Master of Laws in International and European Law (International Business Law)
The LLM in International Business Law is a flagship programme for students seeking to specialise in the international legal aspects of business practice in our globalising world. While allowing a degree of personal choice, it steers students towards the key legal building blocks of international business law, guaranteeing an advanced degree with real added value in a business-oriented career.
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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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sem 2
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en
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Michel Tison
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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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Hans De Wulf
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4
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1
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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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1
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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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| 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 19 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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Inge Govaere
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6
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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 1
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en
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An Cliquet
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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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Peter Van Elsuwege
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6
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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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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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Diederik Bruloot
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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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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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Ellen Desmet
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6
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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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Laura Deschuyteneer
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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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Marc De Vos
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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)
- Possess an advanced knowledge of international business law, its rules, concepts, and core principles as well as the central institutions.
- Have, where appropriate, a basic knowledge of the relevant parts of other scientific domains such as economics, finance and politics.
- Have special and applied knowledge about disciplines of dispute resolution with an international dimension, such as international commercial arbitration and some familiarity with negotiation techniques.
- Have knowledge of the interplay between national, EU and international legal rules and institutions as relevant for the business context.
- Have knowledge of political, economic, cultural… background to issues of the regulation and organization of international business.
- 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.