Master of Laws in International and European Law (International and National Legal Orders)
The International and National Legal Orders specialisation offers the broadest spectrum of options available for students with an international career or research orientation in comparative law. It allows students to hand-pick course units from a wealth of topics of European (EU) or international relevance, enabling them to put together a curriculum tailored to their personal interests and career needs. This flexibility is balanced out by the presence of a solid basis in the form of carefully selected mandatory course units on national and international legal systems and their interplay.
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Off to a good start
After graduation
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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1
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year
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en
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Stanislas Adam
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4
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1
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year
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en
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Peter Van Elsuwege
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3
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1
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year
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en
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Peter Van Elsuwege
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3
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| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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1
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year
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en
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Cosmin Cercel
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3
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1
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year
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en
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Cosmin Cercel
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3
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1
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sem 2
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en
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Wannes Vandenbussche
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4
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1
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sem 1
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en
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Jinske Verhellen
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5
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| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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1
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year
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en
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15
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Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list, with no more than 1 cours with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
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sem 1
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en
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An Cliquet
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6
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sem 1
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en
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José Gustavo Prieto Munoz
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6
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sem 2
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en
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Gert Vermeulen
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6
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sem 2
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en
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Stanislas Adam
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6
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sem 1
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en
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Inge Govaere
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6
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sem 1
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en
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Erwoan Lannon
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6
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sem 1
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en
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Inge Govaere
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6
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sem 1
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en
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Peter Van Elsuwege
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6
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sem 2
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en
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Mia Wouters
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4
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year
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en
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Simon Geiregat
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3
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sem 2
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en
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Nicolas Angelet
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Erwoan Lannon
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Erwoan Lannon
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Michel Tison
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Hans De Wulf
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Erwoan Lannon
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Ellen Desmet
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6
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Eva Lievens
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Yves Jorens
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Guillaume Van der Loo
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Maud Piers
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Hans De Wulf
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Diederik Bruloot
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4
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sem 2
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en
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An Cliquet
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Klaas Willaert
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Christian De Cock
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4
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sem 1
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en
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Jelle Janssens
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Hans De Wulf
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Thomas Verheyen
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3
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sem 2
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en
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Klaas Willaert
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4
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Eva Lievens
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4
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sem 2
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en
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Yves Haeck
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5
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Clara Burbano Herrera
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4
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a
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year
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nl,en
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Eva Brems
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8
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a
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year
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en
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Maud Piers
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12
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a
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year
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en
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Inge Govaere
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12
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a
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year
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en
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Hendrik Schoukens
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12
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a
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year
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en
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Christian De Cock
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6
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a
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year
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en
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Laura Deschuyteneer
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6
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4
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4
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a
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year
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en
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An Vermeersch
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6
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sem 1
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en
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Anemoon Soete
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6
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year
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en
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Inge Govaere
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3
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Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)
- Have thorough knowledge of the structures, systematics and mainlines of international and different national legal orders
- Have in-depth knowledge of international and national legal orders.
- Possess knowledge of current discussions and problems relating to international and national legal orders.
- Have knowledge of a number of scientific disciplines that complement the study of international and national legal orders
- Be able to independently and critically integrate these complementary disciplines in the analysis of multidisciplinary questions.
- Possess knowledge of the concepts and methods of the analysis of legal problems that transgress the boundaries of specific areas of the law.
- The ability to use, with scientific rigor, legal texts in English in the process of analysing and solving complex problems.
- Formulating a defensible legal reasoning in order to analyse and solve complex legal problems.
- The ability to formulate independently and to answer a scientific research question, or to operationalize and answer a given research question.
- Identifying and qualifying relevant legal facts and to adequately and critically formulate legal issues in complex cases.
- Having knowledge and insight into the comparative study of law.
- Being able to assess correctly the value of legal sources and an analysis of these sources.
- Being able to make comparative analysis of legal concepts originating from different legal systems.
- Having the courage to formulate a creative legal opinion based on analysis and logical reasoning.
- Assimilating new and/or evolving legal rules through self-study and an being open towards permanent innovation of legal knowledge and thinking.
- Having the attitude of independent study, lifelong learning and professional growth.
- Reflecting critically on legal rules de lega lata and to formulate proposals de lega ferenda.
- The ability to write a clear scientific legal text or a clear text intended for legal practice, adapted to the target public.
- The ability to give an oral presentation and a legally reasoned defence of an assigned or a personal opinion, adapted to the target public.
- The ability to work, individually or in team, on the scientific analysis and synthesis of a complex legal question with a sense of responsibility and deontology.
- Having an open attitude towards insights of colleagues, also from other areas of expertise, in the approach of legal and multidisciplinary questions.
- Participation in academic activities in the field of international and European law and its complementary sciences.
- Having an open attitude towards and knowledge of the basic techniques of alternative dispute resolution, such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration.
- Awareness of the social responsibility of lawyers, also with regard to sustainable development issues.
- Ability to assess the legal implications of new social and technological evolutions for the practice and science of law.
- Respect for integrity, deontology, and the competence to integrate these norms in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.
- Creative integration of social engagement in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.
- Integration of cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity, pluralism and tolerance in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.