Global Legal Studies
Rome, Italy
DURATION
5 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 1,999 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* a fee reduction opportunity is available, based on income
Key Summary
Introduction
Global Legal Studies” (GLS) is a programme aimed at blending Italian excellence in legal education – it began in Bologna in 11th century – with a modern, multicultural and multilinguistic approach. The programme is bilingual (Italian / English). Students who graduate receive a Master’s Degree [Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza: LMG/01]. The following guide-lines are mainly applicable to students who live in Italy and intend to follow the entire 5-year program. Traditional Law Degree (Laurea in Giurisprudenza), including all the skills required for legal professions in Italy and an International curriculum made of 19 courses entirely taught in English (around 150 credits): 15 of them are mandatory courses, and 4 are left to the free choice of the students. All the courses are taught in English except for the three of them named in Italian, which are courses taught in Italian but especially addressed to GLS students.
Program Outcome
The new Global Legal Studies track aims at:
- training prospective lawyers and consultants able to work in an international environment, both in Italy and abroad (top level law firms, European and international organizations, consulting for ngo’s and multinational corporations, etc.)
- raising the awareness of the transnational dimension of normativity, as well as of the multilingual character of contemporary legal system (in particular but not only the EU)
Admissions
Curriculum
Traditional Law Degree (Laurea in Giurisprudenza), including all the skills required for legal professions in Italy and an International curriculum made of 19 courses entirely taught in English (around 150 credits): 15 of them are mandatory courses, and 4 are left to the free choice of the students.
Fall Semester
- Istituzioni di diritto pubblico
- Storia del diritto privato romano
- Filosofia del diritto
- Diritto Costituzionale
- European Union Law
- Legal History
- Diritto penale
- Diritto commerciale I
- Canon Law (GLS)
- Corporations
- Roman Law
- Diritto penale II
- Lingua (Idoneità)
- Diritto processuale penale
- Optional Course
- Optional Course
Spring Semester
- Comparative Legal Systems
- Istituzioni di diritto privato I
- Economics
- European Private Law
- Legal Philosophy in a Global Perspective
- Diritto del lavoro
- Public Economics
- Diritto processuale civile I
- Diritto amministrativo I
- International Law
- Optional Course
- Critical Perspectives on Private Law
- Advanced Administrative Law
- Civil Procedure Law II
- Optional Course
- International Tax Law
- Lingua giuridica (Idoneità)
- Prova finale
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