Columbus School of Law

Spring 2001

COMPARATIVE LAW:

PROFESSOR SUSANNA FISCHER

Welcome to our class Web site! This Web site will be updated throughout the term with additional reading assignments and other information.

The students in this class have created web sites on the legal systems of a number of countries. To access, click on the links below:
CUBA: Cuban Legal System and Structure
ERITREA: Eritrea Links
GUATEMALA: Guatemala: Legal System
HONG KONG: A Brief Look at the Legal System of Hong Kong
IRELAND: An Introduction to the Irish Legal System
ITALY: Italian Legal System
KENYA: Kenya: A Case for Reform
MOROCCO: TO COME
SCOTLAND: The Scottish Legal System
NETHERLANDS: The Dutch Legal System
PANAMA: The Panamanian Legal System
PHILIPPINES: The Philippines
SOUTH AFRICA: TO COME
SPAIN: Spain: A Brief Overview of Its Legal System
SWITZERLAND: Switzerland: A Glance at Bank Secrecy Laws

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.
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 at 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/

See the Comparative Law Links Page for more useful links, organized for the topics we are studying in the casebook, Rudolf B. Schlesinger et al., Comparative Law (1998).