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Åbo Akademi University 2014/2015
LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
course, the student will understand the three main points of
departure within the methodology of comparative law.
Mode of study: Lectures, 12 hours. The lectures may include a
working group assignment presentedduring the lectures. The
student is supposed to develop an essay topic and propose
it to the professor.
Target group: Exchange students and regular students of Åbo
Akademi University and the University of Turku.
Prerequisites: Exchange students need to be pre-approved for
the course. For information on pre-approval, please contact
the international office.
Entry requirements: Registration during first course session.
Form of assessment: Written examination + essay (5 ECTS)
Course literature: Handouts and literature will be defined at
the beginning of the course.
Law and the Internet
3 credits
Intermediate level
Offered: October 2014
Responsible teacher: Professor Katja Lindroos UEF LawSchool,
E-mail:
Learning outcomes: The student will learn to recognize legal
problems and common solutions to legislative concerns trig-
gered by the internet infrastructure. The course offers basic
understanding of jurisdiction and conflicts of laws through
contemporary substantive law issues, such as internet security,
virtual contracting, social media networks, privacy as well as
data protection.
Content: The course offers an overview of international
agreements on solving global issues as well as international
guidelines (soft law) that influence national or EU internet law.
Contracting practices or policy of major global or national
internet service providers are also analyzed and compared.
High profile court cases are contrasted and compared.
Modes of study: The course consists of mandatory lectures 20
hours, assignments (50%) and takehome exam(50%). Lecture
recordings, course materials and assignments are available
on Moodle
The course key will be sent to all selected students at the first
day of lectures.
Study materials: The lectures and course material (articles,
reports and official documents) shared on Moodle, official
legal websites and databases.
Moodle-page opens at first day of lectures.
Savin, Andrej: EU Internet Law, Edward Elgar Publishing 2013,
ISBN 978 1 78100 601 6
Further information: Students from University of Turku or
Åbo Akademi University must register via e-mail (katja.
by September 1- September 15, 2014. Include
name, student number, university and study program in the
registration e-mail. Entry is limited and spots are filled on a
rolling basis. All applicants will be informed of the results by
September 30, 2014. The course can be completed 100%on-
line. Note that the course is available on theMoodle platform
of University of Eastern Finland (link above) to which Turku
students gain entry with their UTU/ÅA username/password
through the HAKA login icon.
Comparative Law in a Changing World
345118.1(exam) and 345118.2 (essay)
5 (+5) credits
Advanced level
Self-study course
Offered: Autumn 2014 and spring 2015
Contact: Markku Suksi, Dr., Professor of Public Law, Åbo Aka-
demi University,
Aim and content: The course aims at training the participant
in various features of different legal orders with respect to
different concepts of comparative lawand trends in the evolu-
tion of comparative law. After the course, the student will be
familiar with different theories of convergence, with recipro-
cal influences between national law and European law, with
the evolution of common law, with the various legal families
and their most salient features, and with manners in which
comparative law can be used in legal research.
Mode of study: No classes; examination (5 ECTS) and an op-
tional essay (5 ECTS) based on literature.
Target group: Exchange students and regular students who
have sufficient prior background in comparative law either
through the course on Comparative Law - Public Law or in
other respects.
Prerequisites: Exchange students need to be pre-approved for
the course. For information on pre-approval, please contact
the international office.
Form of assessment: Written examination (5 ECTS) and op-
tional essay (5 ECTS). Length of the essay: 12-15 pages of text,
font: New Times Roman 12, line space: 1,5, L/Rmargin: 3 cm.
For 345118.: Literature for the exam:
1. Peter de Cruz: Comparative Law in a ChangingWorld (2007),
pp. 1-299, 493-522.
2. Legrand &Munday (eds): Comparative Legal Studies: Tradi-
tions and Transitions (2003), pp. 3-28, 197-239, 345-510.
For 345118.2,
the student should contact the responsible
teacher right after the exam to agree on the topic of the essay.
Course on the European Convention on Human
Rights
346111.0
10 credits
Intermediate/Advanced level, please see prerequisites
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturers: Catarina Krause, Programme Director, Markku
Suksi, Professor
Contact: Catarina Krause,
Aim: The aim of the course is to familiarize the participants
with the protection of human rights offered by the European
Convention onHuman Rights (ECHR) and the European Court
of Human Rights.
Content: The course will cover the historical development
of the European system of the protection of human rights,
the procedure before the European Court of Human Rights,
overviews on various substantive rights of the ECHR as well
as future prospects of the ECHR system. The lectures will build
on a case-based approach in which the participants are ex-
pected to study existing cases as well as solve fictional cases
inworking groups and submit written home assignment(s). A
moot court exercisewill be organized at the end of the course.
Learning outcomes: After the course the participants are
expected to:
.
understand the place of the ECHR in the larger context
of the Council of Europe
.
be familiar with the protection offered by the ECHR
(substantive rights as well as procedure)
.
have a thorough knowledge of the procedure relating
to individual complaints to the European Court of Hu-
man Rights and be able to argue and decide fictive cases
under the Convention.
.
have gained an understanding of the way the Court
argues and decides individual cases by having read a
number of judgments of the Court
.
possess a general understanding of the main issues in
