LAW 691: Comparative Law
The institutions and legal underpinnings of the cultures, the historical background, legal method, and other characteristics by which the world's legal systems may be classified into major families, such as the Anglo-American, Roman-German, and socialist families. Comparative study of selected legal concepts and institutions in an assortment of legal systems. Examples include contracts of adhesion, divorce, judicial review of constitutionality of legislation, and the emerging institutions of the European Union. [2 credit hours]
