Full-time form of study: 150 hours of self-study per semester, distance method
Bogdan, M.: Conscise Introduction to EU Private International Law. Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2012.
Bogdan. M., Maunsbach, U.: EU Private International Law: An ECJ Casebook. Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2012.
Collier, J.: Conflict of Laws. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Dickinson, A., Lein, E.: The Brussels I Regulation Recast. Oxford: OUP, 2015.
Fawcett, J., Carruthers, J.: Cheshire, North & Fawcett: Private International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Fawcett, J., Torremans, P.: Intellectual Property and Private International Law. Oxford: OUP, 2011.
Hartley, T.: International Commercial Litigation: Texts, Cases and Materials on Private International Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Hartley, T.: Choice-of-court Agreements under the European and International Instruments. Oxford: OUP, 2013.
Hill, J.: Cross-Border Consumer Contracts. Oxford: OUP, 2008.
Garnett, R.: Substance and Procedure in Private International Law. Oxford: OUP, 2012.
Lookofsky, J., Hertz, K.: European Union Private International Law in Contract and Tort. Juris Net Llc, 2009.
Merrett, L.: Employment Contracts in Private International Law. Oxford: OUP, 2011.
Rammeloo, S.: Corporations in Private International Law. Oxford: OUP, 2001.
Shuilleabhain, M. N.: Cross-Border Divorce Law. Oxford: OUP, 2010.
Svantesson, D.J.B.: Private International Law and the Internet. Zuidpoolsingel: Kluwer Law International, 2012.
Barnard, C.: The Substantive Law of the EU. Cambridge: CUP, 2013.
Chalmers, D., Davies, G., Monti, G.: European Union Law. Cambridge: CUP, 2014.
Craig, P., De Búrca, G.: EU Law. Text, cases and materials. Oxford: OUP, 2015.
Kaczorowska, A.: European Union Law. New York: Routledge-Cavendish, 2013.
Weatherill, S.: Cases and Materials on EU Law. Oxford: OUP, 2014.
Ashiagbor, D.: The European Employment Strategy. Oxford: OUP, 2005.
Barnard, C.: EU Employment Law. Oxford: OUP, 2012.
Costello, C., Freedland, M.: Migrants at Work: Immigration and Vulnerability in Labour Law. Oxford: OUP, 2014
Ellis, E., Watson, P.: EU Anti-Discrimination Law. Oxford: OUP, 2015.
Freedland, M., Craig, P. et al.: Public Employment Services and European Law. Oxford: OUP, 2007.
Frolich, M., Kaplan, D. at al.: Social Insurance, Informality and Labor Markets. Oxford: OUP, 2014.
Kuril, M.: International and European Labour Law (selected chapters). Bratislava, VO PF UK, 2009.
Pennings, F.: European Social Security Law. Alphen : Kluwer Law International, 2013.
Watson, P.: EU Social and Employment Law. Oxford: OUP, 2014.
Continuous assessment:
Final assessment: an oral examination focused on the basic theoretical and practical issues of private law, including civil law, commercial and corporate law, competition rules, and private international law, as well as the preparation of a model case and an oral discussion of it (100%)
Grading scale: A/1 = 91–100%; B/1.5 = 81–90%; C/2 = 73–80%; D/2.5 = 66–72%; E/3 = 60–65%; FX = 0–59%.
During the examination, the student may use all available sources of legal information, in particular statutory provisions without commentary, commentaries, case law, legal literature, and legal information systems.
English
Course outline (content of the state examination):
- Principles and fundamentals of private law
- The position of civil law within the EU legal system
- The relationship between civil law and private international law
- The development of Roman private law and ius commune
- The development of canon law and its influence on private law
- The historical development of private law in Europe
- The development of property law, the law of obligations, family law, and inheritance law
- The development of commercial law and labour law
- Harmonisation of company law in the EU
- Corporate governance
- Shareholders’ rights and capital protection
- Mergers and acquisitions of companies
- Introduction to international trade law
- Lex mercatoria
- INCOTERMS and the UNIDROIT Principles
- Principles of European contract law
- Electronic commerce
- International sale of goods
- International carriage of goods
- Financing of international commercial transactions
- Insurance in international trade
- Commercial agents and distributors
- The nature and importance of competition
- Relevant market and market power
- Agreements restricting competition
- Exceptions to the prohibition of agreements restricting competition
- Abuse of a dominant position
- Predatory pricing and price discrimination
- Merger control
- State aid and services of general economic interest
- Procedural instruments for the protection of competition
- Consequences of infringements of competition law
- The development of international labour law
- Labour law within the framework of the UN
- Labour law within the framework of the International Labour Organization
- Labour law within the framework of the Council of Europe
- European labour law (EU)
- Individual and collective labour law
- Concept, subject matter, and sources of private international law
- The position of private international law within the legal system
- The foreign element in legal relations
- The conflict-of-laws method and the direct method
- Conflict-of-laws rules and their application (qualification, remission, transmission)
- Determination and application of foreign law
- Public policy exception and mandatory rules
- The legal status of foreigners and reciprocity
- International jurisdiction and competence
- Choice of law and choice of forum
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
- The applicable law for international contracts
- Validity and effects of international commercial contracts
- Dispute settlement in international trade
- Cross-border enforcement of decisions
- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Negotiation and mediation
- Arbitration
- International investment arbitration
- Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards
0/100
Knowledge: The student has advanced knowledge in the area of the principles and fundamentals of private law, including civil law, private international law, the private-law aspects of European law, and international and European labour law and social security law.
Skills: The student is able to summarize knowledge of complex institutions of private law in general, corporate law, private international law, the private-law aspects of European law, and international and European labour law and social security law, and is able to present them in their interrelationships.
Responsibility and autonomy: The student is able to solve a case study focused on the field of private law in the international and European legal area, while the assignment may be formulated in an indefinite manner and may require providing alternative solutions or require a solution from a legally and ethically preferred perspective.
To pass each state examination (part/subject of the state examination), the student must also demonstrate that:
1. they are able to apply their knowledge and understanding, as well as their ability to solve problems creatively, in new or unfamiliar environments and in broader contexts related to their field of study;
2. they have developed learning skills that enable them to continue further study with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
Full-time form of study: 150 hours of self-study per semester, distance method
Amerasinghe, C.F.: Principles of the Institutional Law of International Organizations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Evans, M. D.: Blackstone’s International Law Documents. 10th edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Gary D. Solis: The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Goldstone, R., Smith, A. M.: International Judicial Institutions. New York: Routledge, 2009.
Harris, D. J.: Cases and Materials on International Law. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 2010.
Mackenzie, R., Romano, C., Sands, P., Shany, Y.: The Manual on International Courts and Tribunals. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Shaw, M. N.: International Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2014.
Simma, B.: The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
White, N. D.: The Law of International Organisations. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005.
Zimmermann, A.: The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentar. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Barnard, C.: The Substantive Law of the EU. Cambridge: CUP, 2013.
Chalmers, D., Davies, G., Monti, G.: European Union Law. Cambridge: CUP, 2014.
Craig, P., De Búrca, G.: EU Law. Text, cases and materials. Oxford: OUP, 2015.
Kaczorowska, A.: European Union Law. New York: Routledge-Cavendish, 2013.
Weatherill, S.: Cases and Materials on EU Law. Oxford: OUP, 2014.
Geradin, D., Layne-Farrar, A., Petit, N.: EU Competition Law and Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Jones, A., Sufrin, B.: EU Competition Law, Text, Cases and Materials. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Kokkoris, I., Shelanski, H.: EU Merger Control. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Monti, G.: Perspectives on EC Competition Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Niels, G., Jenkins, H., Kavanagh, J.: Economics for Competition Lawyers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Rose, V., Bailey, D.: Bellamy and Child: European Union Law of Competition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Whish, R., Bailey, D.: Competition law. Oxford: Oxford university Press, 2015.
Continuous assessment:
Final assessment: an oral examination focused on the basic theoretical and practical issues of public law, including public international law, European Union law, the rules of the internal market of the European Union, including competition rules, as well as the preparation of a model case and an oral discussion of it (100%)
Grading scale: A/1 = 91–100%; B/1.5 = 81–90%; C/2 = 73–80%; D/2.5 = 66–72%; E/3 = 60–65%; FX = 0–59%.
During the examination, the student may use all available sources of legal information, in particular statutory provisions without commentary, commentaries, case law, legal literature, and legal information systems.
English
Course outline (content of the state examination):
- Principles and fundamentals of public law
- Concept, subject matter, and sources of international law
- Subjects of international law and their responsibility
- Sanctions and the peaceful settlement of international disputes
- State sovereignty and territory
- Population of the state and the protection of human rights
- Diplomatic and consular law
- The law of international treaties
- The law of international organizations
- International humanitarian law
- International criminal law
- International territorial regimes and global commons
- International environmental law
- International human rights law (systems of protection)
- Diplomatic protection and the status of foreigners
- The relationship between international law and domestic law
- Concept, subject matter, and sources of European Union law
- Primary and secondary EU law
- The status of EU law in the legal systems of the Member States
- The development of European integration
- The institutional system of the EU
- EU competences and their division
- Decision-making processes in the EU
- The judicial system of the EU and proceedings before EU courts
- The EU internal market and its fundamental freedoms
- The nature and objectives of competition law
- Relevant market and market power
- Agreements restricting competition (cartels, horizontal and vertical agreements)
- Exceptions to the prohibition of agreements restricting competition
- Abuse of a dominant position
- Merger control
- State aid and services of general economic interest
- Competition protection authorities and procedural instruments
- Sanctions and consequences of infringements of competition law
- International division of labour and the world economy
- The state’s foreign trade policy
- International economic integration
- WTO – history, functions, and structure
- Sources of WTO law
- WTO in the system of international law
- The WTO dispute settlement system
- Principles of the multilateral trading system
- The principle of non-discrimination and market access
- Trade liberalisation and its limits
- Rules against unfair trade practices
- The development of international labour law
- Labour law within the framework of the UN
- The International Labour Organization and its standard-setting
- The Council of Europe and labour-law protection
- European labour law (EU)
- Individual and collective labour law in the international context
- The relationship between EU law and public international law
- The application of international law within the EU
- The external relations of the EU
- International agreements of the EU
- The responsibility of the EU under international law
- Dispute settlement involving the EU
- The status of the individual in public-law international relations
0/100
Knowledge: The student has advanced knowledge in the area of the principles and fundamentals of public law, including public international law, European Union law, the rules of the internal market of the European Union, including competition rules.
Skills: The student is able to summarize knowledge of complex institutions of public law in general, public international law, European Union law, the rules of the internal market of the European Union, including competition rules, and is able to present them in their interrelationships.
Responsibility and autonomy: The student is able to solve a case study focused on the field of public law in the international and European legal area, while the assignment may be formulated in an indefinite manner and may require providing alternative solutions or require a solution from a legally and ethically preferred perspective.
To pass each state examination (part/subject of the state examination), the student must also demonstrate that:
1. they are able to apply their knowledge and understanding, as well as their ability to solve problems creatively, in new or unfamiliar environments and in broader contexts related to their field of study;
2. they have developed learning skills that enable them to continue further study with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
Daily form of study: 300 hours of self-study, combined method.
Bui, Y. N.: How to Write a Masters Thesis. New York: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2013.
Glanz, J.: Fundamentals of Educational Research. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Leavy, P.: The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research. Oxford: OUP, 2014.
Skern, T.: Writing Scientific English: A Workbook. Stuttgart: UTB, 2009.
Volokh, E.: Writing law review articles, student notes, seminar papers and getting on law review. New York: Foundation press, 2007.
Continuous assessment:
Final assessment: successful oral defense of the thesis (100%)
Classification scale: A/1 = 91 – 100%; B/1.5 = 81-90%; C/2 = 73-80%; D/2.5 = 66-72%; E/3 = 60-65%; FX = 0-59%.
During the examination, the student can use all available sources of legal information, especially uncommented legal regulations, commentaries, jurisprudence, legal literature and legal information systems.
English
1. Methodological instructions for the processing of diploma thesis I
2. Methodological instructions for processing the diploma thesis II
3. Internal regulations for processing work
4. Form and content of work I
5. Form and content of work II
6. Methodology and processing procedure of individual parts I
7. Methodology and processing procedure of individual parts II
8. Methodology and processing procedure of individual parts III
9. Methodology and processing procedure of individual parts IV
10. Formulation of instructions for processing and specifying the topic of the work
11. Consultation on the procedure of the solution, interim results of the solution, the concept of processing the work, the processing of sub-chapters of the work
12. Interim defenses of partial results and partial work solutions (clauses)
13. Discussion
14. Final defense of work
0/100
To obtain updated knowledge from the applied methodology of thesis processing. Be able to analyze and synthesize knowledge from consultations, instructions and practical procedures for processing the assigned task (thesis topic). Be able to formulate and solve more complex problems related to solving the assigned task.
The diploma thesis must be structured in such a way that, through its preparation and defense, the student demonstrates that
1. has the ability to integrate knowledge, manage complexity, and formulate decisions based on incomplete or limited information, while also taking into account the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and decisions,
2. they can clearly and unambiguously communicate their conclusions, findings, and reasoning to both experts and lay audiences.
In the diploma thesis, the student develops a selected topic in the field of legal studies, with particular focus on international law and European Union law, at the level of a scholarly study, based on a representative selection of specialist literature, appropriately chosen research methods, and verifiable hypotheses; at the same time, the diploma thesis should make a contribution to the specific field concerned.
The student is able to present the results of their work during the defense and can respond, at an appropriate professional level, to the evaluations of the thesis supervisor and the opponent.