Private Comparative Law.
Prof. Francesco Zarrilli
Degree course : SEGI (6 CFU)
Department: Juridical Sciences
SSD: IUS/02
E-mail: francesco.zarrilli@gmail.com
E-mail: francesco.zarrilli@gmail.com
II semester.
The course aims to:
a) introduce the study of comparative law through knowledge of the history and objectives of the comparison, as well as the methods and classifications generally used by it;
b) identify the aspects that characterize the main western legal systems of civil law and common law by examining the historical evolution and the current configuration of the sources of law, of the training of the jurist, of the legal professions and of some characteristic institutes ;
c) investigate the evolution of the joint-stock company model in European company law.
Course Program:
I module (1 CFU):
Comparative Law and legal comparison: evolution, object, purpose, classification of legal systems.
II module (3 CFU):
The Western legal tradition in the main civil law and common law systems: historical evolution, sources of law, jurist training, legal professions, outline of some legal institutes.
III module (2 CFU):
The module will have as its object the study of the EC Regulation in the Statute of a European joint-stock company (SE - Societas Europea) in the context of the evolution of the joint-stock company model in contemporary European legal systems.