Legal Studies

This course introduces the core aspects of the criminal justice system, including criminology (the study of the causes of crime), policing, law enforcement, criminal investigation, decisions regarding arrest and detention, prosecution, trial, criminal justice policy, due process and human rights protection, and victimology. It is designed for undergraduate students and is taught using a case-method-like approach, incorporating commonly encountered real-life cases to help students better understand the entire criminal justice system at the undergraduate level. This course is suitable for undergraduate students who are exploring career paths in the police, courts, or prosecution, or those preparing for admission to law school. The goal of this course is to examine the meaning and justification of the concept of crime and its legal effect(punishment); to encourage students to think about the process and meaning of criminal justice and what is needed for a fair criminal justice system; and to help students to formulate their own standards for what punishment is appropriate for a crime through individual cases. 

The Egyptian legal system is considered according to its present structure and historical development including institutions, processes, laws, and the courts. There is special emphasis on developments in constitutional law and the role played by the constitution in the political context of present day Egypt. The course also offers an introduction to Islamic jurisprudence in the classical doctrine, in the pre-modern Egyptian legal system, and in contemporary Egypt.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course focuses on the following themes: 

• International contest, international organization (historical view, present rules)
• European contest, single market (from 1951 to the present), Law and legal systems
• Regulatory framework of specific sectors: organization, European agencies, rules, assessment of market structures and European regulation

At the end of the module, students: are familiar with the forms and legal disciplines applicable to public intervention in the economy, with regard to relations between State and market, in the European legal order; know how to apply the relevant legal rules in simple factual situations and how to identify the interaction between various sources of European law, in particular Treaty and directives.

This course provides an overview of the major human rights treaties, customary norms, international institutions, and mechanisms of enforcement, while at the same time encouraging a critical stance, which questions the role and effect of human rights in a world of distress and inequality.

Course content includes the theoretical foundations of comparative law, detailed comparisons of major legal systems, international and transnational legal issues, social justice, the impact of emerging technologies on law, and environmental law related to sustainable development.

This course provides a study of the principles of civil and commercial law relating to torts, management of affairs without mandate, and undue enrichment under the Civil and Commercial Code. Other relevant topics encompassed in this course are product liability law, environmental protection law, and contemporary problems regarding the application of these laws.  

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course is divided into three parts:

A) The first part (Sociology of Law) is delivered in person. The students survey the main classic and contemporary approaches to the sociology of law: the focus is on the classic integration theories and theories of conflict: in particular, the Durkheimian, Weberian, and Marxist approaches are analyzed.

B) In the middle part, which takes place online, the students explore topics such as: recent theories on moral reasoning, affective primacy, and confirmative thought as keys to understand the human behavior in the digital dimension; aggressivity in the online arena against the individual (e.g. cyberbullying, revenge porn) and against groups (e.g. call out culture, hate speech, and use of memes); polarization and echo chambers.

C) In the last part, which is delivered in person again, the three main conceptions developed in the philosophy of law—namely, natural law theory, legal positivism, and legal realism—are presented, emphasizing their theoretical implications; then, some contemporary trends (such as legal feminism) are introduced and discussed, also in connection with the traditional views.

At the end of the course, students: know the history of legal philosophy thanks to the development, during the course unit, of a thematic analysis centered on fundamental theoretical problems and argumentative patterns designed to resolve those issues also under a perspective approach; know the classical and contemporary theoretical-sociological debate on the function of law, the relationship between social and legal norms, the social nature of the concepts of status and role; are capable to deal with problems of theoretical and legal nature, in a logical manner and by relying on a solid argumentation, and to discuss those problems in an interactive way by efficiently communicating the advantages of multiple their multiple structures and issues.

This course covers the following specific forms of tort litigation and the corresponding respective legal rules, legal principles and public policies: unlawful infringement of land, unlawful infringement of movables, unlawful infringement of person, intrusion, reputational damage, negligence law, statutory tort liability, tort liability for dangerous premises, defective product liability, strict liability, liability for animal harm, domestic tort liability, economic tort liability, fraud and harmful lies, abuse of legal proceedings, etc. On this basis, this course will also discuss legal theory, including the moral theory of tort law, the political theory of tort law, the economic theory of tort law, and the feminist theory of tort law.

This course is launched by the Center for Studies in Politics and Law and Hong Kong Bar Association, lectured by practicing lawyers who have been practicing common law in Hong Kong for a long time.This course is to introduce students to the common law tradition and the legal systems in the common law world; and to examine common law principles, the doctrine of precedent and the rules of natural justice.The lectures will be given through case study, group discussion and moot arbitration. After all the lectures, excellent students in this course will be provided with an opportunity to visit Hong Kong.

This course introduces international tax law with an emphasis on the problems around double taxation.  

The course covers types of international transactions which are subject to taxation under the Thai Revenue Code, and the different forms of international corporation on the avoidance of double taxation.