3 ECTS
The course aims to provide the skills necessary to write a successful Master Thesis in Law. It covers all aspects of academic writing from project design to practical research and varied methodological perspectives. The course has a practical approach and uses discussions of real world examples to illustrate different facets of legal writing. In addition it enables students to avoid the pitfalls of inadequate research or poor source criticism and to adhere to the ethical standards required in academic writing.
- Teacher: Régis Marc Olivier Lanneau
3 ECTS
This case-based course comparatively and critically examines intellectual property and its interoperability with technological advances from the perspectives of regulation, practice and academic scholarship.
- Teacher: Rūta Liepiņa
3 ECTS
Private International Law (PIL) primarily deals with the following three main issues:
(i) international jurisdiction, i.e., which court has jurisdiction over a cross-border dispute?
(ii) applicable law, i.e., which law applies in a cross-border dispute?
(iii) recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, i.e., whether a foreign judgment can be recognized and enforced in another country?
The existence of private international law depends on two conditions – legal diversity and cross-border legal issues. Nowadays, there are more than 200 jurisdictions each applying its own substantive laws in solving legal disputes. If all countries in the world applied one unified and harmonized law in the same manner there would be no need for private international law. Similarly, if individuals and businesses limited their activities to only one state, issues of private international law would be less important.
The European Private International Law (EPIL) course will give an overview of different topics and typical practical issues in private international law – all geared towards solving legal problems in the real world of commercial cross border transactions within the European Union.
- Teacher: Aleksandrs Fillers