Private International Law

Recommended Prerequisites

Private International Law courses of the 1^st cycle Law studies

Teaching Methods

A blend of lectures and discussion classes. Students are also encouraged to reflect upon the most significant texts by the fathers of PIL. In addition, some training on the PIL techniques will be provided in the resolution process of specific cases.

The bottom line is that students are strongly encouraged to engage in homeworks and team-works in order to enrich their own background and develop their skills as jurist to-be.

Learning Outcomes

The curriular unit aims at a depth training on the law governing private international relations, in order to provide students with competences to solve real cases on this field.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Chapter I. On legal personality

section I Natural persons

Section II. Legal persons

Chapter II. Law of obligations

Chapter III. The law governing things/property

Section I. Property law

Section II. Intellectual property

Chapter IV. Family Law

Section I. Marriage as an act

Section II. Marriage as a state

Section III. Divorce and legal separation

Section IV. Parentage and adoption

Chapter V. Succession Law

Section I. Succession rules and legal succession

Section II: Voluntary succession and inter vivos acts affecting succession

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Rui Moura Ramos, Estudos de Direito Internacional Privado da União Europeia, Coimbra 2016, Imprensa da Universidade.

 - J. Baptista Machado, Âmbito de eficácia e âmbito de competência das leis, Coimbra, Almedina, 1970.

 - Luis Lima Pinheiro, Direito Internacional Privado, Volume 2.º - 3.ª Edição - Coimbra, 2012, Almedina.

 - Rui Moura Ramos, Estudos de Direito Internacional Privado e de Direito Processual Civil Internacional, Volume 1, Coimbra, 2002, Coimbra Editora, Volume II, Coimbra, 2007, Coimbra Editora.