Law
Human Rights Law (4 ECTS credits, 32 academic hours)
Dates: August, 02 - 20
Polina Malkova
Research Fellow:Faculty of Law / Laboratory of International Justice
After a short overview of the historical development of IHRL, the first part of the course will focus on the UN treaties and bodies for the protection of human rights. The second part of the course will be dedicated to the study of the regional systems of protection of human rights. In particular, the course analyze the European Convention on Human Rights and the rights protected therein, such as the right to life, the prohibition of torture, inhumane and degrading treatments, the right to liberty, the right of fair trail, the right to opinion and to freedom of speech, the right to family as well as the prohibition of discrimination etc. Finally, the course will explain the methods of international judicial and quasi- judicial human rights bodies at the universal and regional level.
NEW Conflicts of Fundamental Rights Before Constitutional Courts: A Comparative Perspective
(2 ECTS credits, 16 academic hours)
Dates: June, 28 - July, 9
Tatiana M. Khramova
Associate Professor:Faculty of Law / School of Public Law
The course is designed particularly for students interested in performing comparative research and/or fancying a career in constitutional and human rights litigation, as well as in legislative or judicial bodies. Course prerequisites: Constitutional Law, Introduction to Human Rights.
NEW International Intellectual Property Law (2 ECTS credits, 16 academic hours)
Dates: August, 02 - 20
Veronica E. Fridman
Associate Professor: Faculty of Law /School of Legal Regulation of Business
After a short overview of the historical development of international protection of copyrights and industrial rights, the first part of the course will focus on WIPO administered treaties (Berne, Paris, Madrid, Hague, Lisbon, etc.). The second, practical part of the course is dedicated to the case studies with a focus on protection and enforcement of IP rights.
During studies at this course, each of the students will have an opportunity to enhance their legal writing and legal research skills, as well as practice public speaking.
Each student will receive a task of presenting the case study on the topics provided by or agreed with the course instructor. The presentation forms 0.5 of the overall grade for the course, while remaining 0.5 is attributed to the written exam on the special LMS platform.