International and European Family Law II

Recommended Prerequisites

Civil Law; Family Law; English proficienc.

Teaching Methods

Seminar; focus on legal writing.

Learning Outcomes

The course intend to boost the students’ legal competence in International, European and foreign family law, in a highly debated issues, specially as far as the Portuguese and the Berman legal systems are concerned , in the intertwinning with the international and European demands. The course intends to enhance the competence to critically analyse the aforementioned issue, 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.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Family Law Topics - family relations, parental responsibilities; vulnerable adults; determinataion of parenthood.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paula Sofia Couceiro Almeida Távora Vítor

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 40.0%
Research work: 60.0%

Bibliography

A bibliografia específica é determinada em função dos temas dos trabalhos a discutir em seminário.

Alguns títulos:

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".