Comparative and Ethical Lawyering for the Rule of Law

Catalog description

This course will develop the students' knowledge and skills required to provide advice and assistance in a country with a culture and a legal tradition different from the culture and legal system in which they received their education. The course will examine and compare the main elements of particular relevance to rule of law assistance work in major world legal traditions: common law, civil law, Islamic law, customary law and mixed legal traditions. It will also explore how the force of their normativity is effectively applied and how institutional frameworks deal with overlaps. Finally, the course will encourage students to consider the ethical dimension of cross-systems rule of law advising.