Comparative Private Law

Mål og innhald

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the assortment of major European legal systems and the to different styles of law-making and interpretation within those systems.

Læringsutbyte/resultat

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Understand the distinction between common law and civil law legal systems in Europe;
Understand the variety of legal traditions which are contained within the category of private law in Europe;
Identify legal sources (constitution; legislation; case-law) from selected civil law systems;
Operate comparisons among different legal solutions both orally and in writing.

Undervisningssemester

Autumn. (Exam each semester.)

Undervisningsspråk

English.

Krav til forkunnskapar

Three years of university studies.

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

Three years of Law studies.

Fagleg overlapp

In combination with JUS358 Comparative Private Law this course generates no new credits.

Undervisning og omfang

Lectures.

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav

None.

Vurderingsformer

Exam each semester.

Four hours school exam. A ¿ E for passed, F for failed.

Exam language:

• Question paper: English
• Answer paper: English

Support materials allowed during school exam:

See section 3-5 of the Supplementary Regulations for Studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen.

Special regulations about dictionaries:

• According to the Regulations for Studies, one dictionary is permitted support material during the examination. Bilingual dictionaries containing for example both Norwegian-English and English-Norwegian are considered as one dictionary.
• Bilingual dictionaries to/from the same two languages - for example Norwegian-English/English-Norwegian - in two different volumes are also considered as one dictionary (irrespective of publisher or edition).
• Dictionaries as described above cannot be combined with any other types of dictionaries.
• Any kind of combination which makes up more than two physical volumes is forbidden.
• In case a student has a special need for any other combination than the above mentioned, such combination has to be clarified with/approved by the course coordinator minimum two weeks before the exam. Students who have not been granted permission to have a special combination minimum two weeks before the exam will be subject to the usual regulations (Section 3-5) about examination support materials.

Emneevaluering

According to administrative arrangements for evaluating courses at the Law Faculty.

Kontaktinformasjon

Course teachers: professor Berte-Elen Konow and guest professor Gianmaria Ajani

Administrative contact: elective-courses@jurfa.uib.no