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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1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Law and Criminology

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1 General Courses 10

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The EU and the US Constitutional Orders Compared	1	year	en	Stanislas Adam	4

LLM Lecture Series	1	year	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	3

Seminar: Foreign Chair	1	year	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	3

2 Courses Related to the Main Subject 30

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Comparative Law: Function and Method	1	year	en	Cosmin Cercel	3

Legal Systems of the World	1	year	en	Cosmin Cercel	3

International and European Procedure	1	sem 2	en	Wannes Vandenbussche	4

Private International Law	1	sem 1	en	Jinske Verhellen	5

2.1 Master's Dissertation

15

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	en		15

3 Elective Courses 20

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	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
International and European Environmental Law		sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

Advanced Course on Human Rights		sem 1	en	José Gustavo Prieto Munoz	6

European Criminal Policy		sem 2	en	Gert Vermeulen	6

EU Competition Law		sem 2	en	Stanislas Adam	6

EU External Relations Law		sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

EU Institutional Law		sem 1	en	Erwoan Lannon	6

EU Internal Market Law		sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

The Autonomous EU Legal Order		sem 1	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	6

Air and Space Law		sem 2	en	Mia Wouters	4

Contemporary Issues of IP Law		year	en	Simon Geiregat	3

Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Law		sem 2	en	Nicolas Angelet	4

EU Enlargement and Proximity Relations		sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

EU and the Wider World: Americas, Africa and Asia		sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

EU Banking and Capital Market Law		sem 2	en	Michel Tison	4

European and Comparative Company Law and Corporate Governance		sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

Constitutional Aspects of EU Integration		sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

Selected Issues: European and International Migration Law and Policy		sem 2	en	Ellen Desmet	6

European Labour and Employment Law					4

European Media Law		sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	4

EU Social Law and International Employment		sem 2	en	Yves Jorens	4

EU Trade Policy		sem 1	en	Guillaume Van der Loo	4

International Commercial Arbitration		sem 2	en	Maud Piers	4

International Business Transactions		sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

International Economic Law		sem 2	en	Diederik Bruloot	4

International and European Biodiversity Law		sem 2	en	An Cliquet	4

Law of the Sea		sem 1	en	Klaas Willaert	4

Law of Armed Conflict		sem 1	en	Christian De Cock	4

Selected Issues: Organised Crime		sem 1	en	Jelle Janssens	4

Mergers and Acquisitions		sem 2	en	Hans De Wulf	4

Transport Insurance Law		sem 2	en	Thomas Verheyen	3

Transport Law		sem 2	en	Klaas Willaert	4

European Private Law (Ius Commune)					4

European Law & ICT		sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	4

Human Rights in Developing Countries		sem 2	en	Yves Haeck	5

Human Rights in the Americas				Clara Burbano Herrera	4

Human Rights and Migration Law Clinic	a	year	nl,en	Eva Brems	8

Moot Court International Commercial Arbitration	a	year	en	Maud Piers	12

Moot Court European Law	a	year	en	Inge Govaere	12

Moot Court International Law	a	year	en	Hendrik Schoukens	12

Moot Court Law of Armed Conflicts	a	year	en	Christian De Cock	6

Moot Court Private International Law	a	year	en	Laura Deschuyteneer	6

Data Ethics					4

Healthcare, Innovation and Law					4

Moot Court: Sports Law Arbitration	a	year	en	An Vermeersch	6

Diplomatic Law and Multilateral Negotiations		sem 1	en	Anemoon Soete	6

Contemporary Issues of International and European Law		year	en	Inge Govaere	3

Learning outcomes

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.