Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Dereito

PCEO Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas/Grado en Derecho

Contemporary legal systems: continental law & anglo-saxon law

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
I. THE MEDIEVAL LEGAL RENAISSANCE AND THE FORMATION OF A EUROPEAN COMMON LAW (XII TO XV CENTURIES).	Unit 1.- CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF THE MEDIEVAL LEGAL RENAISSANCE. 1.- Significance of the phenomenon in the European legal culture. 2.- Elements that shape the political-cultural identity of the Middle Ages. Unit 2.- THE ROMAN CANONICAL LEGAL TRADITION 1.- Scientific assimilation of Roman-Justinian law. 2.- Formation of a system of Roman-canonical common law by the work of jurisprudence. 3.- Dissemination of Roman-canonical common law on the European continent as a cultural phenomenon. Unit 3. THE LEGAL TRADITION OF COMMON LAW AND EQUITY 1.- Judicial configuration of English law. 2.- Incidence of the Roman-canonical legal tradition in the formation of English law.
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.
III. LEGAL FAMILIES.	Unit 5.- THE CONCEPT OF LEGAL FAMILY. 1.- Grouping of rights in families. 2. Variable elements and constant elements in Law. 3.- Criterion for classifying rights in families. Unit 6.- THE LEGAL FAMILIES OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. 1.- Romano-Germanic family. 2.- Common Law family. 3.- Common Law and Equity. 3.1.- Fundamental character of the distinction. 3.2.- Equity Applications. 3.3.- Equity since 1875. 4.- Importance of the adjective right. 5.- The legal rule (legal rule).
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.