2 FIRST PART: BASICS OF CIVIL LAW 2 FIRST PART: BASICS OF CIVIL LAW
2.1 Class 1: Thursday 1/30 - Orientation to the Course 2.1 Class 1: Thursday 1/30 - Orientation to the Course
Reading(s): Duncan Kennedy, Two Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought: 1850-1968, 36 Suffolk L. Rev. 631 (2003), pages 631-674. An expanded version appeared as Three Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought: 1850-2000, in David Trubke & Alvaro Santos, eds., The New Law and Development: A Critical Appraisal (2006). Duncan Kennedy, A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siècle] (1997), pages 39-54.
2.1.1. Duncan Kennedy, Two Globalizations of Law and Legal Thought: 1850-1968, 36 Suffolk L. Rev. 631 (2003)
2.1.2. Duncan Kennedy, A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siècle] (1997)
2.2 Class 2: Friday 1/31 - Introduction to the Civil Law System 2.2 Class 2: Friday 1/31 - Introduction to the Civil Law System
Reading(s): [These readings are all from James Gordley & Arthur von Mehren, An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law: Readings, Cases, Materials (2006)] FW Maitland, The Writ System John Dawson, The Oracles of the Law (Roman Law) Peter Stein, Roman Law in European History 25-33 required, 33-44 OPTIONAL James Gordley & Arthur Von Mehren, An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law, Note: Roman law after the medieval commentators Arthur von Mehren & James Gordley, The Civil Law System (codification) Portalis, Discours preliminaire Charles Aubrey & Charles Rau, Cours de droit civil Friedrich Karl von Savigny, The Vocation of Our Age for Legislation and Jurisprudence Von Mehren & Gordley, The enactment of the German Civil Code Motive zu dem Entwurfe Gordley & von Mehren, A note on codification and 19th century will theories
2.2.1. Readings - Introduction to the Civil Law System
2.3 Class 3: Thursday 2/6 - Savigny: Classical Legal Thought 2.3 Class 3: Thursday 2/6 - Savigny: Classical Legal Thought
Reading(s): Duncan Kennedy, Savigny’s Family/Patrimony Distinction and its Place in the Global Genealogy of Classical Legal Thought, 58 American Journal of Comparative Law 811 (2010)
2.3.1. Duncan Kennedy, Savigny’s Family/Patrimony Distinction and its Place in the Global Genealogy of Classical Legal Thought, 58 American Journal of Comparative Law 811 (2010)
2.4 Class 4: Friday 2/7 - Jhering & Geny: The Civilian Social Critique of Classical Legal Thought 2.4 Class 4: Friday 2/7 - Jhering & Geny: The Civilian Social Critique of Classical Legal Thought
Reading(s): Rudolph von Jhering, Law as a Means to an End. Francois Geny, Method of Interpretation and Sources in Positive Private Law
2.4.1. Rudolph von Jhering, Law as a Means to an End
2.4.2. Francois Geny, Method of Interpretation and Sources in Positive Private Law
2.5 Class 5: Thursday 2/13 - How Different Are the Systems in Practice? 2.5 Class 5: Thursday 2/13 - How Different Are the Systems in Practice?
Reading(s): Rodolfo Sacco, Legal Formants: A Dynamic Approach to Comparative Law, 39 Am. J. Comp. L. 1 (1991), pages 21-34. Mitchel Lasser, Judicial (Self-) Portraits: Judicial Discourse in the French Legal System, 104 Yale L. J. 1325 (1995), pages 1325-29, 1381-1402. John Merryman, The Civil Law Tradition (3d ed. 2007).