EUROPEN LEGAL CULTURE List of essay topics for MME Students
March 2016
The essays should be:
1) 3-5 pages long
2) Font: Time’s New Roman 12; 1,5 interline;
3) With bibliography of at least 3 positions (books, scientific articles or identified Internet pages)
The essays (one for each student) should be sent to e-mail address:
rafal.wojciechowski@uwr.edu.pl till April 25th 2016 . They will be evaluated and grades will be put in the USOS-System till May 9th 2016.
1. Lex mercatoria (Merchant Law) in the European Legal Culture 2. Sources of the Roman Law
3. Property law in the Civil law Tradition 4. Obligations Law in the Civil law Tradition 5. Civil law vs. common law. Main features
6. Humanism, Reformation in 16th century Europe and the law 7. Particular features of civil law in Scotland
8. Enlightment and Codification 9. Civil law in Germany
10. Development of French Civil Law 11. The common law of England 12. The common law outside of Europe
13. Development of public administration in early modern Europe 14. Historical development of banking system in Europe
15. Legal and political experience of Greek poleis 16. The division into public and private law 17. Canon law in European Legal Culture
18. Sacrum and profanum in the European legal and social order 19. Historical development of the Corporate law
20. Centralistic state and self-governig community of citizens
