International Civil Procedure

Recommended Prerequisites

Procedural Law; Private International Law.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and study of cases decided by state, arbitral and European courts.

Learning Outcomes

To introduce the procedural elements relating to the Law in action in private and international relations. Special attention will be given to the themes of international jurisdiction, recognition of foreign awards, court proceedings with foreigners and international arbitration.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. International jurisdiction
   1. in the Portuguese domestic law
   2. in the EU regulations
   3. in some international conventions.
2. The recognitition and enforcement of foreign decisions
   1. in the Portuguese domestic law
   2. in the EU regulations
   3. in some international conventions
3. International commercial arbitration
   1. International arbitration in Portugal
   2. Recognition of arbitral foreign awards (Regime of the 1958 New York Convention and the Law N. 62/2005)

Head Lecturer(s)

Rui Manuel Pinto Soares Pereira Dias

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 100.0%

Bibliography

Luís Lima Pinheiro, Direito Internacional Privado, 2.ª edição, Volume III, Coimbra, Almedina, 2012

Rui Moura Ramos, Estudos de Direito Internacional Privado e de Direito Processual Civil Internacional, Volume I, 2002, Volume 2, 2007, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora