[ last updated 07-Dec-2011 ]
Comparative
Law
Law 583: Fall 2011
Syllabus
Course Readings
Who is more "caudillo"?
Assignment |
Topic | Outside reading [Additional] | |
Civil Law Tradition |
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| Introduction | - |
Lawrence v. Texas | |
| Roots: Roman law | 1-16 |
Corpus Juris Civilis / Latin phrases | |
| Medieval: canon and commercial law | 16-24 |
E-Merchant Law | |
| European expansion: ius commune, national law | 25-34 |
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| Codification: French civil code | 34-46 |
French Civil Code | |
| Post-Codification: German civil code | 46-57 |
German BGB | |
| Elements: civil procedure, public law | 57-71 |
NC Law Practice / Lex Mundi Project | |
| Geneology | 72-84 |
US Immigration Statistics | |
| Pre-Columbian law | 84-95 |
Aztec legal system | |
| Spanish/Portuguese antecedents - SKIP | 95-105 |
Siete partidas | |
| Colonial law of "indies" | 105-113 |
Leyes de las Indias / Leyes de Toro | |
| Post-independence | 113-122 |
Universidad y Codificacion | |
Constitutional Law [US] |
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| Mexico: revolutionary constituionalism | 123-138 |
Mexican Constitution (1917) (as of 2005) | |
| Brazil: post-dictatorship constituionalism | 138-151 |
Brazil Constitution (1988) | |
| Argentina: post-democracy constituionalism | 151-170 |
Argentina Constitution (1994) | |
| Venezuela: constitutional crisis | 170-195 |
Venezuela Constitution (1999) | |
| Writs of protection: Mexico | 277-310 |
Mexican Constitution (1917) | |
| Judicially-created protection suit: Argentina | 310-327 |
Argentina Constitution (1994) | |
Civil Law |
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| Civil code: past | 416-440 |
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| Civil code: present and future -SKIP | 440-455 |
US Civil Law Notaries / NC apostille | |
| Chile's civil code | 455-475 |
Chile Civil Code (Spanish) | |
| Brazil's civil code | 475-493 |
Brazil Civil Code (Portuguese) | |
| Updating code: codified sexism | 551-570 |
Latin American Histiography | |
| Constitutional quest for equality | 570-590 |
Colombia Constitution (1991) | |
Civil Procedure |
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| Structure: civil process in Mexico | 730-746 |
French Code of Civil Procedure | |
| Right to hearing - SKIP | 746-768 |
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| Brazil: civil procedure - SKIP | 768-789 |
US Civil Law Notaries | |
Business
Law |
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| Corporate law: outside code | 867-878 |
Doing Business in Argentina | |
| Corporate groups: collective liability - SKIP | 878-893 |
Global corporate law | |
| Parent-subsidiary piercing - SKIP | 893-911 |
De Dios v. Flota Maritmo | |
| Corporate governance in Latin America | -- |
Reyes, Corporate Governance in LatAm Reyes/Vermeulen, Company Law, Lawyers, Innovation / SAS - ppt |
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Rule of
Law |
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| Rule of law in Nicaragua: "El Pacto"- SKIP | -- |
Pallais, SSRN article / Sup Ct decision | |
Legal Education |
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| Legal education in Latin America | -- |
Montoya, State of Legal Education | |