Module 1 INTRODUCTION TO LAW

Workshop 4 COMMON LAW V CIVIL

LAW
 INTRODUCTIONS

2 Workshop 4
 1. Learning Goals

• What are the features of the civil law tradition?

• What are the features of the common law tradition?

3 Workshop 4
 Exercise 1 – comparative
advantages

• Divide in half

• One half – what are the advantages of common law

compared to civil law?

• Other half – what are the advantages of civil law compared

to common law?

4 Workshop 4
 Exercise 1 – comparative
advantages

• Which do you personally think works better, and why?

5 Workshop 4
 Exercise 2 – is it common or civil
law?

• Read the articles available on Brightspace

• Is this country from the common law tradition, or civil law
tradition?
• If you already know, what are the distinguishing features
mentioned in the article?

6 Workshop 4
 Exercise 3 – adversarial v
inquisitorial system

• What is an adversarial system? What is an inquisitorial

system? What are the advantages and disadvantages of
these systems?

7 Introduction to Law Workshop 5

 QUESTIONS?

8 Workshop 4