Spring 2002
COMPARATIVE LAW:
PROFESSOR SUSANNA FISCHER
Welcome to our class Web site! Updates will be made throughout the term. You will be notified about updates in class.
Follow this link to access the Reading List.
More information about the class, including information on exams and grading may be found in the Course Outline.
Follow the links below to access PowerPoint slides for each class (these will be posted after each class):
This year's and last year's students created web sites on the legal systems of a number of jurisdictions. To access the web sites, please click on the links below:
ARGENTINA: Argentina: The Legal System
AUSTRALIA: Australian Legal System
BRAZIL: Brazilian Legal System
CANADA: Canadian Legal System
CHINA: Legal System of China
EL SALVADOR: The Legal System of El Salvador
GUATEMALA: Guatemala: Legal System
ISRAEL: The Legal System of Israel
JAPAN: The Legal System of Japan
KENYA: Kenya: A Case for Reform
MOROCCO: Kingdom of Morocco Legal System
NAMIBIA: Legal System of Namibia
NETHERLANDS: The Dutch Legal System
NORTHERN IRELAND: Legal System of Northern Ireland
PANAMA: The Panamanian Legal System
PHILIPPINES: The Philippines
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian Federation Legal System
SCOTLAND: The Scottish Legal System
SLOVAKIA: The Legal System of Slovakia
SOUTH AFRICA: The Legal System of South Africa
SWITZERLAND: Switzerland: A Glance at Bank Secrecy Laws
TURKEY: Turkish Legal System
VENEZUELA: Venezuelan Legal System
Many helpful resources on comparative law are available on the Internet. To get you started, here are a few links:
1. Collections of Foreign/Comparative Law Resources
Lyonette Louis-Jacques, the Foreign & International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago, has assembled a number of very useful collections of links to foreign materials. See in particular, "Foreign Law: Legal Research Resources on the Internet" at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/foreignlaw.html and "Private International Law: Cross-Border Transactions or Transnational Law: International Conflicts of Law: Print and Electronic Sources of Foreign Law" at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/pil.html; see also "Finding Foreign Law online When Going Global" (last updated October, 1999) at http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/global.html
FindLaw International Resources at: http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/12international/ and individual country resources at: http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/12international/countries/
Law Library of Congress "Guide to Law Online" at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/index.html
2. Constitutional Law
Links to Constitutional Courts around the world at: http://www.coe.fr/venice/links-e.htm
Moss Byrett (Norway), "Supreme Court Decisions Around the World" at: http://www.mossbyrett.of.no/info/links.html
International Constitutional Law at: http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/
You may also find the following books to be useful resources:
Manlio Bellomo, The Common Legal Past of Europe
Mary Ann Glendon, Michael Wallace Gordon & Christopher Osakwe, Comparative Legal Traditions (2d edition)
Catherine Elliott & Catherine Vernon, French Legal System
Justinian, The Digest of Roman Law
John Henry Merryman, The Civil Law Tradition (2d edition)
Peter Stein, Roman Law in European History
R.C. Van Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Private Law
© 2002 Susanna Fischer. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised Tuesday, April 30, 2002 05:55:21 PM