Modernising European Legal Education (MELE) : : Innovative Strategies to Address Urgent Cross-Cutting Challenges.

• Superior document: European Union and Its Neighbours in a Globalized World Series ; v.10
• Author: Gstrein, Oskar J.
• TeilnehmendeR: öhlich, Mareike.; van den Berg, Caspar.; Giegerich, Thomas.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: European Union and Its Neighbours in a Globalized World Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to Modernising European Legal Education (MELE)-Innovative Strategies to Address Urgent Cross-Cutting Challenges -- 1 Modernising European Legal Education (MELE) -- 2 MELE in a Nutshell -- 3 Overview of the Contents and Findings -- 3.1 Part 1: Law and Education Innovation -- 3.2 Part 2: Law and Gender -- 3.3 Part 3: Law and the Climate Crisis -- 3.4 Part 4: Law and Datafication -- 3.5 Part 5: Law and COVID-19 -- 4 Outlook -- References -- Law and Education Innovation -- Transversal Competences in Legal Studies: A Summary of the Modernising European Legal Education (MELE) Project Survey Results -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Qualifications and Their Development as Perceived by the Faculties' Management -- 3 The Transversal Competencies in View of the Teaching Staff -- 3.1 Demographics -- 3.2 Importance Versus Development of Transversal Skills -- 4 Conclusions -- Human Trafficking and the Law: The Importance of Interdisciplinarity in Learning and Teaching -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Law Outside the Vacuum-Some Context -- 2.1 The Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 2.2 Covid-19 -- 3 The Case for Interdisciplinarity -- 4 Putting It into Practice-'Global Human Trafficking' Case Study -- 4.1 International Law -- 4.2 Globalisation -- 4.3 Migration -- 4.4 Gender -- 4.5 Crime -- 4.6 Assessment and Outcomes -- 4.7 Some Reflections -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Civil and Procedural Law Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Transversal View -- 1 The Scope of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) -- 2 The Correspondence of the SDGS with Various Institutions of Civil and Procedural Law -- 3 Measures for the Adaptation of the SDGS in Civil and Procedural Law -- 3.1 Civil and Procedural Measures that Contribute to Achieving SDG 1 in Order to End Poverty Situations.

3.2 The Guarantee Contained in SDG 1, Target 4, Regarding Access to the Property, Inheritance and Economic Services -- 3.3 Gender Equality in Civil Institutions and the Process: Adapting SDGs 5 and 10 -- 3.4 Achieving SDGs 10, Target 2 and 16, Target 3: Equality for Persons with Disabilities in the Exercise of Their Legal Capacity -- 3.5 Promoting Innovation in SDG 9, Sustainable Production in SDG 12 and Health and Well-Being in SDG 3 Through the Defence of Industrial Property -- 3.6 The Guarantee of Equal Access to Justice in SDG 16 -- 3.7 Recovering and Returning Stolen Assets and Combating All Forms of Organised Crime Recognised in SDG 16, Target 4 -- 3.8 Access to Legal Identity, Including Through Birth Registration SDG 16, Target 9 -- 3.9 Measures Ensuring Public Access to Information and the Protection of Fundamental Freedoms in SDG 16, Target 10 -- 3.10 The Cross-Cutting Value of Environmental Protection in SDGs 6, 7, 13, 14 and 15 -- 4 Teaching Transversal Competencies in Civil and Procedural Law Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) -- 4.1 The Introduction of Sustainability in University Studies -- 4.2 The SDGs in Cross-Curricular Learning in the Subjects of Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law -- References -- The Challenges Involved in Teaching About the Rule of Law as a Fundamental Value of the EU System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Is There an EU-Specific Version of the Rule of Law? -- 2.1 The Constituent Elements of the Rule of Law as a Fundamental Value of the EU System -- 3 The Challenge of Crafting a 'Core' Curriculum for the EU Law- and EU Studies-Related Courses -- 3.1 The Essential Methodological Toolkit for Teaching EU Law and EU Studies More Broadly -- 4 The Topic of the Rule of Law in EU Law- and EU Studies-Related Course Curricula -- 4.1 The Importance of Teaching Students About How the Rule of Law Works and How to Apply It.

4.2 Best Practices for Teaching on the Rule of Law in a European Educational Setting -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Building Transversal Skills and Competences in Legal Education -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sample -- 3 Main Findings and Discussion -- 3.1 Students' Assessment: Transversal Competences at the Faculty and Outside It -- 3.2 Students' Assessment of Representation of Teaching Methods -- 3.3 Transversal Competences Outside Regular Forms of Teaching -- 4 Conclusion and Recommendation -- References -- Environmental Law and Cross-Cutting Challenges in Legal Education: Sharing Developments in Croatia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Legal Regulation of Environmental Protection in the European Union and Legal Education -- 3 Environmental Law in the Study Programmes in the Republic of Croatia -- 3.1 Josip Juraj Stossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law Osijek -- 3.2 University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law -- 3.3 University of Split, Faculty of Law -- 3.4 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law -- 4 Survey on the Attitudes of Students -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Combining Simulations and Live-Client Clinics in Addressing Cross-Cutting Topics: The Best of Both Worlds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Scene: Student-Centred Approach to Legal Education -- 2.1 Brief Overview of Teaching Methods -- 2.2 Clinical Legal Education as the Most Effective Form of Experiential Learning -- 3 Forms of Clinical Legal Education at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb -- 3.1 Law Clinic Zagreb: Integral Live-Client Clinic -- 3.2 Legal Counselling and Client Interview Simulations -- 4 Combination of Clinical Methods as the Best Way to Address the Cross-Cutting Topics -- 5 It is All About the Timing: What is the Right Moment to Expose Students to These Teaching Methods? -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Law and Gender.

Gendering Political Participation in Germany and Beyond: Should Quotas Ensure Gender Parity in Parliaments? -- 1 Introduction: The Gender Gap in Political Empowerment -- 2 Enactment of Political Gender Parity Laws at Constituent State Level in Germany -- 2.1 Unsuccessful Attempts in Thuringia and Brandenburg in 2019 -- 2.2 A New Advance in Bavaria in 2023 -- 3 Federal Constitutional Limits on Gender Quotas at Constituent State Level? -- 4 Federal Constitutional Court Cases on Gender Quotas Concerning Political Participation -- 5 Gender Quotas in Other European Countries and on the European Regional Level of Government -- 5.1 France, Sweden, Italy and Spain -- 5.2 No Gender Parity Rule in EU Law Yet -- 5.3 European Court of Human Rights and Council of Europe -- 6 Global Level: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women -- 7 Conclusion: Political Gender Parity and Legal Education -- References -- Gender Perspectives in European Economic Law -- 1 Introduction: Different Levels of Influence -- 2 Gender Perspectives in the Business/Company Context -- 2.1 Quota in Company Boards -- 2.2 Promoting Female Entrepreneurship -- 3 Gender Perspectives in the Regulatory Field -- 3.1 Competition Law -- 3.2 Public Procurement Law -- 3.3 State Aid Law -- 4 Gender Perspectives in the Economic Policy-Making -- 4.1 Global Value Chain Responsibility -- 4.2 Gender Issues in Free Trade Agreements -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Law and the Climate Crisis -- Climate Change and Working Time: A Complex Challenge -- 1 Introduction: Working Time as a Changing Factor -- 2 Climate Change and Its Effects on Employment -- 3 Are We Contributing to a just Transition by Rethinking Working Time? -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Ecocide, a New Legal Figure Under Construction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origin of the Concept and Relationship to Genocide.

3 Towards International Punishment of Serious Environmental Crimes -- 4 Ecocide as an International Crime -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Law and Datafication -- Ok Google or Not Ok Google?-Voice Assistants and the Protection of Privacy in Families -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief Introduction to the Functioning of Voice Assistants -- 3 The Legal Framework in the Context of the Use of Voice Assistants -- 3.1 The Use of a Smart Speaker and the Right to Privacy as a Human Right -- 3.2 Concretisation of the Right to Privacy in Legislation Relating to Children -- 3.3 Specific Legislation Governing the Online Sector -- 4 Lessons Learned from Private Video and Audio Surveillance? -- 4.1 Services Directly Aimed at Children -- 4.2 Case Law on Dash-Cams -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Reevaluating Main Concepts of Intellectual Property in the Light of AI-Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 AI-Challenges for Patent and Copyright Law -- 3 Copyright Law-The Concept of Authorship and AI -- 3.1 Nature of AI-Outputs -- 3.2 Human-Centric Copyright -- 4 Final Remarks -- References -- Inheritance Law in the Twenty-First Century: New Circumstances and Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Digital Assets -- 3 Digital Assets and Inheritance Law -- 3.1 Digital Assets Stored on Electronic Devices, Created by the Owner -- 3.2 Digital Assets Stored on Online Platforms' Servers -- 3.3 Digital Assets Purchased from ISPs -- 3.4 Cryptocurrencies -- 4 Digital Inheritance and the Law School Curriculum -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Law and COVID-19 -- Racial Discrimination and COVID-19 in the European Union -- 1 Introductory Remarks -- 2 Tackling the Issue of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination from the Perspectives of Legal Mechanisms in the European Union -- 2.1 Legal Framework in the European Union -- 2.2 Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

3 The Issue of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in the European Union as the Existing Issue "Beyond the Law".