Course: Comparative law sans TD

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- Select activity Annonces des enseignants
  
  Annonces des enseignants Forum
- Select activity Internship offer in Comparative Law
  
  Internship offer in Comparative Law File PDF
  
  Deadline for applications: 15/11/2026
  
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  Nov 4 Session Zoom meeting
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- Select activity Mock exam
  
  Mock exam Quiz
- Select activity General Bibliography
  
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Introduction
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  Oct 1st
  
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  Select activity J. Ivars, RDP 2026. 80, Le pourvoi en cassation contre le refus de transmission d’une question prioritaire de constitutionnalité : analyse d’une interprétation divergente entre le Conseil d’État et la Cour de cassation
  
  J. Ivars, RDP 2026. 80, Le pourvoi en cassation contre le refus de transmission d’une question prioritaire de constitutionnalité : analyse d’une interprétation divergente entre le Conseil d’État et la Cour de cassation File PDF
  
  An example of comparative research within a single centralised legal order (French law).
  
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  Select activity D.J. Klein, 2009 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 17, 209, Go West, Dissapointed Heir
  
  D.J. Klein, 2009 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 17, 209, Go West, Dissapointed Heir File PDF
  
  An example of a comparative research among state laws in the USA legal system.
  
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  Select activity CJEU, 19 May 2026, C- 350/24, HJ v Crédit agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
  
  CJEU, 19 May 2026, C- 350/24, HJ v Crédit agricole Corporate & Investment Bank URL
  
  "where a court of a Member State interprets and applies the law of another Member State which implements a directive, it is required, as it is when interpreting and applying its own law, to observe the principle that national law must be interpreted in conformity with EU law": how "foreign" is this law, if it has to be interpreted in conformity with EU law by the home courts?
  
  Select activity Oct 9 hearing in the matter HJ v Crédit Agricole before the Cour de cassation
  
  Oct 9 hearing in the matter HJ v Crédit Agricole before the Cour de cassation URL
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  Oct 7 & Oct 8
  
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  Select activity Stewart, Philip. “On the Nugent Translation of L'Esprit des Lois” History of Political Thought 39, no. 1 (2018): 83–106
  
  Stewart, Philip. “On the Nugent Translation of L'Esprit des Lois” History of Political Thought 39, no. 1 (2018): 83–106 File PDF
  
  See pp. 85-87 for critical thoughts on how the title of Montesquieu's masterpiece was first translated into English.
  
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  Oct 14 & 15
  
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  Select activity Röhl W., « Chapter 1: Generalities », in Röhl W. (ed.), History of law in Japan since 1868, Brill, Handbook of oriental studies nᵒ 12, 2005, pp. 1‑28 (here pp. 23-28)..
  
  Röhl W., « Chapter 1: Generalities », in Röhl W. (ed.), History of law in Japan since 1868, Brill, Handbook of oriental studies nᵒ 12, 2005, pp. 1‑28 (here pp. 23-28).. File PDF
  
  On the foreign influences on the law of Japan.
  
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  Select activity Jamin C., « Saleilles’ and Lambert’s Old Dream Revisited », Am. J. Comp. L., 2002, vol. 50, nᵒ 4, pp. 701‑718.
  
  Jamin C., « Saleilles’ and Lambert’s Old Dream Revisited », Am. J. Comp. L., 2002, vol. 50, nᵒ 4, pp. 701‑718. File PDF
  
  On the 1900 Paris Congress' organisers' approach to comparative law and law in general.
  
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  Select activity Oct 15 Session (Part 1)
  
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  Select activity Dorsen N., The relevance of foreign legal materials in U.S. constitutional cases: A conversation between Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Stephen Breyer, 2005 International Journal of Constitutional Law 3, pp. 519–541
  
  Dorsen N., The relevance of foreign legal materials in U.S. constitutional cases: A conversation between Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Stephen Breyer, 2005 International Journal of Constitutional Law 3, pp. 519–541 File PDF
  
  As the title suggests.
  
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Select section Chapter 1: Legal Translation and Comparative Law

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Chapter 1: Legal Translation and Comparative Law
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  Oct 22
  
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  Nov 4 & 5
  
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  Select activity Legal Meaning: A Practical Example With Art 370-3 French Civil Code
  
  Legal Meaning: A Practical Example With Art 370-3 French Civil Code Folder
  
  Establishing the meaning behind a French legal provision with its context as an interpretative endeavour: similarities with the art of translation.
  
  Select activity Propiteer Ireland Limited -v- Castlehaven Property Finance Designated Activity Company & Ors [2025] IEHC 451
  
  Propiteer Ireland Limited -v- Castlehaven Property Finance Designated Activity Company & Ors [2025] IEHC 451 File PDF
  
  Making the meaning of legal phrases more accessible through their substitution by expressions understandable by "a reasonably intelligent layperson."
  
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  Select activity Modernisierung des ABGB (in German)
  
  Modernisierung des ABGB (in German) URL
  
  A Graz university-led research project (involving students) aimed at 'modernising' the language of the Austrian Civil code by using plain language ('Klarsprache').
  
  Select activity E. Louis, The End of Eddy, translated by M. Lucey (original title: En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule), pp. 116-117.
  
  E. Louis, The End of Eddy, translated by M. Lucey (original title: En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule), pp. 116-117. File PDF
  
  A literary and biographical example of discrepancy in the use of language, here aggravated by class differences. The narrator's cousin is prosecuted for fleeing a police control and assaulting an officer. At the trial, he cannot understand the questions asked by the prosecution.
  
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Select section Chapter 2: The Notion of 'Culture' in Comparative Law

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Chapter 2: The Notion of 'Culture' in Comparative Law
Select section Chapter 3: The Rule of Law - Rechtsstaat - Etat de droit

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Chapter 3: The Rule of Law - Rechtsstaat - Etat de droit
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Select section Final Exam

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Final Exam
- Select activity 2026 Exam
  
  2026 Exam Offline Quiz