Legal Studies

In this course, undergraduates need to be proficient in the typical analytical model of crime and its variants, to be able to apply the criminological system to analyze teaching cases involving typical crimes, to be proficient in identifying the sentencing factors involved in teaching cases and simple real-world cases, and then to convict and sentence appropriately. In addition, undergraduates need to be able to skillfully identify the fundamental theoretical debates in criminology, grasp the academic controversies on the core issues and their unfolding, and be able to comment on these core academic controversies.

Given that this course is a required course for undergraduate majors, its primary goal is to strengthen the foundation of criminal law for students taking the course. Criminal law is a departmental jurisprudence with crime and punishment as its object, and is a normative discipline based on existing law. The study of crime and punishment can be divided into the study of general issues of crime and punishment and the study of specific crimes and their penalties according to the differences in the objects, which are respectively classified as Criminal Law I and Criminal Law II, corresponding to the General Provisions and Sub-Principles of the Criminal Law as legislation. Criminal Law I is mainly devoted to the study of criminal law, including the foundations of criminal law, the basic principles of criminal law, the interpretation of criminal law, the typical analytical model of crime (the system of criminology of the individual offender) and its variants (joint criminality, attempt, suspension, preparation, and competition).

This course provides an introduction to basic European Union (EU) law for non-law students, including the core elements of the EU legal system, EU institutions, decision-making procedures, and sources of law. It covers the concept of sovereignty, the relationship between EU law and national law, as well as the relationship between EU law and international law; necessary for working with the substantive areas of EU law, including the internal market, the free movement of goods, food and agricultural production, and environment and nature protection. Examples are drawn from areas such as environment and nature protection, agriculture, and food production, including ways the EU seeks to promote sustainable development. 

This course provides an overview of the Japanese legal system, enabling students to research, analyze and understand the basic structure of Japanese law. Students will examine various legal problems, expanding their critical thinking skills.

This course examines the main regulatory implications of technology, as well as the EU ethical and legal framework applicable to information technologies, with a focus on the data-driven technologies. It discusses issues such as ethical and legal governance, ethical and legal principles and requirements, risk assessment approaches to the design, development, deployment, and use of data-driven technologies.  

The institution and the development of international organizations constitutes a major phenomenon of contemporary international society. This course introduces the law of international organizations including their constituent treaties; the role of states within them; the functioning of their components; and the methods of production and implementation of the law they offer. The course also reflects on the functions of international organizations within contemporary international society to discuss if they are places of governance, regulation of the international community, or simple mechanisms structured by coordination of the interstate relations.

Within the scope of this course, basic concepts of EU competition law are examined along with the recent decisions by the EU Commission. The aim of the course is to teach students how to evaluate current debates on EU competition law within the framework of EU Law. It is expected from participants to conceptualize main concepts of EU competition law and consequently, to be furnished with the ability of holding fundamental discussions in this manner.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program. The course is intended for advanced level students interested in International Law. The three fundamental legal functions on which the legal dynamics of the international community is founded – law-making, law-determination and law-enforcement – are analyzed within the contemporary social context. International law is presented in its different dimensions: as a tool in the hand of international actors able to handle change in the international society and safeguard stability and predictability of international legal relations; as common language useful in reaching consensus or, at least, peaceful disagreement; and as key to understanding the reality of contemporary international relations. Bringing together different perspectives, the course demonstrates how international rules, while made by governments and mostly addressed to them, can be of great relevance to private actors and to their interests.

The main purpose of this course is to help international students understand the Chinese laws and regulations concerning foreign affairs, so that they can use the legal knowledge to correctly analyze the actual cases, and to help students engage in economic and trade work. In addition, students will be able to improve their Chinese reading and understanding ability in law through study.

Taking a foreign-funded enterprise's entry into the Chinese market as a clue, the students will learn relevant laws and regulations, including labor contract law, trademark law, foreign trade law and so on.

Students are required to master relevant concepts and professional terms, be able to make  accurate  judgments on  specific  cases,  and  be  able  to  express  their  opinions fluently. Students are required to complete homework and related practical tasks on time.

This course explores the nature of law, the origin and history of lawmaking, and the relationship between law and the common good. It analyzes texts from important philosophers including Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, and more. 

This introductory module provides an overview of law or legal studies. Participants are expected to carefully read, research, and discuss the underlying ideas and principles of law, and the frameworks and methods (often presupposed) in legal studies.

By the end of this course, students are expected to
(1) Understand and explain basic terms and concepts of legal studies;
(2) Acquire basic knowledge of major legal systems;
(3) Gain fundamental skills to analyze and explain legal aspects of social issues.