This seminar provides an introduction to comparative law. Through a study of topics in both private and public law, students will learn about the comparative method, the history of codification, concepts such as legal families and legal culture, the relation between civil law and common law systems, the role of legal transplants in legal reform, the debate about the use of foreign law in constitutional interpretation. Materials will include readings in the legal systems of France, Japan, South Africa, the UK, Colombia, Germany, India (among others).The seminar meets the Perspectives on Justice requirement. Interested students have the option of writing a paper for one additional credit and thus also meet the upper level writing requirement. Enrollment limited. Take home examination.
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