Legal Studies

This course explores and discusses the general principles and the key instruments of international intellectual property law. It also discusses the challenges of solving international intellectual property disputes before state courts or other dispute settlement bodies (including arbitration and alternative dispute resolution systems). It offers an opportunity to analyze substantive intellectual property law issues, procedural law and enforcement issues (including conflict of laws in intellectual property disputes) from a comparative perspective in the light of international legal instruments (specifically WIPO and WTO materials) and of case law coming from various legal systems (particularly North America, Europe, and Asia). The course is open to students who have basic knowledge of intellectual property law and is designed for advanced law students.

This course examines  the history and foundational institutions and principles that underpin the Australian legal system. It covers current legal issues in Australia, and explores these in critical and comparative perspectives. 

This course considers both the theoretical and practical questions which arise in this evolving area of the law. Initially, the course examines the role of the media in a constitutional democracy. The constitutional protection of the media in Ireland is compared with similar regimes in other jurisdictions with particular emphasis on the jurisprudence of the European Convention of Human Rights. The course addresses a number of specific areas of media law. Lectures deal with topics such as privacy, contempt of court, the protection of journalistic sources, obscenity, blasphemy, and the regulatory regimes in Ireland and in the EU. Throughout the course, lectures explore the issues raised by the rise of new media forms like the internet.
 

This course examines the legal framework and regulatory systems which underlie all business activity and the legal implications of commercial conduct. It covers the Australian legal system and key areas of substantive business law including contracts, torts (in particular negligence and privacy), property and securities, white collar crime, intellectual property, competition and consumer law (in particular advertising, product liability and unfair contracts), business structures and operations, misleading and unconscionable conduct and dispute resolution.

This course introduces arbitration as a procedural alternative to litigation. Different types of arbitration coexist for the settlement of a wide array of disputes in the transnational realm. Four types are studied in this course: commercial, investment, sports, and public international arbitration. Notwithstanding their evident distinctive features (e.g. involved parties, applicable law etc.), this course—on the procedural level—highlights common features and the challenges which they all face. Solutions to these challenges are nowadays no longer sought only in isolated reform and policy initiatives focusing on only one of these types of arbitration. Rather, global solutions and trends emerge for instance as regards the fight for corruption or the increasing demand for accountability and transparency of arbitral decision-making. Students identify and study the legal steps of the arbitral process from the signing of the arbitration agreement to the enforcement of the final award. While the course centers on procedural aspects, the provided materials and class discussions evidently offer insight into the substantive side of these disputes. Each session first provides an overview to foster a holistic understanding of the key procedural principles and dynamics at play. Subsequently, class discussion delves into a curated selection of materials encompassing all of the studied types of arbitration. Concurrently, students engage in a practical arbitration moot exercise, focusing on a range of procedural issues within a simulated arbitration framework. Working collaboratively in teams, students develop written arguments and present them before a fictitious Arbitral Tribunal during the final session of the course.

This course teaches how a common law jurisdiction like the United States approach the problem of torts—accidental and other harms that occur between private individuals and how this law has developed and changed over the years.

This course focuses on trust law in Taiwan and under English law. The first half of the course focuses on general legal framework and doctrines of trust law under English law (from which trust law originates) and Taiwan law. The second half of the course focuses on the application of trust. Through case studies and voluntary group/individual presentations, the course reviews different potential applications of trust in the market.

This is an introduction to the fundamental importance of law in everyday commerce in the common law world. The course deals with the common law approach to law, its creation, dynamic development, and practical application to business, focusing on two of the most important areas regulating business obligations: contract law and negligence. It also deals with risk evaluation and the capacity to influence, develop, and change the law itself. 

In this course, students study the contested dynamics of police-work and policing, classic and contemporary research on policing, and nature of contemporary debates on policing and the police.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course provides detailed knowledge of 12 major areas of corporate law, including references to comparative and European aspects.

The course covers the following topics:

1. introduction to corporate law;

2. corporate forms and incorporation;

3. separate legal personality;

4. limited shareholder liability;

5. shares and shareholders' rights;

6. the general meeting;

7. the board of directors;

8. directors' duties;

9. legal capital;

10. corporate groups.

At the end of the course, students: understand the structure and function of corporate law; possess an in-depth knowledge of the principles applicable to 12 areas of corporate law; understand differences between corporate laws of three jurisdictions; are familiar with corporate law practice through case analysis.