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Modernising European Legal Education (MELE) : Innovative Strategies to Address Urgent Cross-Cutting Challenges / / edited by Oskar J. Gstrein, Mareike Fröhlich, Caspar van den Berg, Thomas Giegerich.

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This open access book presents innovative strategies to address cross-cutting topics and foster transversal competences. The modernization of European legal education presents a compelling challenge that calls for enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration among academic disciplines and innovative tea...

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

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