Course: European Civil Procedure

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Course title European Civil Procedure
Course code MEP/ECP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrnčiříková Miluše, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Halla Slavomír, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bureš Pavel, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Introduction to the Judicial cooperation in civil matters within the European union and its historical background, sources of law, sources of information (European judicial network, European judicial atlas) 2. The Brussels I regulation - jurisdiction of courts 3. The Brussels I regulation - recognition and enforcement of judgments 4. The European enforcement order (uncontested claims), workshop 5. The Brussels II regulation - jurisdiction of courts 6. The Brussels II regulation - recognition and enforcement of judgments, international child abduction 7. The service of documents within the European Union, The evidence taking within the European Union 8. The introduction to European insolvency law 9. European order for payment procedure, European small claims procedure 10. Maintenance claims within the European procedure 11. The influence of European civil procedure law on the Czech civil procedure law 12. Final conclusions, test

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students basic knowledge concerning current development within the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters between the member states of the European Union. The course is then focused on procedural issues of this cooperation only. Students will acquire information about the so called Brussels system (of recognition and enforcement of judgments), service of judicial and extrajudicial documents within the EU, evidence taking, insolvency proceedings, European payment order, European enforcement order and small claims procedure. Cases of the Court of justice of the European union form integral part of the course.
Students get thorough knowledge of EU regulation o private international law.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Continuous control of knowledge in seminar lessons (reading, tests), seminar paper, colloquium
Recommended literature
  • Set of the reading hand-outs prepared by the department of civil and labor law of the faculty.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): International and European Law (IEL 2019) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer