Private International Law

Code:

D406

Acronym:

DIP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2003/2004 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
D	88	Official Study Plan - LD	5	-	7	-

Objectives

1. On the aim of Private International Law (PIL): international private relations.
2. On the various modes of regulating international private relations. Rules for conflict of laws in space.
3. Definition of the scope of the course.
4. General outline of historical development of PIL.
5. Contemporary orientations of PIL.
6. PIL and other subjects in law.

Program

PART I - GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE PORTUGUESE LAW OF CONFLICTS

CHAPTER I - Sources, applying bodies, aim, function and nature of rules of conflicts

CHAPTER II - General structure of rules of conflicts

CHAPTER III - Interpretation and application of rules of conflicts

CHAPTER IV - On the element of connection

CHAPTER V - Remission to complex legal systems

CHAPTER VI - Devolution or returning

CHAPTER VII - Fraud in obtaining judgment in PIL

CHAPTER VIII - The preserve of international public order

CHAPTER IX - Qualification in PIL

CHAPTER X - Status of foreign law

PART II - SPECIAL SECTION ON THE PORTUGUESE LAW OF CONFLICTS

CHAPTER I - Introduction
CHAPTER II - Basic aspects of Portuguese law on norms of conflict of laws

§ 1st – Persons
§ 2nd – Legal act
§ 3rd - Obligations
§ 4th - Rights in rem and intellectual property
§ 5th - Family relations
§ 6th - Succession

PART III - ON THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN PUBLIC ACTS ON PRIVATE RIGHTS

CHAPTER I - Introduction

CHAPTER II - On the effects of foreign judgments on private rights

PART IV - ON INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ARBITRATION

Main Bibliography

A. MARQUES DOS SANTOS, Direito Internacional Privado ─ Introdução ─ I Volume, Lisbon, AAFDL, 2001.

A. MARQUES DOS SANTOS, Direito Internacional Privado ─ Sumários, reimpressão, Lisbon, AAFDL, 1999.

A. MARQUES DOS SANTOS, Direito Internacional Privado ─ Colectânea de textos legislativos de fonte interna e internacional, 2nd edition, Coimbra, Almedina (in preparation for publication).

A. FERRER CORREIA, Lições de Direito Internacional Privado ─ I, Coimbra, Almedina, 2000.

J. BAPTISTA MACHADO, Lições de Direito Internacional Privado, 2nd edition, reimpressão, Coimbra, Almedina, 1999.

L. LIMA PINHEIRO, Direito Internacional Privado ─ Volume I ─ Introdução e Direito de Conflitos ─ Parte Geral, Coimbra, Almedina, 2001.

L. LIMA PINHEIRO, Direito Internacional Privado ─ Parte Especial (Direito de Conflitos), Coimbra, Almedina, 1999.