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  • Initial training
  • 1 year
  • Host University
  • AIMS

    POSSIBLE REGISTRATION FORM: Initial training

    To provide students with a solid legal culture, a complementary and in-depth training in a foreign law before they start their studies.

    The study of foreign legal systems and the use of the comparative method are nowadays fundamental to understand legal developments, to learn transnational legal relations and to better evaluate national law.

    In addition, economic, social and political globalisation is accompanied by the development of transnational legal relations. This makes knowledge of foreign systems and their different modes of organisation, as well as their legal practices, indispensable.

    Furthermore, it is important to understand the role of the legal system in the development of the European Union.

    Finally, the development of transnational litigation requires today's lawyers to be familiar with foreign legal systems, certain foreign substantive laws and foreign modes of legal reasoning.

  • ADMISSION CONDITIONS

    180 ECTS validated in Law Between 750 and 850 iBT points in TOEIC or between 80 and 90 iBT points in TOEFL. A minimum score of 12/20 in the specific German, Spanish or Italian language tests

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  • STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION

    The teaching units are determined by the FDSP International Relations Assessor and by the student according to the training offer of the host university

    TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHING WEEKS IN THE COURSE: 36 weeks approximately (according to the academic calendar of the host university)

    INDICATORY DATE OF LEARNING: end of August/early September 2013

    INDICATIVE END DATE OF TEACHING: end of June/mid-July 2014

    LANGUAGE OF TEACHING : English, German, Spanish, Italian

  • KNOWLEDGE TO BE ACQUIRED

    Mastery of foreign legal systems; Mastery of the transnational dimension of certain subjects; Mastery of foreign legal practices. The student may choose to acquire this knowledge in private law, public law or both.

    The student may choose to acquire this knowledge in private law, public law or both.

  • PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO BE ACQUIRED

    Mastery of the comparative legal method ; Mastery of legal processes specific to certain foreign systems ; Understanding of foreign legal modes of reasoning ; Mastery of legal vocabulary in the language of the host country ; Learning about university cultures in Europe and outside Europe - adaptability.