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The Wake Forest University Venice Summer Program
July 2, 2012 – July 26, 2012
The Wake Forest School of Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Padua have an agreement for cooperation in teaching activities, research initiatives and academic exchange. The Venice summer program is the main part of this cooperation.
The summer program in Venice runs for four weeks during the month of July. Two courses are offered. You may enroll in only one of the courses, which are both designed for students who have completed their first year of law school. As far as European students are concerned, in principle you should have at least passed general institutional exams of private and public law -see below for furthe indications.
The program introduces students to topics of European and comparative law. Expected enrollment is 15-25 students from U.S. law schools, and classes include a similar number of Italian law students. In the past, students have visited courts, law offices, government buildings, and sites around the Venetian lagoon — according to the content of the courses taught.
Courses Offered
Courses for the 2012 summer program in Venice are:
A study of the various choices countries make in funding their governments, and how those choices both reflect their national cultures, and, sometimes, change them. Taxation topics will include income taxes, sales taxes (including the European Value Added Taxes), and wealth taxes. Special attention will be given to how tax systems deal with family choices, including marriage, divorce, and children. Special attention will be given to choices made in Italy and the United States. The course assumes no previous knowledge of tax, and no mathematical ability whatsoever. The American students will be required, and the European students invited, to attend a day of lectures in Amsterdam, including talks at the IBFD—the best institute of comparative taxation in the world.
In this course we will compare the nature of business organizations in the United States and in several European countries. We will look at several themes that appear in both European company law and American corporate law, such as the process of forming a business, limited liability for investors in the business, management structures, investor protection, and the relationship between managers and investors in the business. We will also consider the role the European Union plays in the organization and regulation of business organizations in Europe. No prior knowledge of corporation or business organizations law is required or expected.
Materials and readings
Course materials and reading assignments will be available for you online. You should expect daily reading assignments, which students often complete during the afternoon quiet times when many shops and museums are closed.
American Students
On the American Side, the program is open to Wake Forest law students, as well as law students from other U.S. law schools. Interested students should refer to the Wake Forest University School of Law .
University of Padua Students and European Students
On the Italian side, the Program is also open to Italian and European law students, who can enroll on the same basis as their American colleagues.
Italian and more generally European students are an integral part of the summer program. Those students, selected on the basis of their English proficiency and interest in comparative law, participate in the courses and all program activities. In the past, Italian law students and recent graduates have come to the program primarily from the law faculty of the University of Pa dua, as well as the Universities of Venice, Ferrara, Florence and Bologna.
Requests coming from students enrolled at the University of Padua School of Law, on a regular basis or as exchange students, will be given preference, regardless of their nationality.
Students enrolled at the University of Padua will have their credits and grades recognized by the Padua Law School, provided they pass a final exam (Funding Government around the World) or write a paper due after the program is complete (Comparative Business Organizations).
Interested Italian students should contact the program’s facilitator, dott. Fiorella Dal Monte and to the co-director at the University of Padua, Prof. Bernardo Cortese, by sending an email to wflaw.summer@giuri.unipd.it.
Information Sessions
One or more information sessions will take place in the Spring/Summer Term at the Padua School of Law
The first information session for Italian and European students will take place in Padua on Wednesday, April the 4th, at 15.30
The venue: Padua University Law School, Palazzo del Bo' (Main Building), D'Ayala Room
Extramural cultural and social activities
External cultural and social activities will be organised, comprising inter alia a visit to the District Court, with the attendance to a hearing, a guided tour of the University, and social events.
Participants will be required to pay a participation fee.
* Saranno organizzati eventi culturali e sociali esterni, tra i quali la visita al Tribunale con l'assitenza ad un'udienza, una visita guidata dell'Università, ed alcuni eventi sociali. Ai partecipanti verrà richiesta una quota di iscrizione forfettaria agli eventi.
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