Im kommenden Sommersemester wird im Institut für Deutsche und Rheinische Rechtsgeschichte eine Veranstaltung zur vergleichenden Rechtsgeschichte von Herrn Prof. Schmoeckel in Kooperation mit Gastprofessorinnen und -professoren ausländischer Universitäten angeboten. Teilnehmende Studierende können in diesem Rahmen eine Leistung für den Schwerpunktbereich erbringen.

Die Veranstaltungen finden jeweils im Seminarraum des Instituts (Juridicum, Westturm 4. OG) an den folgenden Terminen statt:

09.04.2019, 16.00-18.00 Uhr: Einführung I: Prof. Mathias Schmoeckel

10.04.2019, 13.00-15.00 Uhr: Einführung II: Prof. Mathias Schmoeckel

16.04.2019, 15.00-17.00 Uhr: Prof. Olivier Jouanjan (Université Paris II)

17.04.2019, 14.00-16.00 Uhr: Prof. Olivier Jouanjan (Université Paris II)

08.05.2019, 12.00-16.00 Uhr: Prof. Rosalba Sorice (Università di Catania)

09.05.2019, 10.00-12.00 Uhr: Prof. Rosalba Sorice (Università di Catania)

10.05.2019, 10.00-12.00 Uhr: Prof. Rosalba Sorice (Università di Catania)

14.05.2019, 13.00-15.00 Uhr: Prof. Giovanni Chiodi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

15.05.2019, 13.00-17.00 Uhr: Prof. Giovanni Chiodi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

16.05.2019, 10.00-12.00 Uhr: Prof. Giovanni Chiodi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

Eine vorherige Anmeldung für die Veranstaltung ist nicht erforderlich.

Im Folgenden findet sich eine nähere Beschreibung und ein inhaltlicher Ausblick:

Some universities of Europe just started a new course in legal history which tries to give some new insight into basic European legal traditions. In a more and more globalized world, the particular national traditions lose their significance, and also for lawyers it becomes crucial to understand the different traditions. Some universities like Maastricht even offer Masters in Comparative law in order to educate new lawyers with a broad perspective on Europe. For the same reason a new society for comparison of legal history has been founded recently. In the future it might be feasible to introduce into the basic legal traditions of the world. The still unresolved question is, however, if the non-European systems are based on law or rather morality. Moreover, it is simply impossible to teach all traditions. It is safer, therefore, to concentrate on the different European legal civilizations. It would be impossible again to give a representative overview of the development of all the European societies. Instead, we will focus on some examples and tries to understand how cases in the different parts of Europe and the centuries were spelled out. Such examples have to suffice in order to found a comprehension on the differences within the European traditions. In order to go more into the specific details we will organize this special course, we will invite a number of distinguished colleagues from different European universities and countries. They will chose topics which reflect their particular research as well as their national particularities. Up to now – before the first lecture has taken place - we have already been able, luckily, to obtain the consent of a number of colleagues of high standing from France, Italy, Great Britain, and Finland. As the choice of colleagues will differ from one year to the other, the course will be new and unique in each semester. One of the challenges will remain the question of language and it will be up to the audience to decide, whether their native language can be accepted or if some other language like English or German provide for mutual understanding. Legal historians, however, have to be aware of the different law traditions in Europe, they have to master several languages therefor. The selection of the most convenient question – not necessarily English - will be left therefore to the choice of the participants. Evidently, this is a course for those students who already received some insight into legal history, either in courses of Roman, Canon or German legal history. For this reason, this course is reserved for students, who chose a specialization (Schwerpunkt) in basic legal techniques (Grundlagen). The first two hours of the lecture of the visiting professor will be addressed to a larger audience, so that the university might have the chance to attend a lecture of our famous guests.