Open AccessIL DIRITTO SOCIETARIO TRA DIRITTO COMPARATO E DIRITTO STRANIERO
Author(s) -
Giuseppe B. Portale
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
rendiconti. classe di lettere e scienze morali e storiche
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2384-9150
pISSN - 1124-1667
DOI - 10.4081/let.2013.212
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , political science , law , interpretation (philosophy) , law and economics , comparative law , sociology , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics
The article tackles the issues related to the use of comparative law a source of substantive law in a specific legal system, with specific regard to corporate law. Expanding on previous studies on the general role of comparative law in the framework of sources of law (§ 1), the study argues that the comparative argument may be used to regulate purely domestic cases and as well as a play a crucial role in interpreting internal laws (§§ 1.1, 1.2) and analyzes the theoretical foundations of such process (§ 1.3) as well as the problems caused by the application of foreign law by a domestic judge (§ 2). Subsequently, two examples of such usage of the comparative legal argument are provided, drawn from the Italian corporate law experience (§ 3): on the one hand, the introduction of a specific regulation of a simplified private company (società a responsabilità limitata semplificata), representing a circulation of German (Unternehmergesellschaft- UG) and Belgian (société privée a responsabilité limitée starter) models (§ 3.1); on the other hand, the use of comparative law by in the interpretation of the organization structure in the Italian dualistic system (§ 3.2).