International and European Family Law - Comparative Perspectives on Current Issues
1
2024-2025
03022884
Law
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
15.0
Elective
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)
NoSyllabus
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