• Introduction

1. The object of International Private Law
2. The sources of International Private Law
3. Focus on EU International Private Law

• PART A: THE INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION OF JUDGES

Chap. 1: General rules

1. In civil and commercial matters
2. In disunity and child custody matters

Chap. 2: Some adjustments

1. The prorogation of jurisdiction
2. The concentration of the dispute in a sole jurisdiction

• PART B: THE APPLICABLE LAW

Chap. 1: The main method: bilateral conflictual rules

1. Definition
2. Qualification of the dispute
3. The application of the foreign law
4. Exemptions

Chap. 2: Alternative methods

1. Unilateral rules
2. Recognition of situations
3. The elimination of the conflictual methods

Chap. 3: Examples with the Rome Regulations

1. Contracts
2. Torts

• PART C: ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS

Chap. 1: Mutual recognition of judgments in the EU

1. The former systems
2. The new proceedings in Brussels I Bis and Brussels II Ter Regulations

Chap. 2: Focus on two grounds for refusal

1. Disrespect of an exclusive jurisdiction
2. Ordre public

• Resolve conflicts of jurisdiction and conflicts of law according to EU law
• Determine if a judgment from a Member State can be recognised in another EU State
• Use the corresponding legal vocabulary
• Have insights on autonomous notions from EU International Private Law

• 1st session : Continuous assessment in class
• Resist session : Written exam in class