Judicial cooperation in civil matters. International family law of EU 2200-1W127S

1) Private international law: narrow and broad meaning; relations with the field of international civil proceedings: jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

2) Choice-of-law and jurisdictional rules - structure, functions: scope, connecting factors

3) Legal commerce and implementation of Community freedoms: Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

4) Formation of the concept of European private international law: from the 1968 Brussels Convention to the Lisbon Treaty; the role of community / EU case law

5) Competences of the European Union institutions to adopt measures in the field of private international law: art. 81 TFEU

6) Enhanced cooperation as a mechanism used within EU legislation in the field of PPM

7) EU competence to conclude - instead of or in addition to Member States - international agreements in the field of the PIL; analysis of the ECJ opinion on the 2nd Lugano Convention (1/03)

8) Participation of the European Union in the Hague Conference on Private International Law

9) Institutional components of Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters and their relevance to national civil and commercial court systems

10) Theoretical and practical aspects of the operation of the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters: implementation of Council Decision 2001/470 / EC

Type of course

obligatory courses
elective courses

Mode

Classroom

Requirements

Civil Law I
Civil Law II part A
Civil Law II part B

Prerequisites

Civil Procedure
Civil Law I
Civil Law II part A
Civil Law II part B
Commercial Law
The European Union Law

Prerequisites (description)

JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS. The following issues are the subject of the lecture: 1) Private international law: concept, function, methods of regulation; 2) the importance of PPM for the realization of fundamental freedoms and the single market; 3) competences of international organizations - an outline of the issue; 4) historical outline and current state of development of EU competences; 5) competences in the field of PPM, evolution of treaty provisions; 6) EU legislation in the field of PPM; 7) the use of the so-called enhanced cooperation; 8) EU international agreements in the field of private international law, participation in the Hague Conference on Private International Law; 9) contribution of the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice to the development of PPM; 10) Judicial cooperation in civil matters: establishment and operation of the European Judicial Network. EU INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW. The assumption of the lecture is to familiarize students with the basics of the functioning of legal instruments regulating the jurisdiction and jurisdiction of law for cross-border family matters in the European Union. In particular, the following are discussed: 1) the Brussels IIa Regulation (II ter); 2) the relationship between the Regulation and the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions; 3) Regulation No 4/2009 (maintenance) and the 2007 Hague Protocol on the law applicable to maintenance obligations.

Course coordinators

Olga Bobrzyńska
Mateusz Pilich

Learning outcomes

1. Knowledge - the student knows and understands:

(a) the structure of Union private international law and its relationship to national law;

(b) the rules governing the interpretation and application of the EU PPM.

2. Skills - the student is able to:

(a) define the way in which EU private international law is developed and interpreted.

In the field of EU international family law, the student knows and understands the basic rules governing the jurisdiction of the court and the law in cross-border family matters.

Assessment criteria

Active participation in the seminar; reading recommended articles, confirmed by filling in a short questionnaire or speaking with the course instructor

Practical placement

Not foreseen

Bibliography

• N.A. Baarsma, The Europeanisation of International Family Law: The EU Legislature’s Competence, [w:] idem, The Europeanisation of International Family Law, Springer 2011, s. 79-143

• A. Fillers, Implications of Article 81(1) TFEU’s recognition clause for EU conflict of laws rules, “Journal of Private International Law” 2018, 14:3, s. 476, DOI: 10.1080/17441048.2018.1526068

• G.-R. De Groot, J.-J. Kuipers, The New Provisions on Private International Law in the Treaty of Lisbon, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2007, 15:1, s. 109, DOI: 10.1177/1023263X0701500111

• X.E. Kramer, Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters, [w:], P.J. Kuijper, F. Amtenbrink, D. Curtin, B. De Witte, A. McDonnell, S. Van den Bogaert (red.), The Law of the European Union, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International 2018, s. 721

• P. Mostowik, Kwestia przystąpienia przez Polskę do rozporządzenia unijnego Rzym III, „Europejski Przegląd Sądowy” 2016, z. 10, s. 36

• M. Niedźwiedź, P. Mostowik, Wspólnota Europejska jako strona umów międzynarodowych w dziedzinie prawa prywatnego międzynarodowego. Uwagi na tle opinii Trybunału Sprawiedliwości WE w sprawie 1/03, „Problemy Współczesnego Prawa Międzynarodowego, Europejskiego i Porównawczego” 2009, VII: 1, s. 71

• M. Pilich, Europeizacja prawa prywatnego międzynarodowego: cel, ograniczenia, wyzwania, „Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego” 2013, t. 12, s. 53

• M. Pilich, Brexit and EU private international law: May the UK stay in?, “Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law” 2017, 24:3, s. 382, DOI: 10.1177/1023263X17722327

• P. Stone, Private International Law in the European Union, 4th ed., Cheltenham: Elgar European Law 2018

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