EURÓPAI ÉS NEMZETKÖZI ÜZLETI JOG MESTERKÉPZÉSI SZAK (LL.M) KÉPZÉSI ÉS KIMENETI KÖVETELMÉNYEK 1. A mesterképzési szak megnevezése: európai és nemzetközi üzleti jog (European and International Business Law) 2. A mesterképzési szakon szerezhető végzettségi szint és a szakképzettség oklevélben szereplő megjelölése végzettségi szint: mester- (magister, master; rövidítve: MA-) fokozat szakképzettség: európai és nemzetközi üzleti mesterjogász a szakképzettség angol nyelvű megjelölése: European and International Business Lawyer 3. Képzési terület: jogi 4. A mesterképzésbe történő belépésnél előzményként elfogadott szak: a jogász osztatlan szak. 5. A képzési idő félévekben: 2 félév 6. A mesterfokozat megszerzéséhez összegyűjtendő kreditek száma: 60 kredit a szak orientációja: gyakorlatorientált (60-70 százalék) a diplomamunka elkészítéséhez rendelt kreditérték: 5 kredit a szabadon választható tantárgyakhoz rendelhető minimális kreditérték: 4 kredit 7. A szakképzettség képzési területek egységes osztályozási rendszere szerinti tanulmányi területi besorolása: 380 8. A mesterképzési szak képzési célja és a szakmai kompetenciák A képzés célja olyan jogászok képzése, akik a már meglévő elméleti és gyakorlati jogi tudásukra épülően ismerik az európai és nemzetközi üzleti-gazdasági joganyagot, értik az európai uniós jog működési mechanizmusát, ismerik az európai integráción kívüli gazdasági folyamatok komplex jogi szabályozását. Felismerik, hogy meghatározott, nemzetközi vonatkozású gazdasági viszonyok között mely szabályozók alkalmazhatók, valamint munkanyelvként alkalmazható angol nyelvű szaknyelvi ismeretekkel és készségekkel rendelkeznek. Felkészültek tanulmányok doktori képzés keretében való folytatására. 8.1. Az elsajátítandó szakmai kompetenciák 8.1.1. Az európai és nemzetközi üzleti mesterjogász a) tudása Ismeri és használja az európai és nemzetközi üzleti jog különböző szabályozási eszközeit és érti ezeknek egymáshoz való viszonyát. Érti az európai és nemzetközi üzleti jogi szabályozók mögöttes gazdasági okait, illetve ezek gazdasági következményeit. Ismeri az Európai Unió belső piacának működési mechanizmusát, a vonatkozó szabályozási eszközöket és a belső piac egyes részterületeinek sajátosságait. Ismeri az európai gazdasági jog érvényesülési, érvényesítési mechanizmusait. Ismeri a vonatkozó európai bírósági esetjogot, annak gyakorlati jelentőségét. Ismeri a nemzetközi gazdasági jogi problémákhoz rendelhető jogforrások (nemzetközi, európai, nemzeti: kötelező és soft law) azonosításának módját, a speciális jogforrásokat feldolgozó (jogszabályokat, esetjogot, jogirodalmi műveket vagy azok adatait tartalmazó) adatbázisok kezelését. Rendelkezik a nemzetközi üzleti jogviszonyok komplex magánjogi intézéséhez szükséges ismeretekkel. Rendelkezik a nemzetközi üzleti jogviszonyok komplex közjogi értékeléséhez szükséges ismeretekkel. Ismeri az angol jogi szaknyelv európai és nemzetközi gazdasági jogi szakterminológiáját. b) képességei Képes felismerni azokat a gazdasági viszonyokat, melyekben európai vagy nemzetközi szabályozókat kell alkalmazni és képes az irányadó szabályrendszer azonosítására és értelmezésére. Képes komplex, nemzetközi jogi problémák felismerésére, elemzésére. Képes egy nemzetközi vonatkozású jogi kérdés jogérvényesítési mechanizmusainak igénybevételére. Képes az eltérő szabályozási módok és tartalom megértéséből és elsajátításából fakadó toleráns és
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EURÓPAI ÉS NEMZETKÖZI ÜZLETI JOG MESTERKÉPZÉSI SZAK (LL.M)
KÉPZÉSI ÉS KIMENETI KÖVETELMÉNYEK
1. A mesterképzési szak megnevezése: európai és nemzetközi üzleti jog (European and
International Business Law)
2. A mesterképzési szakon szerezhető végzettségi szint és a szakképzettség oklevélben szereplő
szakképzettség: európai és nemzetközi üzleti mesterjogász
a szakképzettség angol nyelvű megjelölése: European and International Business Lawyer
3. Képzési terület: jogi
4. A mesterképzésbe történő belépésnél előzményként elfogadott szak: a jogász osztatlan szak.
5. A képzési idő félévekben: 2 félév
6. A mesterfokozat megszerzéséhez összegyűjtendő kreditek száma: 60 kredit
a szak orientációja: gyakorlatorientált (60-70 százalék)
a diplomamunka elkészítéséhez rendelt kreditérték: 5 kredit
a szabadon választható tantárgyakhoz rendelhető minimális kreditérték: 4 kredit
7. A szakképzettség képzési területek egységes osztályozási rendszere szerinti tanulmányi
területi besorolása: 380
8. A mesterképzési szak képzési célja és a szakmai kompetenciák A képzés célja olyan jogászok képzése, akik a már meglévő elméleti és gyakorlati jogi tudásukra
épülően ismerik az európai és nemzetközi üzleti-gazdasági joganyagot, értik az európai uniós jog
működési mechanizmusát, ismerik az európai integráción kívüli gazdasági folyamatok komplex jogi
szabályozását. Felismerik, hogy meghatározott, nemzetközi vonatkozású gazdasági viszonyok között
mely szabályozók alkalmazhatók, valamint munkanyelvként alkalmazható angol nyelvű szaknyelvi
ismeretekkel és készségekkel rendelkeznek. Felkészültek tanulmányok doktori képzés keretében való
folytatására.
8.1. Az elsajátítandó szakmai kompetenciák
8.1.1. Az európai és nemzetközi üzleti mesterjogász
a) tudása Ismeri és használja az európai és nemzetközi üzleti jog különböző szabályozási eszközeit és érti
ezeknek egymáshoz való viszonyát.
Érti az európai és nemzetközi üzleti jogi szabályozók mögöttes gazdasági okait, illetve ezek
gazdasági következményeit.
Ismeri az Európai Unió belső piacának működési mechanizmusát, a vonatkozó szabályozási
eszközöket és a belső piac egyes részterületeinek sajátosságait.
Ismeri az európai gazdasági jog érvényesülési, érvényesítési mechanizmusait.
Ismeri a vonatkozó európai bírósági esetjogot, annak gyakorlati jelentőségét.
Ismeri a nemzetközi gazdasági jogi problémákhoz rendelhető jogforrások (nemzetközi, európai,
nemzeti: kötelező és soft law) azonosításának módját, a speciális jogforrásokat feldolgozó
(jogszabályokat, esetjogot, jogirodalmi műveket vagy azok adatait tartalmazó) adatbázisok kezelését.
Rendelkezik a nemzetközi üzleti jogviszonyok komplex magánjogi intézéséhez szükséges
ismeretekkel.
Rendelkezik a nemzetközi üzleti jogviszonyok komplex közjogi értékeléséhez szükséges
ismeretekkel.
Ismeri az angol jogi szaknyelv európai és nemzetközi gazdasági jogi szakterminológiáját.
b) képességei Képes felismerni azokat a gazdasági viszonyokat, melyekben európai vagy nemzetközi
szabályozókat kell alkalmazni és képes az irányadó szabályrendszer azonosítására és értelmezésére.
Képes komplex, nemzetközi jogi problémák felismerésére, elemzésére.
Képes egy nemzetközi vonatkozású jogi kérdés jogérvényesítési mechanizmusainak
igénybevételére.
Képes az eltérő szabályozási módok és tartalom megértéséből és elsajátításából fakadó toleráns és
rugalmas, megoldás-központú problémakezelésre, a nemzetközi viszonylatok tanulmányozásából
fakadó együttműködési készségre és nyitottságra, a problémamegoldás során összehasonlító szemlélet
alkalmazására.
Képes nemzetközi viszonylatban a magas szintű szakmai kommunikációra és az ehhez szükséges
fogalmi rendszer használatára.
Képes nemzetközi viszonylatokban érveléstechnikák alkalmazására.
Képes angol nyelven a vonatkozó szabályozók megértésére, értelmezésére, a jogi probléma kezelése
szempontjából releváns dokumentumok megszerkesztésére.
Képes az érintett gazdasági és üzleti jogviszonyok gazdasági, társadalmi, környezeti
vonatkozásainak felismerésére.
c) attitűdje Nyitott a komplex megközelítést igénylő, nemzetközi vonatkozású jogi problémák megoldása iránt.
Elkötelezett az alapos, magas színvonalú munka iránt.
Nyitott új ismeretek, más jogrendszerek, nemzetközi szabályozók működési mechanizmusának
megértése iránt.
Elkötelezett ismereteinek idegen nyelven történő bővítése mellett.
Elkötelezett az érintett jogterület fejlődésének folyamatos nyomon követése mellett.
Nyitott a szakmai együttműködésre nemzetközi környezetben.
d) autonómiája és felelőssége Tudatosan és önállóan törekszik önfejlesztésre, figyelemmel kíséri az európai és nemzetközi
gazdasági viszonyok szabályozóinak változásait.
Figyelemmel kíséri a vonatkozó szakirodalmat.
Reflektív módon viszonyul saját munkájához.
Komplex, nemzetközi elemet tartalmazó üzleti jogi problémák esetében önállóan azonosítja a
Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic Integration and
Legal Harmonization
Title of course in Hungarian: Az európai gazdasági integráció intézményi működésének alapismeretei,
jogharmonizációs alapismeretek
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of International and European Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: -
Course supervisor: Dr. András Osztovits, PhD, associate professor, head of department
Lecturer(s): Dr. András Osztovits, PhD, associate professor, head of department
Course description, purpose of the course: The course intends to raise and explain the basic issues of the operation, the institutional composition and the
policy instruments of the European Union, focusing on the aspects of economic integration. As the result of half
a century of gradual progress and expansion, the EU has emerged as the defining framework for the
understanding of European politics and economic integration. The directions and meaning of European political,
economic and social transformations can not be properly grasped without the identification of the rules and
organisational machinery, the policy tools and political division of responsibilities within the European system of
multilevel governance, the characteristics of the legal system and the decision-making mechanism of the
European Union. The course puts special emphasis on the instruments and rules of European legal
harmonization.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences:
1. The brief history of European integration after World War Two. Forms of economic integration and
their evolution in the European project: free-trade association, customs union, common market and
single European market
2. The principal organs of the European Union: the Council of the EU - its functions, operational methods
and levels, and its supportive organizational structure (General Secretariat).
3. The principal organs of the European Union: The European Commission – composition,
responsibilities, functions, instruments of action, agencies under its direction.
4. The principal organs of the European Union: The European Parliament and its election, members,
organization, competencies and its place in the institutional balance. The European Central Bank (ECB)
5. The principal organs of the European Union: The European Court of Justice (ECJ): jurisdiction,
procedure and its place in the system of judicial remedies on the basis of EU law.
6. Decision- and law-making process: legislative procedures (consultation, assent, co-operation and co-
decision), voting system within the Union (unanimity and qualified majority), delegation of decisions
and “comitology”
7. Multilevel governance in the EU: sovereignty, supra-nationality and subsidiarity in the division of roles
and competencies (exclusive, shared, complementary) among the main institutions, community method
and intergovernmental co-ordination
8. Unity, flexibility and transformation in the EU: enlargement, multi-speed integration and enhanced co-
operation
9. The structure of the European law: primary and secondary legal sources. Primary sources of EU law:
layers of fundamental accords (Rome, Single European Act, Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice, Lisbon and
accession treaties) and international agreements. The standing of the European Union in trade-related
international organizations and international agreements.
10. The characteristics of the secondary sources of EU law: regulation, directive, decision, recommendation
and opinion as legislative acts of community institutions
11. The basics of the application of EU law in Member States: implementation, direct effect and direct
applicability, proportionality and legal certainty
12. The case-law of the European Court concerning the methods and outcomes of the application of
European law in the Member States
13. The basics of the four freedoms: introduction into the main concepts of the free movement of goods and
services
14. The basics of the four freedoms: introduction into the main concepts of the free movement of persons
and capital
15. Some main common policies of economic integration: common agricultural, trade, environmental,
competition and regional policy
Interim course requirement(s): course attendance, presentation of one of the institutions of the European
Union
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on the Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic Integration
and Legal Harmonization – A selection of study material (legal sources, court decisions, studies) designed for
the course by the course lecturer(s). The Compendium is aimed at the use of the LL.M.program students solely
and is not intended for commercial circulation. A copy of the Compendium is available to every student in the
program.
Recommended additional sources:
Allan F. Tatham: EC law in practice - a case-study approach, Budapest : HVG-ORAC, 2006 (Chapter I-III.)
706 pages ISBN: 9637490469
Horváth Zoltán: Handbook on the European Union, Budapest : HVG-ORAC, 2012 (Sections indicated by
the lecturer) 707 pages ISBN 978-963-258-1460
Gráinne de Búrca – Paul Craig: EU law – text, cases, materials, New York : Oxford University Press (5th
edition), 2011 (Chapters 1-10.) 1304 pages ISBN 978-0199576999
Christa Tobler – Jacques Berlinger: Essential EC law in charts, Budapest : HVG-ORAC, 2012 (2dn edition)
363 pages ISBN 978-9632580869
Introduction into International Business Law
Title of course in Hungarian: Nemzetközi üzleti jogi alapismeretek
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of Civil and Roman Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: -
Course supervisor: Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Laurent Niddam
Course description, purpose of the course: The course provides for the introduction into the regulation of international trade and business through
international legal sources, including international agreements and other means of legislation, such as the various
components of the new lex mercatoria. The course discusses the institutional aspects of law making and
adjudication in international business law. The law focuses on both private and public law issues.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. The differences between private law and public law components of international trade and business
relations and the subject matters of regulation. The reasons for a separate regulation of international
trade from domestic business.
2. The differences between procedural, conflict of laws and substantive law regulations and their impact
on international trade relations
3. International organizations active in the regulation of the private law dimensions of international trade
and business
4. The system of legal sources regulating contract law and other instrumentalities of conducting business:
international conventions and their functioning in international business
5. The system of legal sources regulating contract law and other instrumentalities of conducting business:
the concept of lex mercatoria
6. The system of legal sources regulating contract law and other instrumentalities of conducting business:
the role and standing of case law, especially of international commercial arbitration
7. Basic principles in international business law affecting the application of legal sources
8. Main legal sources relating to the law of securities and general contract law and the international
organizations active in these fields
9. Main legal sources relating to intellectual property law and specific contracts 1. and the international
organizations active in these fields
10. Main legal sources relating to intellectual property law and specific contract 2. and the international
organizations active in these fields
11. Internal lex mercatoria: international commercial codes and the application of domestic civil codes and
other private law instruments in international business law. The standing of multi- and transnational
corporations in international business law and specific company law and related provisions applicable
to the settlement of foreigners for business purposes.
12. Regulating the public law dimensions of international trade in the field of trade in goods, services and
intellectual property. Post World War Two achievements: institutional aspects. The GATT and the
European and International Intellectual Property Law
Title of course in Hungarian: A szellemi tulajdon európai és nemzetközi védelme
Language of instruction: English
Department:
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: -
Course supervisor: Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Karsay Enikő, Dr. Kovári Zoltán
Course description, purpose of the course: The course provides for a comprehensive coverage of intellectual property law, including both copyright law and
industrial property law, as regulated by international conventions and the law of the European Union. Besides
the substantive law of intellectual property, the course also covers the institutional aspects and available specific
international dispute settlement mechanisms.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. The subject matter and general structure of intellectual property law: the distinction between copyright law
(author’s rights) and industrial property. The evolution of IP regulation: early national codifications,
international treaties from the XIXth century onwards, internationally harmonized national standards.
2. International organizational aspects of regulating IP law and the characteristics of the major international
conventions. The WIPO and the conventions under the WIPO system. The TRIPS under the Marrakech
Agreement. Other major international or regional organizations and conventions in the field. The
competences of the European Union in regulating IP law.
3. The basics of the system set up by the Berne Convention and its protocols in the field of substantive
copyright law 1.
4. The basics of the system set up by the Berne Convention and its protocols in the field of substantive
copyright law 2.
5. International aspects of copyright law under the Berne Convention system
6. Other major international agreements in copyright law. The law of the European Union in the field of
copyright. Major national copyright / author’s rights regimes. Specific sectoral copyright law problems.
7. The basics of international licensing in copyright law
8. The basics of the system set up by the Paris Convention and its protocols in the field of substantive
industrial property law 1.
9. The basics of the system set up by the Paris Convention and its protocols in the field of substantive
industrial property law 2.
10. International aspects of industrial property law under the Paris Convention system
11. Other major international agreements in industrial property law
12. The law of the European Union in industrial property law.
13. Major national industrial property law regimes. Specific problems of specific forms of industrial property
law.
14. The basics of international licensing in industrial property law
15. International dispute settlement in intellectual property law: the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the
WIPO
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on European and International Intellectual Property Law – A selection of study material
(legal sources, court decisions, studies) designed for the course by the course lecturer(s). The Compendium is
aimed at the use of the LL.M.program students solely and is not intended for commercial circulation. A copy of
the Compendium is available to every student in the program.
Recommended additional sources:
Daar, Jeffrey J. (ed.): International Intellectual Property Law Basics; Consulegis – International
Network of Law Firms, 2008. 560 pages ISBN 978-1-60702-811-6. Available online:
Title of course in Hungarian: Nemzetközi kereskedelmi választottbíráskodás
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of Civil and Roman Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required:
Course supervisor: Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Course description, purpose of the course: The aim of the course is to give a picture to the students about the basic principles of commercial arbitration as
alternative form of dispute resolution. The target of the course is to make the students familiar with the essential
rules of international commercial arbitration and the most important arbitration institutes. Taking into
consideration that the practice has a relevant role in international arbitration, therefore we intend to analyze
several legal cases during the class meetings applying comparative legal methods, as well.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences:
1. The notion and legal nature of commercial arbitration.
2. The history of commercial arbitration.
3. International Conventions on the field of commercial arbitration.
4. Hungarian and International Arbitral Institutions.
5. The most important rules of the arbitration procedure I.: The arbitration clause.
6. The most important rules of the arbitration procedure II: Commencing the arbitration procedure.
7. The most important rules of the arbitration procedure III..: Appointment and Challenge of Arbitrator.
8. The most important rules of the arbitration procedure IV.: The Procedural Rules of Arbitration Award
in the arbitration procedure.
9. The most important rules of the arbitration procedure V.: Challenging the Award, the Notion of Public
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
HORVÁTH É. — KÁLMÁN GY.: A nemzetközi eljárások joga, különös tekintettel a választottbíráskodásra.
Budapest, 2003.
A.REDFERN — M. HUNTER: Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration. London, 20044
BOÓC Á.: A nemzetközi kereskedelmi választottbíráskodás. A választottbíró megválasztása és kizárása. Budapest,
2009.
KECSKÉS L. – LUKÁCS J. (szerk.): Választottbírák könyve. Budapest, 2012.
T. VÁRADY — J.J. BARCELO III — A. T. VON MEHREN: International Commercial Arbitration. Minnesota, 1999.
G. B. BORN: International Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer 2009.
Journal of International Arbitration;
Arbitration International
Recommended additional sources:
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European and International Harmonization of General Contract Law
Title of course in Hungarian: A szerződési jog európai és nemzetközi szabályozása
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of Civil and Roman Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: -
Course supervisor: Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Course description, purpose of the course: The course aims to a give a general introduction into the process and rules of harmonization of general contract
law both on the international and in the European level. Sources include the UNIDROIT Principles of
International Commercial Contracts, the PECL and CFR, and a number of other sources of lex mercatoria. The
course discusses both black-letter law and court application.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. The importance and need for the harmonization of general contract law. The major international
organization and institutions involved (UNIDROIT, UNCITRAL, the Lando Commission, etc.)
2. Sources of generally unified contract law and their standing in the hierarchy of norms. Application of
lex mercatoria in general contract matters. Application as “law” versus incorporation by reference. The
democratic legitimacy gap versus practical needs. The Rome I Regulation on the choice of non-state
law.
3. The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Principles of European
Contract Law (PECL) and the Common Frame of References (CFR): objectives, drafting methods,
institutional background
4. The structure and coverage of the UNIDROIT Principles, PECL and CFR. Conditions for application.
Databases containing general international contract law provisions, court and arbitral application and
jurisprudence.
5. General principles 1: freedom of contract, requirements as to form, pacta sunt servanda, interpretation
of the norms
6. General principles 2: good faith, customs and practices, sending notice, definitions
7. General rules in the formation of contracts
8. Validity and invalidity: causes, legal consequences
9. Interpretational measures of the statements and other conduct of the parties
10. Constructing the contents of the contract
11. Performance
12. Non-performance, defective performance, breach of contract, legitimate excuses
13. Consequences of non-performance, defective performance or other breach of contract. Damages.
14. Returning general provisions in specific conventions drawn up by international organizations (e.g.
UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT)
15. General contract law provisions in other lex mercatoria. General contract law provisions in internal
civil/private law specifically relating to international business contracts.
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on International Commercial Arbitration – A selection of study material (legal sources,
court decisions, studies) designed for the course by the course lecturer(s). The Compendium is aimed at the use
of the LL.M.program students solely and is not intended for commercial circulation. A copy of the Compendium
is available to every student in the program.
Recommended additional sources:
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome, 2010, 498 pages ISBN 88 -86449 -19-4. Available
Micklitz, Hans W.: The basics of European consumer law, Centro de Formacao Juridica e Judiciaria,
2007. 525 pages ISBN 9789993790426
Social Rights in the European Union
Title of course in Hungarian: Szociális jogok az Európai Unióban
Language of instruction: English
Department: Munkajogi és Szociális Jogi Tanszék
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic
Integration and Legal Harmonization
Course supervisor: Dr. Árpád Olivér Homicskó, Vice-Dean, Deputy Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Árpád Olivér Homicskó, Dr. Attila Kun
Course description, purpose of the course:
This special course deals with the field of social rights. Students have access to social security issues from the
historical aspect of the development of legal, administrative and social rights. Owing to the comparative and
international feature of the course, it focuses on the legal regulation of the European countries connected to
social security. In this way students will be familiar with social rights from several aspects, and thus
understanding their own country’s social law practice better. The course also deals with international
organizations, mainly with the role of the European Union in the social security field. During the course,
students should be able to analyze and solve legal problems arising from the application of national legislation,
to discuss methodological issues, to disclose legal discourses on social rights.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. The international antecedents of the development of social rights, the emergence of social legislation in
European countries. The international aspects of social security
2. The regulation of economic, social and cultural rights in the international human rights law
3. European human rights conventions in the area of economic, social and cultural rights
4. The basis of European social security
5. History of the development of some social care systems I. (Insurance type system)
6. History of the development of some social care systems II. (Aid type system)
7. History of the development of some social care systems III. (Insurance type system)
8. The emergence of social welfare states after the II. world war in Europe
9. A short description of the Beveridge model as a precedent of modern welfare states.
10. The increasing role of social policy at EU level and its main areas
11. Open coordination in the European Union on social rights.
12. Coordination of the social security system of the Member States of the European Union. Introduction
into the basics of coordination
13. Description of the general provisions of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (organisational, personal,
material and spatial principles, general principles of application of the law)
14. Description of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on some services (e.g. illness, maternity,
unemployment, elders) I.
15. Description of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on some services (e.g. illness, maternity,
unemployment, elders) II.
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course compendium
Recommended additional sources:
- European Social Security Law: 6th Edition (Ius Communitatis)
Frans Pennings
ISBN 10: 178068276X ISBN 13: 9781780682761
Publisher: Intersentia, 2015
- SOCIAL RIGHTS IN EUROPE IN AN AGE OF AUSTERITY
Edited by Stefano Civitarese Matteucci, Simon Halliday, 2017 – Routledge, 336 pages
The Case Law of the Court of the European Union – Interpretation, Methodology
Title of course in Hungarian: Az Európai Unió Bíróságának esetjoga – jogértelmezés, metodológia
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of International and European Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic Integration and
Legal Harmonization
Course supervisor: Dr. András Osztovits, PhD, Associate professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. András Osztovits, PhD, Associate professor, Head of Department
Course description, purpose of the course:
This course gives an insight into the methodology of reading and interpreting the judgments of the Court of
Justice of the European Union. The judgments of the European Court of Justice are collegiate, representing the
single ruling of all of the judges hearing the case. Since there are no dissents or separately concurring judgments,
the divergent views of different judges may be contained within the language of the judgment. The aim of this
course is to explain this methodology in order to understand the way of thinking of the Court.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences:
1. The objectives of the functioning and the role of the European Court of Justice of the European Union
2. Judges and other professional staff: requirements, conditions and competences
3. The impact of multicultural legal backgrounds on the professional work of the Court
4. Linguistic issues in the work of the Court
5. Basic rules of procedure 1
6. Basic rules of procedure 2
7. Drafting options for judgments 1
8. Drafting options for judgments 2
9. The methodology of reading judgments: separation of functional parts, issue spotting, legal analysis,
etc. 1
10. The methodology of reading judgments: separation of functional parts, issue spotting, legal analysis,
etc. 2
11. Canons of interpretations of judgments 1
12. Canons of interpretations of judgments 2
13. Handling case law databases. The public discussion of the judgments of the European Court.
14. Complex reading and interpretation exercises 1
15. Complex reading and interpretation exercises 2
Interim course requirement(s): course attendance, presentation of the relevant practice of the EU Court of
Justice
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on Social Rights in the European Union – A selection of study material (legal sources,
court decisions, studies) designed for the course by the course lecturer(s). The Compendium is aimed at the use
of the LL.M programme students solely and is not intended for commercial circulation. A copy of the
Compendium is available to every student in the program.
Recommended additional sources:
Gráinne de Búrca – Paul Craig: EU law – text, cases, materials, New York : Oxford University
Press (5th edition), 2011. 1304 pages ISBN 978-0199576999
Stone Sweet: The Judicial Construction of Europe. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. 304
pages ISBN 978-0199275533
Arnull, Anthony: The European Union and its Court of Justice (2nd ed.) New York : Oxford
University Press, 2006. 784 pages ISBN 978-0199258857
International and European Taxation
Title of course in Hungarian: Nemzetközi és európai adózás
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of Commercial Law and Financial Law
Type of course: obligatorily elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic Integration and
Legal Harmonization; Introduction into International Business Law
Course supervisor: Dr. Zsombor Ercsey, Associate professor
Lecturer(s): Dr. Zsombor Ercsey, Associate professor
Course description, purpose of the course:
The goal of this course is to provide students with an overview of issues related to the international and
European aspects of public finance and tax law.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences:
1. Introduction to the public finance of the European Union. Fiscal and monetary policy of the European
Union and the member states thereof.
2. Tax harmonization within the European Union.
3. The European regulation of Value Added Tax.
4. Comparative tax law 1.
5. Comparative tax law 2.
6. International tax law (general overview).
7. The relationship between domestic and international tax law.
8. International taxation, sources of law, jurisdiction.
9. Double taxation, methods for elimination thereof.
10. OECD Model Tax Convention.
11. Taxation of income.
12. Taxation of capital.
13. International Tax Cooperation.
Interim course requirement(s):
The students write a paper regarding the issues discussed on the course, and, upon request, may hold a
presentation as well.
Type of evaluation: course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written
Obligatory course materials:
M. Schellekens et al (eds.): European Tax Handbook 2017. Amsterdam: IBFD, 2017. ISBN 978-90-8722-407-3
Fabiola Annacondia (ed.): EU VAT Compass 2016/2017. Amsterdam: IBFD, 2016. ISBN 978-90-8722-376-2
The applicable regulation and conventions.
Recommended additional sources:
Terra Ben J. M.: European tax law. (5th ed.) The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2008. ISBN 9789041127419
Giovanoli, Mario and Devos, Diego (eds.): International monetary and financial law: the global crisis, New
York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780199588411
Cooperation in Financial and Economic Crimes
Title of course in Hungarian: Pénzügyi és gazdasági bűnügyi együttműködés
Language of instruction: English
Department: Institute of Criminal Sciences
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value:
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required:
Course supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Dobrocsi, Associate professor, LL.M, PhD
Lecturer(s): Dr. Szilvia Dobrocsi, Associate professor, LL.M, PhD
Course description, purpose of the course:
The course focuses on the main criminal law issues of the financial and economic cooperation in the European
Union. The protection of the EU’s financial interests with the means of criminal law has been one of the main
issues of the European integration since the 1990s. During the years several forms and institutions of criminal
cooperation have been established by and between the member states of the European Union, which by serving
different purposes and using different methods all contribute to the efforts and success of member states’
criminal law authorities. The course makes students familiar with the history of the cooperation in criminal
matters, its milestones, main fields and institutions.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: Topics of the course:
1. The legal basis and the system of cooperation in administrative and judicial affairs concerning crimes of
the economy within the EU
2. The history of the establishment of the European judicial cooperation in criminal matters
3. Institutional aspects of the European judicial cooperation in criminal matters 1.
4. Institutional aspects of the European judicial cooperation in criminal matters 2.
5. Strategic concepts of cooperation against organized crime. Highlighted areas 1: drug trafficking and
manufacturing.
6. Highlighted areas 2: the EU on computer related crime. Key issues of the fight against the trafficking in
human beings
7. Highlighted areas 3: combatting money laundering on the European level
8. Highlighted areas 4: combating fraud, VAT fraud, corruption.
9. Basic notions of cooperation in the field of criminal procedure and enforcement
10. Future of the cooperation
a) Graduates of the LL.M. program will be familiar with:
- the working mechanisms of the internal market of the European Union and their legislative instruments;
- the identification of legal sources (international, domestic; mandatory and soft law) relevant for legal problems
of international economy and trade and the handling of databases containing special rules (regulatory norms,
case law, jurisprudence or database containing their relevant data).
- information necessary for the complex handling of the private law aspects of international business relations
(e.g. international contract formation as a process, performance)
To some extent the course adds to all of the competences listed under point b) of the KKK (“Graduates of the
LL.M. degree will be capable of…”) and point c) of the KKK (“Skills and aptitudes necessary for practicing as a
professional of the degree program”).
Interim course requirement(s): presence and active participation at the classes
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation + essay
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
- materials handed out at class
Recommended additional sources:
- Katalin Ligeti – Vanessa Franssen: Challenges in the field of Economic and Financial Crime in Europe and the
US, Hart Publishing, 2017
- Valsamis Mitsilegas – Maria Bergström – Theodore Konstadinides: Research Hanbook on EU Criminal Law
Elgar, 2016
- Anderson Malcolm & Apap, Joanna (eds): Police and justice cooperation and the new European borders, The
Hague : Kluwer Law International, 2002. 312 pages ISBN 978-9041118936
Legal Profession within the EU, and drafting legal documents in English
Title of course in Hungarian: A jogászi tevékenység az EU-ban és jogi okiratszerkesztés angol nyelven
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of International and European Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: The Free Movement of Goods, and Persons in the EU, The Free Movement
of Services and Capital within the EU
Course supervisor: Dr. István Molnár János, Associate professor
Lecturer(s): Dr. Levente Borzsák
Course description, purpose of the course: The first part of the course discusses how the free movement rules of the EU apply on the legal profession. In
doing so, it partly compares the different models of the legal profession in some of the Member States, and partly
analyzes the respective directives of European law.
The second part of the course deals with the different drafting techniques used in law in the English language.
Questions include legal research, writing and citation for different legal purposes.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. The legal profession in European countries: models of legal higher education and major career lines
within the legal professional
2. Attorneys in some Member States of the European Union: requirements, specialization, duties,
overall placement within the legal profession, the structure bars, etc.
3. Other legal professions in some Member States of the European Union: requirements,
specialization, duties, overall placement within the legal profession, structure, professional
associations, etc.
4. The rights of establishment and the legal profession
5. An Establishment Directive for lawyers
6. The freedom to provide services and the legal profession
7. A Code of Conduct for lawyers operating in the European Union
8. The mutual recognition of qualifications for the legal profession
9. Legal research: issue spotting, localization of sources
10. Legal research: different research techniques for different legal sources
11. Legal writing: English as a tool for different legal documents 1
12. Legal writing: English as a tool for different legal documents 2
13. Rules of citation and reference: international, EU and domestic legislation
14. Rules of citation and reference: case law, court decisions and arbitral awards. Jurisprudence.
Electronic databases.
15. Copyright for legal writing and the standards of plagiarism. Comprehensive legal writing and
citation exercises
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on The Legal Profession within the EU, and drafting legal documents in English – A
selection of study material (legal sources, court decisions, studies) designed for the course by the course
lecturer(s). The Compendium is aimed at the use of the LL.M. programme students solely and is not intended for
commercial circulation. A copy of the Compendium is available to every student in the programme.
Recommended additional sources:
Higgins, Edwina and tatham, Laura: Successful legal writing, London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2006. 193
pages (Legal Skills Series) ISBN 0-421-96120-1
Garner, Bryan A.: Legal writing in plain English : A text with exercises, Chicago ; London : University
of Chicago Press, 2001. 227 pages ISBN 0-226-28418-2
Adamson, Hamish: Free movement of Lawyers (Current EC Legal Developments), 2nd Edition,
Butterworths Law, 1998., ISBN: 9780406003157
EU Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Law
Title of course in Hungarian: Európai távközlési jog és az elektronikus kereskedelem jogi szabályozása
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of Infocommunication Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic Integration and
Legal Harmonization, Introduction into International Business Law, European and Comparative Competition
Law
Course supervisor: Dr. Tóth András PhD, Associate professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Tóth András PhD, Dr. Klein Tamás
Course description, purpose of the course: The European Telecommunications Law is one of the most
successful liberalization process in the European Union. The purpose of the course is the presentation of the
reasons for this success, the principles of this regulatory area, the history of the Electronic Communications
Law in the EU, and to show the main regulatory issues.
The Electronic Commercial Law is another particularly important regulatory field of the information society
services. The Directive on electronic commerce in the EU contains several important topics (on certain legal
aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market).
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences:
1. Economic background of the telecom and infrastructure regulation
2. Liberalisation process (stages) of the telecom
3. Digital single market of the EU: developments and challenges (OTT, net neutrality)
4. Media and telecommunication
5. Competition law and telecommunication: state aid
8. The Telecommunications Law and the Electronic Commertial Law – The telecommunications rules in
the electronic commerce.
9. The issues of electronic commerce outside telecommunications law
10. Special topics of the Electronic Commertial Law, international and EU aspects: the Contract Law
11. Special topics of the Electronic Commertial Law, international and EU aspects: proprietary rights
12. Special topics of the Electronic Commertial Law, international and EU aspects: Administrative Law
and data protection
13. Test
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Lessons presentation
Arno R. Lodder (Author, Editor), Andrew D. Murray (Author, Editor) EU Regulation of E-Commerce: A
Commentary (Elgar Commentaries SERIES) Edward Elgar Pub (April 28, 2017)
Recommended additional sources:
Advanced Contracts in International Business Law: International Carriage of Goods,
Payment Methods, Miscellaneous Other Contracts, Securities
Title of course in Hungarian: A nemzetközi kereskedelem egyéb szerződései: nemzetközi árufuvarozás,
fizetési módok, egyéb szerződések, biztosítékok
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of European Law and International Private Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: International Sale of Goods: the CISG and INCOTERMS
Course supervisor: dr. István János Molnár, Associate professor
Lecturer(s): dr. István János Molnár, Associate professor
Course description, purpose of the course:
This course, completing some other courses, where the students may acquire knowledge of international sales
law and general contractual issues, provides information about other important contract types used in
international business life.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: This course is dealing with the so-called supplementary contracts of international trade. International carriage of
goods, contracts of marketing organization and banking transactions belong to this group of contracts.
Main items:
15. Functions and main characteristics of supplementary contracts used in international business relations.
Types of supplementary contracts.
16. The most important sources of international carriage of goods. Conventions relating to rail, road, air,
sea and inland water carriage. Effect of these conventions.
17. Documents of international carriage of goods: consignment note, air waybill, bill of lading
18. Liability of the carrier in the different conventions
19. Validating of claims against carriers
20. Multimodal and container transport
21. Contracts of marketing organization: agency and distribution
22. Contracts of technology transfer and franchise
23. Construction contracts
24. International payments : collection and documentary credit
25. Banking transactions: financing solutions and bank guarantee
Interim course requirement(s): presence on the course and preparation of different short papers for common
discussion.
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Conventions of international carriage of goods
ICC usages relating to payments and guarantees
Recommended additional sources:
Schmitthoff: The Law and Practice of International Trade (Sweet & Maxwell, Carole Murray; David
Special Dispute Settlement Institutions in International Trade
Title of course in Hungarian: Speciális vitarendezési fórumok a nemzetközi kereskedelemben
Language of instruction: English
Department: Institute of Social Science and International Studies
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 3
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: Rules and Institutions of International Investment Protection
Course supervisor: Dr Csaba Törő, Associate professor, Dean, Head of Institute
Lecturer(s): Dr Csaba Törő, Associate professor, Dean, Head of Institute
Course description, purpose of the course:
This course provides for an in-depth analysis of special international dispute settlement institutions that relate to
state intervention in the trade in goods, services or intellectual property or that apply to foreign investment. The
course discusses both the procedure and some of the substantive law questions that have arisen.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences:
1. Interstate and investor-state dispute settlement means and mechanisms
2. The function and history of the dispute settlement mechanism of the GATT/WTO
3. WTO dispute settlement structures and mechanism
4. Questions common to disputes under the GATT, GATS and TRIPS agreements
5. EU free trade agreements and bilateral dispute settlement
6. Implementation of dispute settlement policy by the EU: Trade Barriers Regulation(TBR) and the
enforcement of international trade rules
7. EU trade disputes within the WTO system
8. European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Court
9. Dispute settlement mechanism available under the Energy Charter Treaty
10. North American Feee Trade Agreement (NAFTA) dispute settlement mechanism
11. Dispute settlement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
12. Review of commonalities and direfferences
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam and course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: Written classroom exam
Obligatory course materials:
Primary (legal documents such as treaty provisions and official reports of the examined intergovernmental
organizations) and secondary (relevant literature and analysis) identified and provided by the lecturer.
Recommended additional sources:
Pierre Pescatore - William J. Davey - Andreas F. Lowenfeld: Handbook of WTO/GATT dispute
settlement. Vol.1-2., New York : Transnational Publishers, 2000 ( - 2000 Looseleaf ed.?) ISBN 0-
929179-48-x
International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Simulation
Title of course in Hungarian: Nemzetközi kereskedelmi választottbírósági perbeszéd-verseny felkészítés és
szimuláció
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of Civil and Roman Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 4
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: International Sale of Goods: the CISG and INCOTERMS, International
Commercial Arbitration
Course supervisor: Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Lecturer(s): Dr. Ádám Boóc, PhD., Associate Professor, Head of Department
Course description, purpose of the course: This course prepares interested students to the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
(the Moot), an international competition for law students organized and supported by, inter alia, the United
Nation’s Commission on International Trade Law (UNICTRAL). After the written rounds, the oral rounds of the
Moot take place in Vienna every spring. Students on this course are eligible to team membership representing
the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church on the Moot and on Pre-Moots in connection with the
Moot.
The procedural aspects of the Moot are governed by international commercial arbitration and the substantive law
of the Moot is the CISG. The course also discusses the rules of the Moot itself.
The structure of the course follows the structure of the Moot.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. The structure and rules of the Moot 1.
2. The structure and rules of the Moot 2.
3. CISG and arbitration databases. Library and internet research.
4. The statute of the arbitral institution to be applied in the given year by the rules of the Moot
5. Analysis of The Problem (the case of the Moot in any given year) 1
6. Analysis of The Problem (the case of the Moot in any given year) 2 and clarifications
7. Memorandum for Claimant 1
8. Memorandum for Claimant 2
9. Memorandum for Respondent 1
10. Memorandum for Respondent 2
11. Oral presentation for Claimant 1
12. Oral presentation for Claimant 2
13. Oral presentation for Respondent 1
14. Oral presentation for Respondent 2
15. Preparation for rebuttals in oral hearings
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Simulation – A selection of study
material (legal sources, court decisions, studies) designed for the course by the course lecturer(s). The
Compendium is aimed at the use of the LL.M programme students solely and is not intended for commercial
circulation. A copy of the Compendium is available to every student in the program.
Recommended additional sources:
The official home-page of the Moot: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html
Peter Schlechtriem, Ingeborg Schwenzer (ed.): Commentary on the UN Convention on the International
Sale of Goods (CISG) / 2nd English ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-927518-
1
G. B. Born: International Commercial Arbitration, Tha Hague : Kluwer, 2009. 3440 pages ISBN 978-
9041127594
Use of Major Legal Databases
Title of course in Hungarian:
Language of instruction: English
Department: Department of European Law and International Private Law
Type of course: obligatory/elective
Level of programme: MA (LLM)
Number of lessons per week: 2 hours/week
Semester: I./II.
Credit point value: 4
Code of course:
Prior course(s) required: Introduction into the institutional functioning of European economic
integration and legal harmonization, Introduction into International Business Law
Course supervisor: Dr. István János Molnár, Associate professor
Lecturer(s): Dr. István János Molnár, Associate professor
Course description, purpose of the course: This course provides enhances user skills for international legal databases and research in electronic format. The
course focuses on those electronic databases that are relevant for the LL.M. programme.
Course outline, description of acquired knowledge, skills and competences: 1. Issue formulation and legal research in electronic databases and on the internet 1
2. Issue formulation and legal research in electronic databases and on the internet 2
3. The general characteristics of electronic databases in law – what it is good for and what it is not
4. Basic computer-related skills needed for the use of electronic databases in law 1
5. Basic computer-related skills needed for the use of electronic databases in law 2
6. Working with Westlaw 1
7. Working with Westlaw 2
8. Working with Hein Online 1
9. Working with Hein Online 2
10. Working with Kluwer Arbitration
11. Working with the case law database of the Court of Justice of the Euorpean Union
12. Working with the Albert H. Kritzer CISG database
13. Working with the WTO database
14. Working with misc. other legal databases in the LL.M. Database Center 1
15. Working with misc. other legal databases in the LL.M. Database Center 2
Interim course requirement(s):
Type of evaluation: exam evaluation/course performance evaluation
Method of evaluation: written/oral exam
Obligatory course materials:
Course Compendium on Use of Major Legal Databases
Recommended additional sources:
The electronic databases themselves covered by the course
Mark van Hoecke (ed.): Methodologies of legal research : which kind of method for what kind of
discipline? / - Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2011. - xvi, 294 p. - (European Academy of Legal Theory
monograph series). ISBN 9781849461702 ISBN 1-8494-6170-8
Knowles John - Philip Thomas: Effective legal research / Sweet & Maxwell, 2006. - x, 187 p. - (Legal