SUMMER ACADEMY: Max-Planck Summer Academy for Legal History

Max-Planck Summer Academy for Legal History

The Max-Planck Summer Academy for Legal History, offered by the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIeR), provides an in-depth introduction to methods and principles of research in legal history. Although its main focus is on European legal history, there is special emphasis on global perspectives on legal history. It addresses a selected group of highly motivated early-stage researchers, usually PhD candidates, working on a research project with an interest in the basic research of historical formation and transformations of law and other normative orders.

The academy consists of two modules and lasts two weeks; the first week provides an introduction to the study of sources, methodological principles, as well as theoretical models and controversial research debates on basic research fields of legal history (module 1). During the second week the participants discuss a special research theme and develop their own approach to the theme (module 2).

Date

The next Summer Academy will take place from July 27 until August 7, 2015.

Course aim

The overall aim of the Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History is to provide PhD candidates with an expertise on the methods and principles of legal history and to equip them with the ability to apply this knowledge to their research projects and other research in legal history or related disciplines.

Curriculum

Lectures and workshops in history of legal history, methodological principles of legal history, antiquity, legal history in antiquity, Ius Commune, legal bibliography, history of private law in the modern era, constitutional history, history of criminal law, and history of international law form the core of the academy.

• History of Legal History
• Antiquity
• An introduction into the secular Ius Commune I (12th-16th century)
• Ius Commune II – Classical and Post-Classical Canon Law (12th-16th century)
• History of Private Law in the Modern Period
• Constitutional History
• History of Criminal Law
• Contemporary Legal History Introduction to Legal Theory
• History of International Law

In addition to the lectures and workshops the participants have the opportunity to work on their individual research projects which should reflect the special theme (see below) and present and discuss them in plenum. Furthermore, the academy offers additional courses in complementary skills. As a summer academy should not consist of academic activities only, a variety of extra-curricular activities, such as visits to nearby historical sites and several get-togethers in the evenings are offered.

SUMMER SCHOOL: Transitional Justice

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SUMMER SCHOOL: Luxembourg Summer School of Comparative Law

Faculté d'été de droit comparé

Luxembourg Summer School of Comparative Law, 8-26 July 2013

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Luxembourg will be hosting the summer session of the Faculté internationale de droit comparé during the last three weeks of July 2013. The spring sessions traditionally take place in Strasbourg during the month of April.

The first track focuses on contemporary legal traditions of the world and corresponds to the first study cycle at the Faculté  internationale de droit comparé . Following a general introduction to the study of comparative law, five courses – each one being taught over a one-week period - will allow the participants to study the characteristics of five important legal traditions. The courses will be taught in French.

The second track also focuses on legal traditions of the world and will be organized in the same way as the first track, but it will be taught in English by other professors .

Students wishing to obtain ECTS credits (which allow for recognition of the studies in all European universities) upon completion of the program will have the opportunity to take exams and will, if successful, be granted 10 ECTS credits .

First Cycle

First track : Introduction aux Grands systèmes de droit contemporains (French curriculum)

• Introduction au droit comparé : Luc Heuschling , Professor at the University of Luxembourg
• Introduction au droit islamique : François-Paul blanc, Professor at the University of Perpignan
• Introduction au droit américain : Gilles Cuniberti , Professor at the University of Luxembourg
• Introduction au Common Law : David Pugsley, Senior Lecturer in Law. University of Exeter
• Introduction au droit chinois : Aiqing Zheng, Professor at the University of Peking, China.
• Introduction au droit africain : Gérard Ngoumtsa Anou, Researcher at the University of Luxembourg

SUMMER SCHOOL: Forum Montesquieu

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On behalf of the University of Bordeaux and the University Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, we are delighted to invite students for all over the world to attend the Summer Law School of the “Forum Montesquieu” from the 1^st to the 19^th July 2013.

This Summer Law School will bring together students, professionals, professors and researchers from around the world who are engaged in French and comparative Human Rights Law. For three weeks, participants will study, in English, Fundamental Freedoms Law with internationally respected faculty from all over Europe. We are planning an inspirational program of cultural activities in true French tradition.

Bordeaux is one of the world’s most liveable and beautiful cities in France, which is renowned for its culture, gastronomy, vineyard and wine. Our programme of cultural activities will allow the participants to discover the architecture of Bordeaux (which has the UNESCO World Heritage status), the beautiful sand beaches of the Arcachon bay and the splendors of the Montesquieu castle. Bordeaux is famed for blending academic excellence and pleasure. The package includes the tuition fees for the seminars all taught in English, accommodation, lunches during the study days and the cultural activities costs and transportation.

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