LAW 6161

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LAW 6161
Comparative Law: The Civil Law Tradition

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course introduces students to the institutional and conceptual organization of "civil law" legal systems (which govern almost all of Western and Eastern Europe and Latin America, as well as significant portions of Africa and Asia). The course will therefore provide a broad overview of "civilian" private law and procedure, criminal procedure, administrative law, and constitutional law. The course is particularly interested in the differences between common law and civil law understandings of the relationship between law-making, legal interpretation, and the judiciary.


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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9478 LAW 6161   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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