(in Polish) Tradition & Future of European Private Law

Particularly welcomed are students who know foreign languages or students who participate/have participated in foreign law schools.

Blended learning

The Law has is located in time. It is applied in present, but since its promulgation it inevitably becomes also part of the past. The Law - to put it another way - has a tradition. It has a certain future, of course, because on of the law's fundamental goals is to protect people from uncertainities brought by the future.

The Private law has a particular chracteristics, because of its timelessness, but also due to its existence beyond the state borders.

This course aims at demonstrating the universality of Private law, its developments and methods of its evaluation nowadays in the national, european and global dimensions.

The Law has is located in time. It is applied in present, but since its promulgation it inevitably becomes also part of the past. The Law - to put it another way - has a tradition. It has a certain future, of course, because on of the law's fundamental goals is to protect people from uncertainities brought by the future.

The Private law has a particular chracteristics, because of its timelessness, but also due to its existence beyond the state borders.

This course aims at demonstrating the universality of Private law, its developments and methods of its evaluation nowadays in the national, european and global dimensions.

• J. Husa, Advanced Introduction to Law & Globalisation, Cheltenham 2018.

• J. Smits, Advanced Introduction to Private Law, Cheltenham 2017.

• Materials provided by the lecturer (i.a. copies of single chapters from the abovementioned publications).

During the course students learn about basic notions with regard to the phenomenon of Law & Globalisation as well as Europeanisation of Private law. The course enables to track and understand the developments in Private law and to make comparisons of legal institutions of Private law. Students understand the impact of relevant lawmaking factors onto the europeanisation and globalisation of law.

• The lecture is held once a week for 90 minutes in a classroom or online.

• The presentation of given topic by the lecturer will be combined with discussion over texts provided prior to the lesson.

• Only 1 unexcused absence is allowed.

• The activity and preparation for the lessons and during the lessons is evaluated.

• Students are ask to write an essay and to present it in the classroom in order to obtain a mark.

• The final note outcome is influenced by following factors: essay & presentation outcome, presence at the lessons and general attitude towards the course.

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