METHODOLOGY OF LEGAL COMPARISON
Models of constitutional, supranational, electoral, and environmental justice
Founded by Prof. Lucio Pegoraro in 2014
13th Edition
Director: Prof. Giorgia Pavani
Coordinators: Prof. Giorgia Pavani and Prof. Guillaume Tusseau
REGISTRATION OPEN:
Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. CEST on May 25, 2026 exclusively online through the website of the University of Bologna
https://www.unibo.it/en/study/phd-professional-masters-specialisation-schools-and-other-programmes/summer-and-winter-schools/2026/metodologia-de-la-comparacion-juridica-modelos-de-justicia-constitucional-supranacional-electoral-y-ambiental
INFORMATION:
Dates:
in Bologna: June 8–12, 2026
in Paris: June 15–17, 2026
Time: 14.30-18.30h
Venues:
Via San Petronio Vecchio, 30 - 40125, Bologna
1, Place Saint-Thomas d’Aquin - 75007, Paris
Entry requirements:
Bachelor’s and/or Masters’ degrees (or their equivalents) in Law or Social Sciences
Language: Spanish
Registration Fee: € 280 online only; € 380 in person.
The registration fee includes:
· On-site & online courses for those who are not able to attend the course in presence in Bologna and Paris.
· Access to the databases of the library system of the University of Bologna and of the legal library in Paris.
· Final attendance certificate issued by the University of Bologna (100 hours, 4 ECTS) and joint certificate from SciencesPo and the Center for Latin American Studies of the University of Bologna.
For further information, please email sps.centrostudial@unibo.it
Facebook Official Page: www.facebook.com/centrostudiamericalatinabologna
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Summer School is organized by the Center of Latin American Studies of the University of Bologna which was founded in 2013 thanks to the academic experience of scholars of Latin American History and Comparative Public Law of the Departement of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna. In 2026 the course will be organized in collaboration with the École de Droit de SciencesPo, Paris, with a team of comparative lawyers and specialists in critical legal studies. The course will take place in Bologna during the first five days and in Paris during the following three days. There is also the possibility of attending the course online. It is the first course entirely dedicated to the methodology of legal comparison which is an area of interest to all professionals to whom the Summer School is dedicated. The aim of the Summer School is to deepen students’ knowledge of specific rights-guaranteeing instruments through a comparative study of legal orders and to explore the definition of models and their diffusion in national and supranational systems of rights protection. The course is addressed to lawyers (judges, attorneys, diplomatic staff and local and national government officials or employees), doctoral or master students, and public, private, and non-profit sector professionals working in the areas of public and social policy.
COURSE CONTENTS:
Module 1: Introduction to legal comparison; object, purposes and methods of comparison; classifications, models and their diffusion.
Module 2: Legal comparison in public and private law; legal families and traditions; rights and contracts in comparative perspective; circulary economy.
Module 3: Systems and models of comparative constitutional justice and procedural constitutional law; typology of constitutional judgements; conventionality control.
Module 4: Sustainable development, enviromental and ecological law in comparative perspective; environmental and climate justice; the human right to a healthy environment, Rights of Nature and the right to a stable climate.
Module 5: Models of territorial decentralization; federalism, regionalism and plurinationality; integration of national and supranational levels of government; European Union.
Module 6: WN Hofeld and the comparative analysis of human rights.
Module 7: Empirical and artificial intelligence methods for legal research.
Module 8: Methods of comparative law: a dynamic perspective.
Module 9: Authoritarian constitutionalism, a challenge for constitutional doctrine.
FACULTY:
Marta Aurino (SciencesPo)
Silvia Bagni (University of Bologna)
Michele Carducci (University of Salento)
Véronique Champeil De Plats (Université Paris Nanterre)
Arthur Dyevre (KU Leuven)
Giovanni Figueroa Mejía (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico)
Matteo Nicolini (University of Verona)
Giorgia Pavani (University of Bologna)
Lucio Pegoraro (University of Bologna)
Sabrina Ragone (University of Bologna)
Guido Smorto (University of Palermo)
Guillaume Tusseau (SciencesPo)