COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS
Students will develop a proper understanding of the different legal systems that exist in the world and will learn to adopt a critical approach to legal developments brought by the introduction of European or American legal concepts to other parts of the world. Moreover, students will gain an understanding of the role of Comparative Law in a world of cultural and religious diversity. From this Course, students will learn that foreign legal systems do not necessarily have rules that correspond to our own legal categories and that such systems often achieve similar results by adopting legal mechanisms that are unique to their particular systems. Students will develop a thorough understanding of the essential characteristics of the world’s major legal systems, both in a macro and a micro-comparative perspective.