The student who completes the course successfully will be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the main features in the field of gender studies. He/she will be able to look critically at the relationship between law and gender, situating it in both the theoretical and the empirical dimension. He/she will be able to demonstrate a deep awareness of the role of the law and gender in producing and reflecting cultural and social norms, because gender methodology could overturn some of the current basic
assumptions about citizenship, law, the state and nation building.

- The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology. During the oral exam, the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and be able to discuss the reading matter thoughtfully and with propriety of expression. In the oral report (for the attending students), the student must demonstrate his/her ability to approach a circumscribed research question and analyze it adequately using legal sources and literature in order to prepare an interesting presentation for all the class.

- Analysis and explanation of comparative law issues;

- Use of legal language and specific language for gender issues both for the common law and the civil law systems;

- Exploration of the processes that give rise to the social meaning and consequences of those differences.

The skills will be assessed by debating within the class. Every lecture will end with an overall discussion on the topics and the request to the students to express their feelings on the critical elements that the teacher has underlined.

The students will improve his/her awareness of comparative perspectives and the law&gender issues scenario.

The students (attending the course) will improve his/her capacity to make public talks, presentations and manage a public discussion.

- in the oral exam: assessment of the capacity to make links among different topics, problems and questions, even proposing legal and political solution and elaborating hypotheses and scenarios;

- in the oral report: assessment of the capacity to clearly present topics and issues, even raising the attention and the interest of the class.