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Teaching of Civil Law Reasoning to Common Law Students

Teaching of Civil Law Reasoning to Common Law Students. Objectives. Audience Mindset Terminology Codes Doctrine Judicial Branch Judicial Procedure Personal Experience. Audience. Service Identifying their needs Background The Course is so Extensive Students’ approach/think

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Teaching of Civil Law Reasoning to Common Law Students

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  1. Teaching of Civil Law Reasoning to Common Law Students

  2. Objectives • Audience • Mindset • Terminology • Codes • Doctrine • Judicial Branch • Judicial Procedure • Personal Experience

  3. Audience • Service • Identifying their needs • Background • The Course is so Extensive • Students’ approach/think • Diversity: the Best!

  4. Mindset • Reminder: new Legal System • Tendency to think the “same way” • History: How and Why

  5. Terminology • Regardless of the language • Different references • Civil Law/Civil Procedure • Discovery • Amparo

  6. Codes • Source of Law • Body of Law • Codes/Codes v. Cases/Cases • Vast, extensive and detailed • Abstract/Concepts/Categories • General down to specific • Slow pace of changing

  7. Doctrine • Source of Law • Legal Scholars Opinion • Deference • Writing/Researching/Citing

  8. Judicial Branch • Role • “Stare Decisis” Doctrine • Dynamism • Flexible • Jurisprudence

  9. Judicial Procedure • Civil and Criminal • Subject Matter • Civil: main process in US • Discovery

  10. Personal Experience • Cultural shock • Non US Students/Lawyers tend to know a little bit more of the US Legal System than the US to Civil Law System • Common Law knowledge helps • Adjust/Adapt the teaching process

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