Dynamics III: Private Law

Course goals

After this course:

• The students have knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of private law in a European and international context;
• The students have knowledge and understanding of the implications of the internationalisation and Europeanisation for private law;
• The students are able to conduct research on topics of private law combining at least two levels in the multilevel legal order;
• The students are able to write a paper and present the outcome of the research on the different topics;
• The students are able to discuss literature and case law in a clear way;
• The students understand ethics and academic integrity issues for researchers and can apply this knowledge when conducting legal research throughout all phrases of the research and writing process.

Content

The theme of this course is the dynamics of private law in a European and international context, the central issue being the legal intertwining of the national, European and international legal orders. There will be lectures on the interaction between national private law, private international law, international private law and European private law. The central question is what law is to be applied in private law relationships in an international context. The focus lies on the law of obligations and thus on contractual and non-contractual relationships. The second part of this course is more research oriented. A number of different topics of International, European and (trans) national private law will be discussed and students will prepare, write and present a paper about a subject of private law that is related to a topic covered in one of the lecturers.
 

• Compulsory course in the master Legal Research