Contemporary Legal Systems
Course: International Law (ECL Bachelor, language of program - english)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Contemporary Legal Systems
Code
ОК 3
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Quickly understand professional tasks, evaluate their complexity.
PLO 3. To be aware of the need for lifelong learning, to adhere to the principles of continuous development and continuous selfimprovement; to strive for professional growth, to show tolerance and readiness for innovative changes.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The curriculum is an introductory base for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Mandatory requirement is English proficiency, basic knowledge of the history of the world.
Course content
Thematic plan of the discipline:
1. Comparative jurisprudence: method, science, educational discipline. Methodology of comparative legal research
2. Classifications of legal systems & their criteria
3. Roman legal system
4. Anglo-Saxon Legal System (Common law)
5. Religious-Customs legal systems. Islamic law
6. Hindu Law. Jewish Law. Canon Law
7. Custom-based legal system. Far-Eastern Legal system
8. The place of Ukrainian legal system within contemporary legal systems
9. International legal systems. Coordination & convergence of legal systems
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Peter de Cruz. Comparative law in a changing world. - London: Cavendish Publishing, 1999. – 512 p.
2. Werner Menski. Comparative law in a global context. The legal systems of Asia and Africa. Cambridge university press, 2006. – 696 p.
3. Lewis a. D. E. The roman law tradition. / a. D. E. Lewis, d.j. ibbetson. - cambridge: cambridge university press, 2007. – 252 p.
4. e. Allan farnsworth. An introduction to the legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition.
5. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (Oxford Handbooks) // by Mathias Reimann and Reinhard Zimmermann. Oxford: 2008
6. Konrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz. An Introduction to Comparative Law. – Oxford: OUP, 1998
7. Frank August Schubert. Introduction to Law and the Legal System. 2014
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, case study, performance of individual assignments
Assessment methods and criteria
The final course assessment is based on the aggregated evaluation of assignments performed by a student during the semester graded on the scale of 0-100.
The final grade is taken in the form of credit (the total number of credits for the course (maximum 100 points) which is defined as the sum (simple or weighted) of points for systematic work during the semester).
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
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Departments
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