European Judicial Law

ldrop2171  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

European Judicial Law
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Francq Stéphanie;
Language
French
Main themes
In the era of internationalisation of legal sources, one of the core difficulties for practitioners being the identification of the relevant legal source a great deal will be dedicated to the hierarchy of norms among international instruments. The most important legal acts will be presented and their scope of application will be analysed. The course will focus on conflicts of jurisdictions and covers the question of international jurisdiction as well as the recognition of foreign judgments. It will also covers typical procedural issues such as the service of documents, the taking of evidence, the payment order, the European enforcement title etc.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 The course aims at confronting the students with the basic legal problems of international litigation. It also incentivises students to observe in a critical way current issues raised by international litigations : the role of the judiciary in the era of globalisation, the impact of globalisation on national civil procedure, the relevancy of classical distinction as public law v. private law, etc.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Other information
A general course on private international law is a prerequisite
Bibliography
J.-Y. Carlier, M. Fallon et B. Martin-Bosly, Code de droit international privé, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 5e éd., 2012, 1318 pp.
Faculty or entity
BUDR


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Law

Advanced Master in European Law

Advanced Master in International Law

Master [120] in Law (shift schedule)