030530 VO Comparative Law (2023W)

The course is designed to give students an insight into foreign legal systems and legal ways of thinking and to familiarise them with the methods of comparative law. This is particularly useful as preparation for a later professional activity in an international environment as well as a basis for independent legal research. At the same time, dealing with foreign legal systems sharpens the understanding of one's own law.
In the first part of the course, an overview is given of important legal systems, some of which are formative for the legal systems of other countries. Historical and cultural backgrounds will also be examined in more detail as well as different constitutional approaches. In the second part, individual legal problems from the field of private law, public law and business law are discussed and their respective solutions in the different legal systems are contrasted and compared.

Method:
The course is a combination of lecture and interactive seminar. In addition to the pure transfer of knowledge, the focus is on the examination of the respective legal systems. In this context, students should make comparisons with their own law. The course is not limited to the study of positive law, but attempts to embed it in the historical, social and cultural context of the respective country.)