II. COMPARATIVE LAW. |
Unit 4.- HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE LAW.
1.- The XIX century. 2.- The period from 1918 to 1945. 3.- The current era. 4.- Functions of comparative law. 4.1.- Unification of law. 4.2.- International understanding. 4.3.- A better knowledge of national law. |
IV. COMMON LAW FAMILY. |
Unit 7.- THE COMMON LAW FAMILY (1): STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH LAW
l.- Originality of the categories and concepts of English law. 2.- Historical explanation of the structure of English law. 3.- Function of the universities. 4.- Common Law and Equity.
Unit 8.- THE COMMON LAW FAMILY (2): SOURCES OF LAW
1.- The Law. 1.1.-The Law a strange element in English law. 1.2. Current importance of the Law. 2.- Custom. 3.-The Jurisprudential precedent. 4.- The legal principles.
Unit 9.- THE COMMON LAW FAMILY (3): ORGANIZATION OF ENGLISH JUSTICE
1.- The ordinary courts. 1.1.- The lower courts. 1.2.-The higher courts. 2.- The remaining jurisdictions. 3.- The Public Ministry. 4.- The professionals. 4.1.- Barristers.
4.2.-Solicitors.
Unit 10.- THE COMMON LAW FAMILY (4): THE ENGLISH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
1. - General principles. 2. - Classification of crimes. 3.- The penalties. 4.- Special rules of criminal procedure. 4.1.- Initiation of the process. 4.2.- Preliminary view. 4.3.- The quick procedure. 5.- Trials by jury. 5.1.- The jury. 5.2.- The oral hearing. The opening speech. 5.3.- The tests. 5.4.- The final speech. 5.5.- The sentence.
Unit 11.- THE COMMON LAW FAMILY (5): THE ENGLISH CIVIL PROCEDURE.
1.- General principles. 2.- The demand. 3.- The interlocutory phase. 4.- The oral hearing. 5.- Judgments and rulings: The doctrine of the preceding. 6.- The execution of the sentences. 7.- The appeal.
Unit 12: THE COMMON LAW FAMILY (6): SOME TYPICAL COMMON LAW INSTITUTIONS.
1.-Real rights. 1.1.- The right of property: land as an object of property. 1.2.- Legal and equity rights over real estate. 1.3.- The ownership of personal property. (Chattels). 1.4.- Disposal of the property. 2.- Administrations (trusts). 2.1.- Rules for the administration of trusts. 2.2.- Safeguards of the trusts. 3.- Torts.
Unit 13. -THE COMMON LAW IN THE US OF AMERICA.
1.- The law in the United States of America. 1.1.- Historical differentiation factors. 1.2.- Structure of Law in the United States. 1.3.- Sources of Law.
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