Comparing Legal Cultures

The course is focused on acquaintance by the students of the basic knowledge in comparing legal cultures, including the specics of lawunderstanding, law-making, law-enforcement, law interpretation, systematization of law

Чему вы научитесь

  • Operate freely with the main categories of comparative law
  • Estimate degree of eciency of legal initiatives, in particular, of legal borrowings from the point of view of limits of interaction of legal cultures
  • Predict ways of further progressive development of legal cultures
  • Specify ways of improvement of national legal mechanisms, institutes and procedures
  • Apply a comparative and legal method in the professional activity

О курсе

The course consists of:

  1. Introduction. Chapter 1. Grounds for the cultural approach in comparative law studies.
  2. Chapter 2. The paradigm of legal culture in comparative law studies (discussing the point of view of M. Van Hoecke and M. Warrington).
  3. Chapter 3. Western and non-western legal cultures: general characteristics (discussing the point of view of M. Van Hoecke and M. Warrington).
  4. Chapter 4. Intra-cultural and cross-cultural comparison in law (discussing the point of view of M. Van Hoecke and M. Warrington).
  5. Chapter 5. Problems of harmonization, reception and convergence of national legal systems and legal cultures. Conclusion.

Each section contains:

  • Video lecture
  • Written materials
  • Didactic materials
  • Information resources
  • Knowledge control 

Для кого этот курс

First of all, for the crop protection students (master’s degree or graduate students) interested in the correct understanding and application of the comparative legal method and knowledge of foreign legal systems and cultures in professional activities.

Начальные требования

You will need a basic knowledge of jurisprudence, philosophy and sociology. However, we have tried to make the course as accessible as possible for students and oer a large selection of information, as well as links to additional scientic literature. This will assist you navigate even complex topics and learn the materials well. Do you have a question? Write to the teacher!

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