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Course Information:
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A. Structure of the Seminar.
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John C. Reitz. How to Do Comparative Law. The American Journal of Comparative Law [Internet]. 1998;46(4):617–36. Available from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/840981
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Zweigert, Konrad, Kötz, Hein. Introduction to comparative law. 3rd rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; 1998.
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Glenn. Comparative Legal Families and Comparative Legal Traditions Law. In: The Oxford handbook of comparative law [Internet]. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006. p. 421–40. Available from: https://ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=14485557470004761&institutionId=4761&customerId=4760&VE=true
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E. Questions .
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A. England & Wales.
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B. US Contract Law.
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