LL.M. in European and International Business Law


Study plan: modules and coureses

Colour codes:

PRELIMINARY COURSES AND THESIS CONSULTATION (MANDATORY)

BASIC COURSES (MANDATORY)

SPECIALIZED COURSES (A CERTAIN CREDIT NUMBER IS MANDATORY)

FREELY ELECTIVE COURSES (ENTIRELY ELECTIVE)

Dates, name of module

Courses with class hours

(each class hour is 45 minutes long)

21 September 2015 – 30 October 2015

PRELIMINARY MODULE

BASIC COURSES 01

Duration of module: 6 weeks

Total possible class hours: 192

Average of class hours per week: 32

Average of class hours per day: 6,4

1. Introduction into the Institutional Functioning of European Economic Integration and Legal Harmonization

Lecture hours: 36

2. Introduction into International Business Law

Lecture hours: 36

3. The Free Movement of Goods, and Persons in the EU

Lecture hours: 24; seminar hours: 24

4. The Free Movement of Services and Capital within the EU

Lecture hours: 24; seminar hours: 24

5.Use of Major Legal Databases

Seminar hours: 24

2 November 2015 – 6 November 2015

Exam week

9 November 2015 – 11 December 2015

BASIC COURSES 02



Duration of module: 5 weeks

Total possible class hours: 168

Average of class hours per week: 33,6

Average of class hours per day: 6,72

6. European and Comparative Competition Law

Lecture hours: 24; seminar hours: 12

7. International Sale of Goods: the CISG and INCOTERMS

Lecture hours: 24, seminar hours: 12

8. International Regulation of State Intervention in International Commerce

Lecture hours: 24, seminar hours: 12

9. European and International Intellectual Property Law

Lecture hours: 24, seminar hours: 12

10. International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Simulation (available in all modules except the preliminary module)

Seminar hours: 24

14 December 2015 – 18 December 2015

Exam week

21 December 2015 – 03 January 2016

Winter break (leave possible)

04 January 2016 – 05 February 2016

BASIC COURSES 03

SPECIALIZED COURSES 01

Duration of module: 5 weeks

Total possible class hours: 168

Average of class hours per week: 33,6

Average of class hours per day: 6,72

11. International Commercial Arbitration

Lecture hours: 24, seminar hours: 24

12. European and International Harmonization of General Contract Law

Lecture hours: 24, seminar hours: 24

13. European Company Law

Seminar hours: 24

14. European and Comparative Consumer Protection Law

Seminar hours: 24

10. International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Simulation (available in all modules except the preliminary module)

Seminar hours: 24

08 February 2016 – 12 February 2016

Exam week

15 February 2016 – 18 March 2016

SPECIALIZED COURSES 02















Duration of module: 5 weeks

Total possible class hours: 144

Average of class hours per week: 28,8

Average of class hours per day: 5,76

15. Social Rights in the European Union

Seminar hours: 24

16. The Case Law of the Court of the European Union – Interpretation, Methodology

Seminar hours: 24

17. International and European Taxation, Cooperation in Financial and Criminal Matters of the Economy

Seminar hours: 24

18. The Legal Profession within the EU, and Drafting Legal Documents in English

Seminar hours: 24

19. Advanced Legal Writing and Rules of Citation

Seminar hours: 24

10. International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Simulation (available in all modules except the preliminary module)

Seminar hours: 24

21 March 2016 – 25 March 2016

Exam week

28 March 2016 – 28 April 2016

SPECIALIZED COURSES 03

















Duration of module: 5 weeks

Total possible class hours: 144

Average of class hours per week: 28,8

Average of class hours per day: 5,76

20. European Telecommunications Law and the Law of Electronic Commerce

Seminar hours: 24

21. International and European Conflict of Laws and International Civil Procedure

Seminar hours: 24

22. Advanced Contracts in International Business Law: International Carriage of Goods, Payment Methods, Misc. Other Contracts, Securities

Seminar hours: 24

23. Special Dispute Settlement Institutions in International Trade

Seminar hours: 24

24. Foreign trade and economy

Seminar hours: 24

10. International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Simulation (available in all modules except the preliminary module)

Seminar hours: 24

02 May 2016 – 06 May 2016

Exam week

09 May 2016 – 13 May 2016

Re-take exam week

Failed, skipped or missed exams re-take opportunities from all modules.

16 May 2016 – 10 June 2016

Thesis writing, final exam preparation

(leave possible upon discussion with thesis supervisor)

25. Thesis consultation

13 June 2016 – 24 June 2016

Thesis defense and final exam

27 June 2016 – 1 July 2016

Graduation, issuing of transcripts



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