PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (ADVANCED)
cod. 1005200

Academic year 2016/17
4° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Diritto internazionale (IUS/13)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
50 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course aims at offering students with knowledge and understanding of the developments in the judicial cooperation in civil matters in the context of the “Communitarisation” of Private International Law.

Prerequisites

Students are requested to have already passed the exam of International Law.

Course unit content

The purpose of the course is to study thouroughly private international relations, furthering the basic knowledge gained by students through the general course of International Law. Different branches of Private International Law will be examined: specific subjects related to Italian civil jurisdiction, to the application of private international law and to the enforcement of foreign judgments, taking into particular consideration the most recent developments of the cooperation in civil matters within the European Union.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Students attending the course are expected to have already gained a basic knowledge of Private International Law during the general course of International Law.

P. DE CESARI, Diritto internazionale privato dell’Unione europea, Torino, Giappichelli, 2011, chapters IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI.

Further literature will be indicated directly from the teacher, with the opportunity to agree some variations to the program.

Teaching methods

If the number of attending students is manageable, students will have the opportunity to present papers, either individually or in team, on topics selected together with the teacher.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination.
The acquired knowledge and understanding abilities and capabilities of practical application will be tested by addressing to the student at least two questions with the aim of assessing the actual knowledge of the norms and the related mechanisms of private and procedural international law.
Learning abilities will be tested by assessing the capability of using correct juridical terminology,the capability of explaining the meaning of specific expressions or concepts and of organizing coerently, adequately and in a reasoned manner the acquired notions.

Other information

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