Abstract
Films have proven to be a useful teaching tool for a course on Comparative Law. The films serve to introduce the class to the look and feel of legal proceedings from selected foreign legal systems and to illustrate particular aspects of how these legal proceedings differ from our own. The article summarizes the results of more than 10 years of experience in using films. It will be of interest to others who teach Comparative Law and also to lawyers, judges, and students who want a video means of oriented themselves to foreign legal traditions. The article discusses the limitations of such films as teaching (or orientation) tools, both in general and with regard to each particular film.
Disciplines
Comparative and Foreign Law | Cyberspace Law | Legal Education
Date of this Version
May 2008
Recommended Citation
Joseph W. Dellapenna, "Peasants, Tanners, and Psychiatrists: Using Films to Teach Comparative Law" (May 2008). Villanova University School of Law Working Paper Series. Working Paper 115.
http://law.bepress.com/villanovalwps/art115
Comments
This paper has been accepted for publication in 36 International Journal of Legal Information no. 1 (Spring 2008)