Introduction to U.S. Law
A broad overview of the U.S. legal system, introducing to European Law students how Civil law differs from Common law and how the U.S. common law system differs from the English common law system. After an introduction to the concept of federalism, the students make an approach to U.S. sources of law and are given practical examples of how to work with statutes and cases in the U.S. legal system in workshops, emphasizing in crucial fields of US Law like Contracts, Torts and Personal Responsibility.
Professors: Prof. Nathalie Martin and Prof. Mary Leto Pareja. School of Law of the University of New Mexico.
Syllabus: Day 1. Introduction to Common Law and the U.S. Legal System. Day 2. U.S. Constitutional Law, Part 1. Day 3. U.S. Constitutional Law, Part 2. Day 3. Common Law Workshop, Part 1. Day 4. Common Law Workshop, Part 2. Day 5. Contracts. Day 6. Day Torts and Personal Responsibility Day 7. Common Law Workshop, Part 3. Day 8. Review; Questions and Answers. Day 9. Final Exam.
Overview of European Union Law
The goal of this course is to give American Law Students a general overview of European Union Law in a comparative way with the Structure of the Federal-State US Law. Starting with a comparative approach between U.S. Federal State history and the history of the European Union. The we deal with a comparative approach to the main Institutions in both systems, the Sources of Law (State and Federal-Communitarian) and how EU laws affect member states and citizens internally, and how it affects externally to individuals and companies who want to do business with the EU and its member States.Professors: Bruno Aguilera Barchet, Maria Pilar Trinidad, Angeles Cano Linares, Guillermo Guerra Martín, Enrique Navarro Contreras, Flora Calvo Babío, Elena Pineros.
Syllabus: Day 1. U.S. and European Integration: a Comparative Approach. Day 2. Institutions and Powers of the European Union. The European way: The Community Method or step by step integration. Day 3. Objectives and Values of the European Union. Day 4. The Competences of the EU. Sources of Law: Interaction between EU Law and National Law. Day 5. Institutions of the European Union. Day 6. Legal instruments and nature of the EU Law. Day 7. Fundamental Rights and European Citizenship. Day 8. The four basic freedoms: Free Movement of Goods, People, Services, and Capital. Day 9. Historic development of the jurisdictional protection of the EU Law: the European Court of Justice. Day 10. Freedom of Establishment: Corporate Law in the European Union. Day 11. Freedom, Security, and Justice Area. EU Migration Policies. Day 12. Common Foreign and Security Policy. Day 13. Arbitration and Mediation in the EU: Alternatives to Courts. Day 14. EU response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.