BCE e ISDA)
8. Il formante dottrinale quale creatore di DPU
8.1. La Commissione Lando (PECL)
8.2. NCCUSL e ALI (Uniform Commercial Code e Restatement)
9. Il formante giurisprudenziale quale creatore di DPU
9.1. La Corte Europea di Giustizia
9.2. Il Giudice nazionale quale Giudice europeo
9.3 L’Arbitrato Internazionale
(Settimana #6)
VII. Diritto uniforme materiale:
1. Diritto del consumo
2. Il concetto del Numerus Clausus
3. I Principi Generali quale strumenti transnazionali
IX. Il conflitto tra leggi
1. L’Alternativa tra gli approcci Opt-in/Opt-out
2. Applicazione della scelta del diritto applicabile
Program
I- Introduction:
1. Social norm
2. Factors of Difference/Similarity between legal systems
3. Anthropology and Sociology of Law
4. Legal Data/Metalegal Data
(Week #2)
II- Legal Language
III. Theories on Legal Transplants (Watson, Legrand, Siems, Galindo)
IV. Comparative Law Methodology
1. Civil Law Tradition and its History
2. Common Law Tradition and its History
(Week #3)
3. Sacco’s Theory on Legal Formants
4. Mattei’s Taxonomy
V. Introduction on Contract Law (Notion of Contract, Juridical Acts and Contracts, Sacco’s example on contract law)
VI. Who creates Uniform Private Law: How and Why do it
(Week #4)
1. European Union
1.1 EU and the Harmonization of the Internal Market
1.2 Regulatory Differentiation in the Internal Market
1.3 EU as International Player
1.4 Instruments of EU external Action
2. Council of Europe
3. Mercosur
4. OHADA
5. UNCITRAL (CISG and CESL)
6. UNIDROIT (PICC)
(Week #5)
7. Global Rules and Private Actors (New Lex Mercatoria, ECB and ISDA)
8. The Doctrinal Formant as Producer of UPL
8.1. Lando’s Commission (PECL)
8.2. NCCUSL and ALI (Uniform Commercial Code and Restatement)
9. The Judicial Formant as Producer of UPL
9.1. The European Court of Justice
9.2. The National Judge as EU Judge
9.3 The International Arbitration
(Week #6)
VII. Uniform Substantial Law:
1. Consumer Law
2. The concept of Numerus Clausus
3. General Principles in Transnational Instruments
IX. Conflict of laws
1. Alternative among Replacement/Opt-in/Opt-out Approach
2. Application of the Choice of Law Rules
Testi Adottati
Books
Bibliografia
Bibliography
Modalità di svolgimento
Teaching methods
Regolamento Esame
Per la verifica dell'apprendimento è previsto il superamento di una prova scritta (obbligatoria). La prova scritta (90 minuti) verte su due/tre domande aperte, ciascuna volta ad ottenere dallo studente una risposta scritta quanto più possibile ragionata ed elaborata su temi trattati nel corso. Verrà tenuto conto del rigore del ragionamento, la chiarezza espositiva e dell’utilizzo corretto della terminologia giuridica in aderenza con i descrittori di Dublino (1. Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione (knowledge and understanding); 2. Capacità di applicare la conoscenza e comprensione (applying knowledge and understanding); 3. Autonomia di giudizio (making judgements); 4. Capacità di apprendimento (learning skills); 5: Abilità di comunicazione (communication skills). Il risultato finale consiste nella somma dei punti raggiunti per ogni domanda in una scala in 30/30 (il minimo per superare l’esame è 18/30).
Il voto di esame può aumentare o diminuire di 2 punti extra per gli studenti frequentanti che in via facoltativa si rendono disponibili a sviluppare un progetto in gruppo. La valutazione del progetto riguarda elaborazione, redazione e presentazione in gruppo (3-5 persone per gruppo) di una questione giuridica allo scopo di mettere in pratica e dimostrare le proprie capacità di comunicazione (scritte e orali) nell’ambito di problematiche di diritto privato uniforme.
La prova di esame sarà valutata secondo i seguenti criteri:
Non idoneo: importanti carenze e/o inaccuratezze nella conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; limitate capacità di analisi e sintesi, frequenti generalizzazioni e limitate capacità critiche e di giudizio, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo non coerente e con linguaggio inappropriato;
18-20: conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti appena sufficiente con possibili generalizzazioni e imperfezioni; capacità di analisi sintesi e autonomia di giudizio sufficienti, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo poco coerente e con un linguaggio poco appropriato/tecnico;
21-23: Conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti routinaria; Capacità di analisi e sintesi corrette con argomentazione logica sufficientemente coerente e linguaggio appropriato/tecnico
24-26: Discreta conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; buone capacità di analisi e sintesi con argomentazioni espresse in modo rigoroso ma con un linguaggio non sempre appropriato/tecnico.
27-29: Conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti completa; notevoli capacità di analisi e sintesi. Buona autonomia di giudizio. Argomenti esposti in modo rigoroso e con linguaggio appropriato/tecnico
30-30L: Ottimo livello di conoscenza e comprensione approfondita degli argomenti. Ottime capacità di analisi, di sintesi e di autonomia di giudizio. Argomentazioni espresse in modo originale e con linguaggio tecnico appropriato.
Exam Rules
The exam includes a written exam (compulsory). The written exam (90') concerns two/three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning, clarity of presentation and correctness of the legal language will be evaluated, in compliance with the Dublin descriptors (1. Knowledge and understanding) 2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding; 3. Making judgments; 4. Learning skills; 5: Communication skills. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
Exam grades can be raised/lowered by 2 extra points if attending students choose to participate in a group project. The project evaluation concerns developing, drafting and presenting a legal topics in team (3-5 persons each team) in order to practice and demonstrate their (written and oral) communication skills in the area of uniform private law. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
The exam will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Not suitable: important deficiencies and / or inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited capacity for analysis and synthesis, frequent generalizations and limited critical and judgment skills, the arguments are presented in an inconsistent way and with inappropriate language;
18-20: just sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics with possible generalizations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment, the topics are exposed in an inconsistent way and with inappropriate / technical language;
21-23: Routine knowledge and understanding of topics; Ability to correct analysis and synthesis with sufficiently coherent logical argument and appropriate / technical language
24-26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics; good analysis and synthesis skills with rigorously expressed arguments but with a language that is not always appropriate / technical.
27-29: Complete knowledge and understanding of the topics; remarkable abilities of analysis and synthesis. Good autonomy of judgment. Topics exposed rigorously and with appropriate / technical language
30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and in-depth understanding of the topics. Excellent skills of analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment. Arguments expressed in an original way and with appropriate technical language.
Obiettivi Formativi
Obiettivo del corso è quello di preparare lo studente al contesto giuridico internazionale in cui si troverà ad operare, fornendo gli strumenti fondamentali per la comprensione dei meccanismi di creazione del diritto ad ogni livello, legislativo, giurisprudenziale, dottrinale e pratico.
A tal fine, il corso intende raggiungere i seguenti obiettivi:
- Acquisire conoscenza e capacità di comprensione delle procedure di creazione del diritto nel contesto nazionale rispetto al contesto europeo e internazionale al fine di comprendere le interconnessioni tra fonti del diritto interno e quelle europee e internazionali;
- Acquisire conoscenza degli attori della scena internazionale che contribuiscono alla nascita del diritto privato uniforme al fine di poter comprendere facilmente modalità e fini
della loro attività normativa;
- Acquisire conoscenza degli elementi che condizionano le procedure di creazione del diritto di tali attori, al fine di interpretare nel modo corretto i contenuti giuridici e
comprendere gli effetti sulle società e i mercati.
RISULTATI DI APPRENDIMENTO ATTESI:
CONOSCENZA E CAPACITA' DI COMPRENSIONE: Il programma formativo mira a fornire le conoscenze di base, modelli e metodologia necessaria all’interpretazione delle dinamiche
legali europee e internazionali, ossia
- conoscere differenze e similitudini tra i sistemi giuridici del mondo
- conoscere le ragioni di tali differenze e similitudini
- conoscere la diverse teorie metodologiche della comparazione giuridica
- conoscere e comprendere le dinamiche giuridiche tra gli attori europei e internazionali
- comprendere le modalità del procedimento di creazione delle regole
- comprendere le finalità della creazione di regole
- comprendere concetto e limiti della diritto privato uniforme
CAPACITÀ DI APPLICARE CONOSCENZA E COMPRENSIONE:
Attraverso le conoscenze e le capacità di comprensione acquisite lo studente deve essere in grado di sviluppare abilità/capacità per:
- trovare e accedere in modo autonomo alle regole giuridiche nazionali, europee e internazionali;
- Interpretare e applicare tali regole nel contesto empirico aziendale;
- negoziare con parti contrattuali provenienti da sistemi giuridici diversi;
- individuare le variabili sulle quali agire per il miglioramento delle condizioni contrattuali in un contesto transfrontaliero
AUTONOMIA DI GIUDIZIO:
Sviluppare autonome riflessioni su diverse tematiche relative all’interazione dei sistemi giuridici a livello globale. Avere la capacità di integrare le conoscenze e gestire la
complessità, nonché di formulare giudizi sulla base di informazioni limitate o incomplete, includendo la riflessione sulla creazione di diritto privato uniforme collegate all’applicazione delle loro conoscenze e dei loro giudizi. L'approccio del corso cerca di collegare agli aspetti giuridici quelli sociali e economici per favorire un atteggiamento costruttivo rispetto ai problemi attraverso l'acquisizione di competenze e di una mentalità di tipo problem-solving. A tal fine il corso prevede la partecipazione diretta dello studente all'elaborazione, redazione e presentazione di una questione specifica nell'ambito del diritto privato uniforme con lo scopo di farlo confrontare e ragionare in modo autonomo nel processo di applicazione delle teorie e metodologie insegnate.
ABILITÀ COMUNICATIVE:
Il corso prevede la partecipazione diretta dello studente all'elaborazione, redazione e presentazione di una questione specifica nell'ambito del diritto privato uniforme affinché lo
studente apprenda:
- esprimersi, in forma scritta e orale, utilizzando un linguaggio tecnico appropriato agli interlocutori e al contesto di riferimento;
- capacità di analisi dei problemi, anche complessi;
- capacità relazionali;
- capacità di lavorare in gruppo, gestire lo stress e le situazioni conflittuali.
CAPACITÀ DI APPRENDIMENTO: Lo studente acquisisce i principi di base e i metodi della scienza giuridica in riferimento alla produzione di regole in contesti internazionali:
organizzazioni europee e internazionali, corti di giustizia, gruppi di lavoro in ambito accademico e studi legali in modo da essere in grado di
- sviluppare analisi sui temi del diritto globale;
- tenersi aggiornati sull'evoluzione della normativa di diritto privato uniforme;
- approfondire i temi relativi al legal process in ambito interno, europeo e internazionale;
- costruire e sviluppare un metodo di studio e di ricerca idoneo a consentire
l'approfondimento delle conoscenze maturate.
Learning Objectives
Objective of the course is to prepare students for the international legal context in which they will operate. They will be provided with fundamental tools that will enable them to
understand the mechanisms of law-making process on all levels – legislative, jurisprudential, doctrinal and practical.
To this end, the course aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of the legal process at national level with regard to the European and international context, with the aim of understanding the interconnections between the national legal sources and the European and international;
- Acquire knowledge of the different international actors producing uniform private law, in order to be able to easily understand the various methods and purposes of their legal
production;
- Acquire knowledge of the elements that affects the actors' creation of common rules to rightly interpret national, European and international legal contents and understand their impact on societies and markets.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
The teaching program aims to provide basic understanding, models and methodology necessary for interpretation of the European and international legal dynamics, such as
- Know differences and similarities between the legal systems in the world;
- Understand what are the reasons for these differences and similarities;
- Know theories and methods of the legal comparison;
- Know and understand the legal dynamics between legal actors in Europe and worldwide;
- Understand the legal process for the creation of uniform private law;
- Understand the purposes behind the legal process and the creation of uniform private law;
- Understand notion and boundaries of the uniform private law.
APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Through the knowledge and understanding acquired the student must be able to develop skills / abilities for:
- find and independently access information on national, European and international laws;
- interpret and apply these laws on the real business context;
- negotiate contracts with foreigners coming from different legal systems;
- evaluate the conditions of survival and development (quantitative and qualitative) of the groups;
- identify the variables on which to act for the improvement of transnational negotiations’ quality standards.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
Develop autonomous reflections on various issues relating to legal systems’ interactions on global level. Have the ability to integrate knowledge and manage complexity, as well as to make judgments based on limited or incomplete information, including reflection on the legal process for the uniform private law production related to the application of their
knowledge and their judgments. The course approach seeks to link legal aspects to social and economic ones to foster a constructive attitude towards problems through the
acquisition of skills and a problem-solving mentality.
For this purposes, during the course students are expected to directly participate in developing, drafting and presenting specific topics regarding uniform private law with the
scope of practicing autonomous legal reasoning while applying the theories and methodologies they have been taught.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
During the course students are expected to directly participate in developing, drafting and presenting specific topics on uniform private law in order to
- express themselves, in written and oral form, using a technical language appropriate to the interlocutors and the reference context;
- ability to analyze problems, even complex ones;
- relational skills;
- ability to work in groups, manage stress and conflict situations.
LEARNING SKILLS:
The students will learn basic principles and legal science methods with reference to the creation of rules in an international setting – European and international institutions, courts of justice, work groups in an academic setting, law firms in order to be able to
- develop analyses on the issues of global law;
- keep up to date on the evolution and the creation of uniform private law;
- deepen the issues related to the legal process at national, European and international level;
- build and develop a method of study and research suitable to allow the deepening of the knowledge gained.
Prerequisiti
Prerequisites
Programma
1. La norma sociale
2. Fattori di Differenza/Similitudine tra sistemi giuridici
3. Antropologia giuridica e sociologia del diritto
4. Dati giuridici/Dati metagiuridici
II- La questione linguistica
III. Teorie sui Legal Transplants (Watson, Legrand, Siems, Galindo)
IV. La metodologia del diritto comparato
1. Civil Law Tradition e la sua storia
2. Common Law Tradition e la sua storia
3. La teoria dei formanti del diritto di Sacco
4. La sistemologia di Mattei
V. Introduzione al diritto contrattuale (Nozione, Atto-Fatto-negozio giuridico, gli esempi di
Sacco)
VI. Chi crea diritto privato uniforme: come e perché?
1. L’Unione europea
1.1 UE e l’armonizzazione del mercato interno
1.2 Le diverse regolamentazioni nel mercato interno
1.3 L’UE quale soggetto giuridico internazionale
1.4 Gli strumenti per l’azione esterna della UE
2. Il Consiglio d’Europa
3. Mercosur
4. OHADA
5. UNCITRAL (CISG e CESL)
6. UNIDROIT (PICC)
7. Regole globali e attori privati (New Lex Mercatoria, BCE e ISDA)
8. Il formante dottrinale quale creatore di DPU
8.1. La Commissione Lando (PECL)
8.2. NCCUSL e ALI (Uniform Commercial Code e Restatement)
9. Il formante giurisprudenziale quale creatore di DPU
9.1. La Corte Europea di Giustizia
9.2. Il Giudice nazionale quale Giudice europeo
9.3 L’Arbitrato Internazionale
VII. Diritto uniforme materiale:
1. Diritto del consumo
2. Il concetto del Numerus Clausus
3. I Principi Generali quale strumenti transnazionali
IX. Il conflitto tra leggi
1. L’Alternativa tra gli approcci Opt-in/Opt-out
2. Applicazione della scelta del diritto applicabile
Program
1. Social norm
2. Factors of Difference/Similarity between legal systems
3. Anthropology and Sociology of Law
4. Legal Data/Metalegal Data
II- Legal Language
III. Theories on Legal Transplants (Watson, Legrand, Siems, Galindo)
IV. Comparative Law Methodology
1. Civil Law Tradition and its History
2. Common Law Tradition and its History
3. Sacco’s Theory on Legal Formants
4. Mattei’s Taxonomy
V. Introduction on Contract Law (Notion of Contract, Juridical Acts and Contracts, Sacco’s
example on contract law)
VI. Who creates Uniform Private Law: How and Why do it
1. European Union
1.1 EU and the Harmonization of the Internal Market
1.2 Regulatory Differentiation in the Internal Market
1.3 EU as International Player
1.4 Instruments of EU external Action
2. Council of Europe
3. Mercosur
4. OHADA
5. UNCITRAL (CISG and CESL)
6. UNIDROIT (PICC)
7. Global Rules and Private Actors (New Lex Mercatoria, ECB and ISDA)
8. The Doctrinal Formant as Producer of UPL
8.1. Lando’s Commission (PECL)
8.2. NCCUSL and ALI (Uniform Commercial Code and Restatement)
9. The Judicial Formant as Producer of UPL
9.1. The European Court of Justice
9.2. The National Judge as EU Judge
9.3 The International Arbitration
VII. Uniform Substantial Law:
1. Consumer Law
2. The concept of Numerus Clausus
3. General Principles in Transnational Instruments
IX. Conflict of laws
1. Alternative among Replacement/Opt-in/Opt-out Approach
2. Application of the Choice of Law Rules
Testi Adottati
Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 e 343-401 (eccetto pp. 358-384); Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern of Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44;
Books
Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 and 343-401 (except p. 358-384); Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern of Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44
Bibliografia
Alain Levasseur, Comparative Law of Contract. Cases and Materials, Durham (North Carolina), 2008, p.1-26;
Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law, 7th ed., Oxford, 2016, p. 3-15;
Scherer/Palazzo/Baumann, Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance, in Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 4, 2006, p. 505-524; John W. Cairns, Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants, in Ga. J. Int’L & Comp. L., vol. 41, 2013, p. 637-696;
Alan Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law, in Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law, 2, 2000, p.1-11;
Pierre Legrand, The Impossibility of ‘ Legal Transplants’, in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 4, 1997, p. 111-124;
Mathias Siems, Malicious Legal Transplants, in Legal Studies, vol. 38, 2018, p. 103-119; 17) Bart Van Vooren/Ramses A. Wessel, EU External Relations Law, Cambridge, 2014, p. 1-18, 34-54;
Isidora Maletic, The Law and Policy of Harmonisation in Europe’s Internal Market, Cheltenham, 2013, p. 6-27, 68-89; 19) Michal Bobek, Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts, in Judging Europe’s Judges ed. by Adams/de Waele/ Meeusen/Straetmans, Oxford, 2013, p. 197-234;
Nial Fennelly, The National Judge as Judge of the European Union, in The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe, The Hague, 2013, p. 61-78; Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, in English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law. Essays in Honour of Huge Beale, edited by L. Gullifer and S. Vogenauer, 2014, 237-249;
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘ General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454;
Gilles Cuniberti, Conflict of Laws. A Comparative Approach, Cheltenham, 2017, p. 112-131.
Bibliography
Alain Levasseur, Comparative Law of Contract. Cases and Materials, Durham (North Carolina), 2008, p.1-26;
Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law, 7th ed., Oxford, 2016, p. 3-15;
Scherer/Palazzo/Baumann, Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance, in Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 4, 2006, p. 505-524; John W. Cairns, Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants, in Ga. J. Int’L & Comp. L., vol. 41, 2013, p. 637-696;
Alan Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law, in Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law, 2, 2000, p.1-11;
Pierre Legrand, The Impossibility of ‘ Legal Transplants’, in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 4, 1997, p. 111-124;
Mathias Siems, Malicious Legal Transplants, in Legal Studies, vol. 38, 2018, p. 103-119; 17) Bart Van Vooren/Ramses A. Wessel, EU External Relations Law, Cambridge, 2014, p. 1-18, 34-54;
Isidora Maletic, The Law and Policy of Harmonisation in Europe’s Internal Market, Cheltenham, 2013, p. 6-27, 68-89; 19) Michal Bobek, Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts, in Judging Europe’s Judges ed. by Adams/de Waele/ Meeusen/Straetmans, Oxford, 2013, p. 197-234;
Nial Fennelly, The National Judge as Judge of the European Union, in The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe, The Hague, 2013, p. 61-78; Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, in English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law. Essays in Honour of Huge Beale, edited by L. Gullifer and S. Vogenauer, 2014, 237-249;
Stefan Vogenauer, ‘ General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454;
Gilles Cuniberti, Conflict of Laws. A Comparative Approach, Cheltenham, 2017, p. 112-131.
Modalità di svolgimento
Teaching methods
Regolamento Esame
Per la verifica dell'apprendimento è previsto il superamento di una prova scritta (obbligatoria), un progetto di gruppo (facoltativo+orale sul team work). La prova scritta (2 ore) verte su tre domande aperte, ciascuna volta ad ottenere dallo studente una risposta scritta quanto più possibile ragionata ed elaborata su temi trattati nel corso. Verrà tenuto conto del rigore del ragionamento, la chiarezza espositiva e dell’utilizzo corretto della
terminologia giuridica in aderenza con i descrittori di Dublino (1. Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione (knowledge and understanding); 2. Capacità di applicare la conoscenza e comprensione (applying knowledge and understanding); 3. Autonomia di giudizio (making judgements); 4. Capacità di apprendimento (learning skills); 5: Abilità di comunicazione (communication skills). Il risultato finale consiste nella somma dei punti raggiunti per ogni
domanda in una scala in 30/30 (il minimo per superare l’esame è 18/30).
La valutazione del progetto riguarda elaborazione, redazione e presentazione in gruppo (3-4 persone per gruppo) di una questione giuridica allo scopo di mettere in pratica e dimostrare le proprie capacità di comunicazione (scritte e orali) nell’ambito di problematiche di diritto. La valutazione del progetto aggiungerà o sottrarrà fino a 2 punti al risultato finale dell’'esame scritto.
La prova di esame sarà valutata secondo i seguenti criteri:
Non idoneo: importanti carenze e/o inaccuratezze nella conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; limitate capacità di analisi e sintesi, frequenti generalizzazioni e limitate capacità critiche e di giudizio, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo non coerente e con linguaggio inappropriato;
18-20: conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti appena sufficiente con possibili generalizzazioni e imperfezioni; capacità di analisi sintesi e autonomia di giudizio sufficienti, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo frequentemente poco coerente e con un linguaggio poco appropriato/tecnico;
21-23: Conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti routinaria; Capacità di analisi e sintesi corrette con argomentazione logica sufficientemente coerente e linguaggio appropriato/tecnico
24-26: Discreta conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; buone capacità di analisi e sintesi con argomentazioni espresse in modo rigoroso ma con un linguaggio non sempre appropriato/tecnico.
27-29: Conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti completa; notevoli capacità di analisi e sintesi. Buona autonomia di giudizio. Argomenti esposti in modo rigoroso e con linguaggio appropriato/tecnico
30-30L: Ottimo livello di conoscenza e comprensione approfondita degli argomenti. Ottime capacità di analisi, di sintesi e di autonomia di giudizio. Argomentazioni espresse in modo originale e con linguaggio tecnico appropriato.
Exam Rules
The exam includes a written exam (compulsory) and a team activity (optional+oral exam on the teamproject). The written exam (2h) concerns three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning, clarity of presentation and correctness of the legal language will be evaluated, in compliance with the Dublin descriptors (1. Knowledge and understanding) 2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding; 3. Making judgments; 4. Learning skills; 5: Communication skills. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points
scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
The project evaluation concerns developing, drafting and presentation of legal topics in team (3-4 persons each team) in order to practice and prove their (written and oral) communication skills in the area of international legal topics. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
The exam will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Not suitable: important deficiencies and / or inaccuracies in the knowledge and
understanding of the topics; limited capacity for analysis and synthesis, frequent
generalizations and limited critical and judgment skills, the arguments are presented in an
inconsistent way and with inappropriate language;
18-20: just sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics with possible generalizations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment, the topics are frequently exposed in an inconsistent way and with inappropriate / technical language;
21-23: Routine knowledge and understanding of topics; Ability to correct analysis and synthesis with sufficiently coherent logical argument and appropriate / technical language
24-26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics; good analysis and synthesis skills with rigorously expressed arguments but with a language that is not always appropriate / technical.
27-29: Complete knowledge and understanding of the topics; remarkable abilities of analysis and synthesis. Good autonomy of judgment. Topics exposed rigorously and with appropriate / technical language
30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and in-depth understanding of the topics. Excellent skills of analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment. Arguments expressed in an original way and with appropriate technical language.
Updated A.Y. 2022-2023
Updated A.Y. 2022-2023
The phenomenon of globalization was possible through technology advancement and web revolution. Geopolitically it started with the European unification with continuously wider competencies and increasingly members after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989, and continued with the open policy of China sanctioned by its adhesion to the WTO in 2001. Legal systems are the result of the evolution of societies. Actually, they are not confined within the boundaries of national States due to cross-border mobility of people, goods, services and information. This had increased the openness of legal systems to external influences of various nature, such as economic, social, cultural, and strictly normative. Nowadays we are facing an incredibly increase of ‘non-national’ legal systems beside traditional systems.
The aim of the course is to enlighten the interplay between traditional legal systems and the ‘non-national’, supranational legal systems. Law is the product of history, social and economic developments, intellectual and legal culture, mentality and ideology, philosophy and religion, language. To understand deeply and globally the complex eco-system in which the law is immersed, the so-called ‘law in action’ and its dynamics (players, instruments, purposes), it is required an introduction to the comparative methodology before approaching the main issue concerning uniform law. This subject will be discussed starting from the differences between unification, harmonization and conflict of law and arriving to the analysis of contract law and some practical cases.
Learning should be an active and self-motivated experience. Accordingly, class members are expected to contribute with substantive comments during the class. Students who passively listen to lectures are unlikely to absorb the comparative methodology, develop their critical thinking and expand their personal knowledge system. Therefore, learning Uniform Private Law is best accomplished when students are provided not only with theory, but also with practical experiences like presentation and discussion of topics and cases, accompanied by lectures provided by guests, experts and practitioners in different fields.
The final grade of the course is composed by grades on a written exam and contribution during the class attendance and with the presentation of the team project, both compulsory. Students who may not attending the class, do neither present a project nor collect extra points.
The written exam (90') concerns on three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning and correctness of the language will be evaluated. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
The team project concerns on developing, drafting and presentation of legal topics in group (2-4 persons) in order to practice and prove their (written and oral) communication skills in the field of uniform private law. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
Textbooks: 1) Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, Comparative Legal Systems, Roma TrE-Press, 2017 (Chapters 7, 8, 9); 16) Katharina Boele-Woelki, Unifying and Harmonizing Substantive Law and the Role of Conflict of Laws, Hague Academy of International Law, Leiden, 2010 (Chapters 1 to 9); 2) Pietro Sirena, Introduction to Private Law, Il Mulino, 2019 (Chapter 3, 4, 7, 8, 10).
Teaching materials: 3) Rodolfo Sacco, Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 and 343-401 (except p. 358-384); 4) Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern of Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44; 5) Hugh Beale et al., Contract Law, 2nd ed., Oxford, 2010, p. 3-30, and 77-86; p. 6) Tadas Klimas, Comparative Contract Law, Durham (north Carolina), 2006, p. 1-18; 7) Alain Levasseur, Comparative Law of Contract. Cases and Materials, Durham (North Carolina), 2008, p. 1-26; 8) Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law, 7th ed., Oxford, 2016, p. 3-15; 9) Scherer/Palazzo/Baumann, Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance, in Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 4, 2006, p. 505-524; 10) John W. Cairns, Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants, in Ga. J. Int’L & Comp. L., vol. 41, 2013, p. 637-696; 11) Alan Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law, in Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law, 2, 2000, p. 1-11; 12) Pierre Legrand, The Impossibility of ‘Legal Transplants’, in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 4, 1997, p. 111-124; 15) Mathias Siems, Malicious Legal Transplants, in Legal Studies, vol. 38, 2018, p. 103-119; 17) Bart Van Vooren/Ramses A. Wessel, EU External Relations Law, Cambridge, 2014, p. 1-18, 34-54; 18) Isidora Maletic, The Law and Policy of Harmonisation in Europe’s Internal Market, Cheltenham, 2013, p. 6-27, 68-89; 19) Michal Bobek, Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts, in Judging Europe’s Judges ed. by Adams/de Waele/ Meeusen/Straetmans, Oxford, 2013, p. 197-234; 20) Nial Fennelly, The National Judge as Judge of the European Union, in The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe, The Hague, 2013, p. 61-78; 21) Berger, The Lex Mercatoria (Old and New) and the TransLex Principles; 22) Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, ibid, 237-249; 23) Stefan Vogenauer, ‘General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; 24) Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454; 25) Gilles Cuniberti, Conflict of Laws. A Comparative Approach, Cheltenham, 2017, p. 112-131.
The teaching materials’ topics overlap the textbook. They are intended to develop and practice the notions presented by the textbooks’ authors. They have been numbered in order to facilitate non-attending students, exhorted to learn following the numbers.
Updated A.Y. 2021-2022
Updated A.Y. 2021-2022
The phenomenon of globalization was possible through technology advancement and web revolution. Geopolitically it started with the European unification with continuously wider competencies and increasingly members after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989, and continued with the open policy of China sanctioned by its adhesion to the WTO in 2001. Legal systems are the result of the evolution of societies. Actually, they are not confined within the boundaries of national States due to cross-border mobility of people, goods, services and information. This had increased the openness of legal systems to external influences of various nature, such as economic, social, cultural, and strictly normative. Nowadays we are facing an incredibly increase of ‘non-national’ legal systems beside traditional systems.
The aim of the course is to enlighten the interplay between traditional legal systems and the ‘non-national’, supranational legal systems. Law is the product of history, social and economic developments, intellectual and legal culture, mentality and ideology, philosophy and religion, language. To understand deeply and globally the complex eco-system in which the law is immersed, the so-called ‘law in action’ and its dynamics (players, instruments, purposes), it is required an introduction to the comparative methodology before approaching the main issue concerning uniform law. This subject will be discussed starting from the differences between unification, harmonization and conflict of law and arriving to the analysis of contract law and some practical cases.
Learning should be an active and self-motivated experience. Accordingly, class members are expected to contribute with substantive comments during the class. Students who passively listen to lectures are unlikely to absorb the comparative methodology, develop their critical thinking and expand their personal knowledge system. Therefore, learning Uniform Private Law is best accomplished when students are provided not only with theory, but also with practical experiences like presentation and discussion of topics and cases, accompanied by lectures provided by guests, experts and practitioners in different fields.
The final grade of the course is composed by grades on a written exam and contribution during the class attendance and with the presentation of the team project, both compulsory. Students who may not attending the class, do neither present a project nor collect extra points.
The written exam (90') concerns on three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning and correctness of the language will be evaluated. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
The team project concerns on developing, drafting and presentation of legal topics in group (2-4 persons) in order to practice and prove their (written and oral) communication skills in the field of uniform private law. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
Textbooks: 1) Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, Comparative Legal Systems, Roma TrE-Press, 2017 (Chapters 7, 8, 9); 16) Katharina Boele-Woelki, Unifying and Harmonizing Substantive Law and the Role of Conflict of Laws, Hague Academy of International Law, Leiden, 2010 (Chapters 1 to 9); 2) Pietro Sirena, Introduction to Private Law, Il Mulino, 2019 (Chapter 3, 4, 7, 8, 10).
Teaching materials: 3) Rodolfo Sacco, Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 and 343-401 (except p. 358-384); 4) Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern of Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44; 5) Hugh Beale et al., Contract Law, 2nd ed., Oxford, 2010, p. 3-30, and 77-86; p. 6) Tadas Klimas, Comparative Contract Law, Durham (north Carolina), 2006, p. 1-18; 7) Alain Levasseur, Comparative Law of Contract. Cases and Materials, Durham (North Carolina), 2008, p. 1-26; 8) Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law, 7th ed., Oxford, 2016, p. 3-15; 9) Scherer/Palazzo/Baumann, Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance, in Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 4, 2006, p. 505-524; 10) John W. Cairns, Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants, in Ga. J. Int’L & Comp. L., vol. 41, 2013, p. 637-696; 11) Alan Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law, in Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law, 2, 2000, p. 1-11; 12) Pierre Legrand, The Impossibility of ‘Legal Transplants’, in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 4, 1997, p. 111-124; 13) Michele Graziadei, Legal Transplants and the Frontiers of Legal Knowledge, in Theoretical Inquiries in Law, vol. 10.2, 2009, p. 723-743; 14) George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Entanglements in Legal History: Conceptual Approaches ed. by Thomas Duve, Frankfurt am Main, 2014, p. 129-146; 15) Mathias Siems, Malicious Legal Transplants, in Legal Studies, vol. 38, 2018, p. 103-119; 17) Bart Van Vooren/Ramses A. Wessel, EU External Relations Law, Cambridge, 2014, p. 1-18, 34-54; 18) Isidora Maletic, The Law and Policy of Harmonisation in Europe’s Internal Market, Cheltenham, 2013, p. 6-27, 68-89; 19) Michal Bobek, Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts, in Judging Europe’s Judges ed. by Adams/de Waele/ Meeusen/Straetmans, Oxford, 2013, p. 197-234; 20) Nial Fennelly, The National Judge as Judge of the European Union, in The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe, The Hague, 2013, p. 61-78; 21) Christian Twigg-Flesner, Some Thoughts on Consumer Law Reform: Consolidation, Codification or a Restatement?, in English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law. Essays in Honour of Huge Beale, edited by L. Gullifer and S. Vogenauer, 2014, 67-83; 22) Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, ibid, 237-249; 23) Stefan Vogenauer, ‘General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; 24) Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454; 25) Gilles Cuniberti, Conflict of Laws. A Comparative Approach, Cheltenham, 2017, p. 112-131.
The teaching materials’ topics overlap the textbook. They are intended to develop and practice the notions presented by the textbooks’ authors. They have been numbered in order to facilitate non-attending students, exhorted to learn following the numbers.
Updated A.Y. 2020-2021
Updated A.Y. 2020-2021
The phenomenon of globalization was possible through technology advancement and web revolution. Geopolitically it started with the European unification with continuously wider competencies and increasingly members after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989, and continued with the open policy of China sanctioned by its adhesion to the WTO in 2001. Legal systems are the result of the evolution of societies. Actually, they are not confined within the boundaries of national States due to cross-border mobility of people, goods, services and information. This had increased the openness of legal systems to external influences of various nature, such as economic, social, cultural, and strictly normative. Nowadays we are facing an incredibly increase of ‘non-national’ legal systems beside traditional systems.
The aim of the course is to enlighten the interplay between traditional legal systems and the ‘non-national’, supranational legal systems. Law is the product of history, social and economic developments, intellectual and legal culture, mentality and ideology, philosophy and religion, language. To understand deeply and globally the complex eco-system in which the law is immersed, the so-called ‘law in action’ and its dynamics (players, instruments, purposes), it is required an introduction to the comparative methodology before approaching the main issue concerning uniform law. This subject will be discussed starting from the differences between unification, harmonization and conflict of law and arriving to the analysis of contract law and some practical cases.
Learning should be an active and self-motivated experience. Accordingly, class members are expected to contribute with substantive comments during the class. Students who passively listen to lectures are unlikely to absorb the comparative methodology, develop their critical thinking and expand their personal knowledge system. Therefore, learning Uniform Private Law is best accomplished when students are provided not only with theory, but also with practical experiences like presentation and discussion of topics and cases, accompanied by lectures provided by guests, experts and practitioners in different fields.
The final grade of the course is composed by grades on a written exam and contribution during the class attendance and with the presentation of the team project, both compulsory. Students who may not attending the class, do not present a project and collect extra points.
The written exam (2h) concerns on three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning and correctness of the language will be evaluated. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
The team project concerns on developing, drafting and presentation of legal topics in group (2-4 persons) in order to practice and prove their (written and oral) communication skills in the field of uniform private law. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
Textbooks: 1) Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, Comparative Legal Systems, Roma TrE-Press, 2017 (Chapters 7, 8, 9); 16) Katharina Boele-Woelki, Unifying and Harmonizing Substantive Law and the Role of Conflict of Laws, Hague Academy of International Law, Leiden, 2010 (Chapters 1 to 9); 2) Pietro Sirena, Introduction to Private Law, Il Mulino, 2019 (Chapter 3, 4, 7, 8, 10).
Teaching materials: 3) Rodolfo Sacco, Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 and 343-401 (except p. 358-384); 4) Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern of Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44; 5) Hugh Beale et al., Contract Law, 2nd ed., Oxford, 2010, p. 3-30, and 77-86; p. 6) Tadas Klimas, Comparative Contract Law, Durham (north Carolina), 2006, p. 1-18; 7) Alain Levasseur, Comparative Law of Contract. Cases and Materials, Durham (North Carolina), 2008, p. 1-26; 8) Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law, 7th ed., Oxford, 2016, p. 3-15; 9) Scherer/Palazzo/Baumann, Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance, in Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 4, 2006, p. 505-524; 10) John W. Cairns, Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants, in Ga. J. Int’L & Comp. L., vol. 41, 2013, p. 637-696; 11) Alan Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law, in Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law, 2, 2000, p. 1-11; 12) Pierre Legrand, The Impossibility of ‘Legal Transplants’, in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 4, 1997, p. 111-124; 13) Michele Graziadei, Legal Transplants and the Frontiers of Legal Knowledge, in Theoretical Inquiries in Law, vol. 10.2, 2009, p. 723-743; 14) George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Entanglements in Legal History: Conceptual Approaches ed. by Thomas Duve, Frankfurt am Main, 2014, p. 129-146; 15) Mathias Siems, Malicious Legal Transplants, in Legal Studies, vol. 38, 2018, p. 103-119; 17) Bart Van Vooren/Ramses A. Wessel, EU External Relations Law, Cambridge, 2014, p. 1-18, 34-54; 18) Isidora Maletic, The Law and Policy of Harmonisation in Europe’s Internal Market, Cheltenham, 2013, p. 6-27, 68-89; 19) Michal Bobek, Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts, in Judging Europe’s Judges ed. by Adams/de Waele/ Meeusen/Straetmans, Oxford, 2013, p. 197-234; 20) Nial Fennelly, The National Judge as Judge of the European Union, in The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe, The Hague, 2013, p. 61-78; 21) Christian Twigg-Flesner, Some Thoughts on Consumer Law Reform: Consolidation, Codification or a Restatement?, in English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law. Essays in Honour of Huge Beale, edited by L. Gullifer and S. Vogenauer, 2014, 67-83; 22) Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, ibid, 237-249; 23) Stefan Vogenauer, ‘General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; 24) Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454; 25) Gilles Cuniberti, Conflict of Laws. A Comparative Approach, Cheltenham, 2017, p. 112-131.
The teaching materials’ topics overlap the textbook. They are intended to develop and practice the notions presented by the textbooks’ authors. They have been numbered in order to facilitate non-attending students, exhorted to learn following the numbers.
Updated A.Y. 2019-2020
Updated A.Y. 2019-2020
The phenomenon of globalization was possible through technology advancement and web revolution. Geopolitically it started with the European unification with continuously wider competencies and increasingly members after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989, and continued with the open policy of China sanctioned by its adhesion to the WTO in 2001. Legal systems are the result of the evolution of societies. Actually, they are not confined within the boundaries of national States due to cross-border mobility of people, goods, services and information. This had increased the openness of legal systems to external influences of various nature, such as economic, social, cultural, and strictly normative. Nowadays we are facing an incredibly increase of ‘non-national’ legal systems beside traditional systems.
The aim of the course is to enlighten the interplay between traditional legal systems and the ‘non-national’, supranational legal systems. Law is the product of history, social and economic developments, intellectual and legal culture, mentality and ideology, philosophy and religion, language. To understand deeply and globally the complex eco-system in which the law is immersed, the so-called ‘law in action’ and its dynamics (players, instruments, purposes), it is required an introduction to the comparative methodology before approaching the main issue concerning uniform law. This subject will be discussed starting from the differences between unification, harmonization and conflict of law and arriving to the analysis of contract law and some practical cases.
Learning should be an active and self-motivated experience. Accordingly, class members are expected to contribute with substantive comments during the class. Students who passively listen to lectures are unlikely to absorb the comparative methodology, develop their critical thinking and expand their personal knowledge system. Therefore, learning Uniform Private Law is best accomplished when students are provided not only with theory, but also with practical experiences like presentation and discussion of topics and cases, accompanied by lectures provided by guests, experts and practitioners in different fields.
The final grade of the course is composed by grades on a written exam (90%)and contribution during the class attendance and team presentation (10%), both compulsory. Students who may not attending the class, are exhorted to contact the teacher for topics, modality and schedule of their presentation.
The written exam (2h) concerns on three open-ended questions, each requiring the student to provide his/her so reasoned and elaborated as possible written answer about topics and issues covered during the class. Consistency of the reasoning and correctness of the language will be evaluated. The result of the written exam is the sum of the points in all the parts on a 30-points scale (where the minimum passing grade is 18).
The team project concerns on developing, drafting and presentation of legal topics in group (2-4 persons) in order to practice and prove their (written and oral) communication skills in the field of uniform private law. The project evaluation would add or subtract up to 2 points to the result of the written exam.
Textbooks: 1) Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, Comparative Legal Systems, Roma TrE-Press, 2017 (Chapters 7, 8, 9); 16) Katharina Boele-Woelki, Unifying and Harmonizing Substantive Law and the Role of Conflict of Laws, Hague Academy of International Law, Leiden, 2010 (Chapters 1 to 9); 2) Pietro Sirena, Introduction to Private Law, Il Mulino, 2019 (Chapter 3, 4, 7, 8, 10).
Teaching materials: 3) Rodolfo Sacco, Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 and 343-401; 4) Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern of Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44; 5) Hugh Beale et al., Contract Law, 2nd ed., Oxford, 2010, p. 3-30, and 77-86; p. 6) Tadas Klimas, Comparative Contract Law, Durham (north Carolina), 2006, p. 1-18; 7) Alain Levasseur, Comparative Law of Contract. Cases and Materials, Durham (North Carolina), 2008, p. 1-26; 8) Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law, 7th ed., Oxford, 2016, p. 3-15; 9) Scherer/Palazzo/Baumann, Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance, in Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 4, 2006, p. 505-524; 10) John W. Cairns, Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants, in Ga. J. Int’L & Comp. L., vol. 41, 2013, p. 637-696; 11) Alan Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law, in Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law, 2, 2000, p. 1-11; 12) Pierre Legrand, The Impossibility of ‘Legal Transplants’, in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 4, 1997, p. 111-124; 13) Michele Graziadei, Legal Transplants and the Frontiers of Legal Knowledge, in Theoretical Inquiries in Law, vol. 10.2, 2009, p. 723-743; 14) George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Entanglements in Legal History: Conceptual Approaches ed. by Thomas Duve, Frankfurt am Main, 2014, p. 129-146; 15) Mathias Siems, Malicious Legal Transplants, in Legal Studies, vol. 38, 2018, p. 103-119; 17) Bart Van Vooren/Ramses A. Wessel, EU External Relations Law, Cambridge, 2014, p. 1-18, 34-54; 18) Isidora Maletic, The Law and Policy of Harmonisation in Europe’s Internal Market, Cheltenham, 2013, p. 6-27, 68-89; 19) Michal Bobek, Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts, in Judging Europe’s Judges ed. by Adams/de Waele/ Meeusen/Straetmans, Oxford, 2013, p. 197-234; 20) Nial Fennelly, The National Judge as Judge of the European Union, in The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe, The Hague, 2013, p. 61-78; 21) Christian Twigg-Flesner, Some Thoughts on Consumer Law Reform: Consolidation, Codification or a Restatement?, in English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law. Essays in Honour of Huge Beale, edited by L. Gullifer and S. Vogenauer, 2014, 67-83; 22) Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, ibid, 237-249; 23) Stefan Vogenauer, ‘General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; 24) Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454; 25) Gilles Cuniberti, Conflict of Laws. A Comparative Approach, Cheltenham, 2017, p. 112-131.
The teaching materials’ topics overlap the textbook. They are intended to develop and practice the notions presented by the textbooks’ authors. They have been numbered in order to facilitate non-attending students, exhorted to learn following the numbers.
Computers, IPads, smartphones, etc. are permitted in class for the sole purpose of taking notes. Connecting to the internet during class for any reason beyond the immediate scope of the course (or legitimate emergency) is strictly prohibited. To record the lectures is allowed for strictly personal use and reasons of study.
Updated A.Y. 2018-2019
Updated A.Y. 2018-2019
The phenomenon of globalization was possible through technology advancement and web revolution. Geopolitically it started with the European unification with continuously wider competencies and increasingly members after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989, and continued with the open policy of China sanctioned by its adhesion to the WTO in 2001. Legal systems are the result of the evolution of societies. Actually, they are not confined within the boundaries of national States due to cross-border mobility of people, goods, services and information. This had increased the openness of legal systems to external influences of various nature, such as economic, social, cultural, and strictly normative. Nowadays we are facing an incredibly increase of ‘non-national’ legal systems beside traditional systems.
The aim of this course is to enlighten the interplay between traditional legal systems and the ‘non-national’, supranational legal systems. Law is the product of history, social and economic developments, intellectual and legal culture, mentality and ideology, philosophy and religion, language. To understand deeply and globally the complex eco-system in which the law is immersed, the so-called ‘law in action’ and its dynamics (players, instruments, purposes), it is required an introduction to the comparative methodology before approaching the main issue concerning uniform law. This subject will be discussed starting from the differences between unification, harmonization and conflict of law and arriving to the analysis of some practical cases.
Learning should be an active and self-motivated experience. Accordingly, class members are expected to contribute with substantive comments during the class. Students who passively listen to lectures are unlikely to absorb the comparative methodology, develop their critical thinking and expand their personal knowledge system. Therefore, learning Uniform Private Law is best accomplished when students are provided not only with theory, but also with practical experiences like presentation and discussion of topics and cases, accompanied by lectures provided by guests, experts and practitioners in different fields.
The final grade of the course is composed by grades on contribution during the class attendance and written exams.
Textbook: Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, Comparative Legal Systems, Roma TrE-Press, 2017 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9); Katharina Boele-Woelki, Unifying and Harmonizing Substantive Law and the Role of Conflict of Laws (Chapters 1 to 9).
Teaching materials: Rodolfo Sacco, Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 39, 1991, 1-34 and 343-401; Ugo Mattei, Three Pattern od Law, Taxonomy and Change in the World’s Legal System, ibid, Vol. 45, 1997, 5-44; Christian Twigg-Flesner, Some Thoughts on Consumer Law Reform: Consolidation, Codification or a Restatement?, in English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law. Essays in Honour of Huge Beale, edited by L. Gullifer and S. Vogenauer, 2014, 67-83; Ole Lando, CISG and CESL: Simplicity, Fairness and Social Justice, ibid, 237-249; Stefan Vogenauer, ‘General Principles’ of Contract Law in Transnational Instruments, ibid, 291-318; Christian von Bar, The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights: A European Principle?, ibid, 441-454.
Students in regular attendance are exempted from some parts of the textbooks.
Computers, IPads, smartphones, etc. are permitted in class for the sole purpose of taking notes. Connecting to the internet during class for any reason beyond the immediate scope of the course (or legitimate emergency) is strictly prohibited. To record the lectures is not allowed.