German Law and Legal Culture: A View From the Outside - Guest lecture with Professor Russell Miller
What story would you tell about German law? This bloc-seminar provides one answer to that question. Using comparative law insights it paints a portrait of German legal culture from the standpoint of a jurist trained outside Germany. That “outside” perspective makes the seminar discussions a valuable point of entry for non-German students studying law in Freiburg (Erasmus / LL.M.). But it also provides German students a rare opportunity to reflect – in broad and cultural terms – on the nature and character of their legal system. The curriculum considers the historical and institutional foundations of the German legal system before inrtroducing the most prominent fields of German law: private law and the Civil Code; constitutional law; administrative law; criminal law; procedural law; and European law. As a backdrop to this material, the seminar accepts the common characterization of German law as a representation of the Roman-Civil Law tradition. But it challenges that view as well by highlighting the threads of other legal traditions that are woven into the fabric of German legal culture, even if only faintly. This includes encounters with the Common Law tradition, the Socialist Law tradition, the Adversarial tradition, the Muslim Law tradition, and the European Law tradition. In the end, this is a diverse and pluralistic depiction of German law and legal culture.
Geplante Termine der Veranstaltung sind:
Mittwoch, 11.12.2024, 18.15-19.45 Uhr, Co-Creation-Raum, Alte Universität, 1. OG, Bertoldstr. 17
Donnerstag, 12.12.2024, 18.15-19.45 Uhr, Co-Creation-Raum, Alte Universität, 1. OG, Bertoldstr. 17
Freitag, 13.12.2024: 9.00-10.30 and 11.00-12.30 Uhr, HS 1023 (KG I)
Freitag, 13.12.2024: 14.00-15.30 and 16.00-17.30 Uhr, HS 1023 (KG I)
Samstag, 14.12.2024: 9.00-10.30 and 11.00-12.30 Uhr, Co-Creation-Raum, Alte Universität, 1. OG, Bertoldstr. 17
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