62514 - Private International Law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course unit, students: - possess an in-depth knowledge about the mechanisms set up in the main legal orders of civil and common law or established at the international level and by the European Union to regulate legal relationships characterized by international elements concerning either the applicable legal system or the competent jurisdiction; - are capable to resolve core legal issues about inheritances, obligations and family law where the relationships involving the main subjects are characterized by international elements, from the perspective of the national legal order concerned.

Course contents

Attendance will be possible also online.

The course will enable students to critically understand and deal professionally with international private issues. To this effect, the main topics of private international law - jurisdiction, applicable law and recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions, international cooperation - will be analyzed by examining two case studies: the regulation of international contracts and that of succession mortis causa.

The study of international contracts will allow in particular to explore the different sources of private international law (international sources, sources of EU law, national sources, non-State law), the methods of regulating private matters with elements of internationality (including party autonomy and substantive uniform rules), as well as the settlement of disputes (State jurisdiction, international arbitration, alternative means of disputes settlement).

The study of international successions will examine in a historical and comparative perspective the regulation of a particularly interesting subject, that lies at the crossroad between the law of obligations, family law and property law. This study will allow to investigate the different visions of private international law, in particular in light of EU regulation 650/2012, also analyzing public policies in the management of private international law and the role of private international law in EU integration and in global governance.

Readings/Bibliography

Reading material will be specified as soon as possible and will be available on the course website iol.unibo.it

Teaching methods

Attendance will also be possible online.

The course in based in lectures with the active participation of students in class discussion and may include individual or group presentation of cases.

 

Assessment methods

THE EXAM IS HELD IN ENGLISH

The assessment will be possible also online. It will be focused on the students active participation to the classes as well as on their ability to settle issues related to the course subjects. Knowledge will be assessed through intermediate tests and a final exam.

Teaching tools

Slides, case-law and reading material will be available on the course website at iol.unibo.it

 

Office hours

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