Private International Law
Course code
AKJ6303.YK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Rahvusvaheline eraõigus
Course title in English
Private International Law
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The purpose of this course is to teach the theoretical principles of international private law, to explain the key-notions of international private law and the development of the main institutes of international private law; to give overview about the terminology of international private law by introducing the collision norms. International efforts in order to harmonize/unify respective substantial norms of national laws will be dealt also, especially of the Member States of the European Union.
Brief description of the course
In this course the main topics of the international private law will be dealt with according to the course programme, the terminology of international private law will be dealt with as well as the norms of international private law in Estonia. Attention is also paid to the Hague conventions, to other international agreements and relevant acts of the European Union.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and can explain the nature of the main institutes of international private law, basic principles, set of existing conflict norms, theories, development trends and contemporary problems;
- can understand the different aspects of international private law and their specific features in applying those Principles and especially know and can explain the respective legal acts of the European Union;
- can apply and use the legal norms of international private law by solving the cases;
- can identify and use the sources of the private International law and professional literature and case law for solving the cases in specific disputes;
- is able to apply and use different methods of interpretation in order to explain the content and the aim of the norms of international private law.
- knows and can explain the nature of the main institutes of international private law, basic principles, set of existing conflict norms, theories, development trends and contemporary problems;
- can understand the different aspects of international private law and their specific features in applying those Principles and especially know and can explain the respective legal acts of the European Union;
- can apply and use the legal norms of international private law by solving the cases;
- can identify and use the sources of the private International law and professional literature and case law for solving the cases in specific disputes;
- is able to apply and use different methods of interpretation in order to explain the content and the aim of the norms of international private law.
Teacher
Steffen Schlinker
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