Overview of the world's major legal systems, followed by a study of the structure, mechanics, and jurisprudential approaches of the civil law system as the world's "other" major legal system. Selected topics studied primarily to highlight methodological and conceptual differences with the common law system. This course is also sometimes offered in the summer program in Agen, France.
This is an elective course. Most, though not all, electives are offered each year. Students may expect to have at least one opportunity to subscribe to all electives at some time in their three years in the college.