Course Unit / International and European Family Law - Comparative Perspectives on Current Issues

International and European Family Law - Comparative Perspectives on Current Issues

Year
1
Academic year
2024-2025
Code
03022884
Subject Area
Law
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
15.0
Type
Elective
Level
3rd Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Civil Law; Family Law; English proficiency.

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 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

Protection and empowerment of vulnerable persons in family law.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paula Sofia Couceiro Almeida Távora Vítor

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 40.0%
Research work: 60.0%

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