Vienna

Comparative Legal Systems (1 credit hour)
Instructors: Robert A. Garda, Jr., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Eleanor Legier Sarpy Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Richard Gamauf, University of Vienna
Location: Juridicum, University of Vienna
Class Dates: June 28–July 2 & July 5–9, 2027
Class Time: 9:00–10:10 AM

This course will present a comparative view of the legal traditions and institutions of the United States and other EU countries, focusing particularly on the US and Austria. It will provide a comparative examination of the differences between parliamentary and congressional governments and will also explore the differences in these countries’ judicial institutions. Finally, it will also compare some of the differences between common and civil law traditions.

Comparative Transitional Justice (1 credit hour)
Instructor: Bojan Perovic, Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Location: Juridicum, University of Vienna
Class Dates: June 28–July 2 & July 5–9, 2027
Class Time: 10:20–11:30 AM

The course would examine how legal systems respond to legacies of dictatorship, armed conflict, genocide, and mass human rights violations. Through comparative case studies, students would explore criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, amnesties, reparations, and institutional reform. The course would consider experiences including postwar Austria and Germany, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, South Africa, and selected Latin American transitions, with particular attention to tensions among accountability, peace, reconciliation, and victims’ rights.

Comparative Law & Poverty (1 credit hour)
Instructor: Ramona G. Fernandez, Deputy Director of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Jack Nelson Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Location: Juridicum, University of Vienna
Class Dates: June 28–July 2 & July 5–9, 2027
Class Time: 11:40 AM–12:50 PM

This course is an introduction to major themes in poverty law and the relationship between contemporary poverty and the law. The course begins with a framework for how poverty is measured in the United States and in other countries. The course focuses on major themes in poverty law including the most important constitutional law cases. Specific issues that will be discussed include welfare, work, housing, health, education, criminalization, and access to justice. A comparative analysis between the US and other countries will be used to explore inequality in law and policy.

The Vienna Summer Legal Studies program does not provide housing. However, we recommend the 25 Hours Hotel Museums Quartier, the Hotel Alpha, and other facilities that our students have enjoyed over the past 20 years.

The Vienna Summer Legal Studies Program Handbook contains a list of the facilities, as well as candid student comments describing them. We recommend that program participants read this part of the handbook carefully so as to make the housing choice that is best suited for their needs and budget. Many students have enjoyed the use of Airbnb in Vienna to get the authentic feel of living abroad.

The program handbook and the Vienna teaching assistant can offer assistance in selecting accommodations, but making the actual hotel reservations is the responsibility of the student. Major credit cards are accepted.

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