International and European Family Law I

Recommended Prerequisites

Civil Law; Family Law; English proficiency

Teaching Methods

Comparative approach; problem-based sessions, research-oriented teaching.

Learning Outcomes

These courses intend to boost the students’ legal competence in International, European and foreign family law, specially as far as the Portuguese and the German legal systems are concerned, in the intertwining with the international and European sources. The course intends to enhance the competence to critically analyse current Family Law issues, specially in its comparative approach. In addition to the exchange during the synchronous, interactive sessions, networks and communities of practice shall be established for different status groups, such as students, doctoral students and instructors from both universities, which will enhance their intercultural competence.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The course will deal on a comparative basis and with a focus on Germany and Portugal with issues of family law and the respective legal situation under the influence of the jurisprudence at the European Level. Topics will include legal regulations of new forms of partnership, like same-sex marriage and registered partnerships, of medically assisted reproduction as well as of transgender persons.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paula Sofia Couceiro Almeida Távora Vítor

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

AA. VV., Cross-Cultural Comparisons on Surrogacy and Egg Donation - Interdisciplinary Perspectives from India, Germany and Israel (Eds. Mitra, Schicktanz, Patel)
Springer, 2018
Aa. Vv., European Family Law, vol. III (edited by Jens M. Scherpe) Elgar Publishiungs
Dethloff, Nina, New models of partnership: the financial consequences
of separation,Springer, ERA Forum (2011) 12: 89–102
Dethloff, Nina; Martiny, Dieter; Zschoche, Myriam, NATIONAL REPORT: GERMANY, 2015 in http://ceflonline.net/wp-content/uploads/Germany-IR.pdf
Oliveira, Guilherme; Martins, Rosa; Vítor, Paula NATIONAL REPORT: PORTUGAL , 2015, in http://ceflonline.net/wp-content/uploads/Portugal-IR.pdf
Oliveira, Guilherme de; Vítor, Paula. Family and Succession Law in Portugal. Wolters Kluwer. 2019.
Vítor, Paula Távora; Oliveira, Guilherme de. "Post mortem insemination and surrogacy in the Portuguese system". Zeitschrift für das gesamte Familienrecht (FamRz) Heft 18 69 Jahrg (2022): 1442-1445.
Vítor, Paula Távora. "Banni