Legal Studies

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the awareness of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) and of their socio-economic impacts; awareness of main issues pertaining to the regulation of ICTS; knowledge of emerging aspects of European ICT Law; awareness the basic principles and issues on e-government, e-governance, and e-democracy; knowledge of the legal regulation of ICTs in the Europe; and awareness the Digital Agenda for Europe framework. The course discusses risks and opportunities of ICTs and addresses legal issues pertaining to ICTs in a European and comparative perspective. The course is divided into two parts. Part one is on Computable Law: legal retrieval systems, man-made models, and machine learning systems. Part two is on legal issues of AI and autonomous systems.

This course examines the most recent and topical issues of crime and justice in Australia and elsewhere. It examines these in historical perspective and critically assesses them in the context of both contemporary and longstanding debates over criminal justice in politics, policy and criminological research.

This course focuses on the "Contracts of the Civil Code", the course teaches the principles, norms and precedents of the General Principles of Contracts, some statutory obligations and other systems, and cultivates legal thinking skills.

This is a special topics course in the field of law. It provides practical and theoretical knowledge through the exploration of a variety of legal topics and issues.

This course offers an introduction to the legal requirements for creating, protecting, and financing innovative companies. The course is divided into three blocks: commercial law; industrial property law; and business finance law.

This course examines the main issues in the struggle for equal rights for persons with disabilities. Topics include: disability in human rights discourse; models of treatment of disability and human rights; disability in the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; equality, non-discrimination, and disability; universal accessibility and reasonable accommodation; autonomy, independent living, and social participation; legal capacity issues; inclusive education; inclusive workplace.

This law course provides a study of the origins, evolution, and legal organization of the European Union. It examines the law of the European Union, law adopted by the institutions, and the integration of the European laws with the Spanish legal system. It looks at reciprocal state laws of EU nation-states, EU laws of application and control, and the objectives of the EU integration process.

This course provides a historical analysis of legal concepts within the framework of various political models. It examines the evolution of the legal system, its institutions, and legal-political doctrine. Topics covered include: the culture of European Common Law; the Enlightenment and law; the Liberal Revolution and the rule of law; legal monism (legalism) and codification in Europe; constitutionalism and constitution; American constitutionalism; the emergence of administrative law; new branches of the legal system; authoritarianism and the constitutional state; the birth of labor law; decodification and the deregulation of law.

This course is a compulsory course for law school undergraduates and one of the basic courses for the law major. Through the study of this course, students can understand the basic theories and basic categories of Chinese civil procedure law, systematically master the knowledge system and framework of civil procedure law, and understand the basic content included in various procedures. At the same time, it improves the logic and agility of students' thinking, and cultivates students' ability to discover, analyze and solve problems.

The content of this course mainly includes the overview of civil litigation (basic theory, basic principles, supervisor and jurisdiction of civil litigation), litigant, evidence and proof, civil litigation guarantee mechanism, litigation procedure, non-litigation procedure, special procedures for foreign-related maritime and public interest litigation, and execution procedures.

This course introduces students to a range of high-profile controversies by viewing them through the prism of the law. It enables the students to transcend the culture wars by critically engaging with the moral, political, and legal issues at stake and by becoming skilled participants in the respective debates. Students engage with some of the most important and controversial political issues of our time, and these issues will be approached by studying and comparing landmark judgments from the world’s most influential and powerful courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Canadian Supreme Court, the South African Constitutional Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the U.K. Supreme Court, and the German Federal Constitutional Court.