Private International Law 2200-1K013-ERA

The course is conducted within the “Integrated Teaching & Learning Development Programme – ZIP 2.0”, which is co-financed by the European Social Fund – the European Funds for Social Development Programme 2021–2027 (FERS) (contract no.: FERS.01.05-IP.08-0365/23-00).

Course coordinators

Adam Opalski
Mateusz Pilich

Type of course

elective courses
elective monographs
optional courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Students taking part in the course know and understand basic notions of civil law (e.g. a contract, a tort/delict) and some institutions of international civil procedure (e.g. jurisdiction, recongnition and enforcement of foreign judgments) being in force in their countries of origin. They are aware of the existence of differences between systems of law of various States. They have finished the basic course of the law of the European Union, they are acquainted with the general structure of the legal system of the EU, the legal status of the EU Regulations, and the impact of the ECJ case law on the law of the Member States.

Learning outcomes

Students know and understand the basic notions of Private International Law; they are ready to learn how to apply its rules in practice.

Assessment criteria

Students are examined at the end of the course in the test form (single choice test) on the e-learning platform. Credits according to the standard grading scale of the University of Warsaw (foreign students later have them transformed into the international scale of the Erasmus programme). Current evaluation is not foreseen.

Practical placement

Unavailable

Bibliography

Basic sources:
- Polish Act of 4 Feb., 2011 on Private International Law (unofficial English translation prepared by the course instructors)
- A. Wysocka-Bar, E. Kamarad, Private International Law in Poland, Alphen aan den Rijn 2020

Supplementary materials:
- M. Pilich, Private international law: Collected Lectures, available on the Kampus e-learning platform
- English abstracts of cases before the Supreme Court (chosen and translated by the teachers)

Older literature items (concerning the repealed 1965 PIL Act):
- D. Lasok, The Polish System of Private International Law, Amer. J. Comp. Law. 1966-67, 330-351
- A. Mączyński, Polish Private International Law, Yb. Priv. Int'l Law 2004, 203-220
- J. Rajski, The New Polish Private International Law, Int'l & Comp. L. Quart. 1966, s. 457-469