Comparative Civil Procedure

Level of study: Master

The course «Comparative Civil Procedure» covers different aspects of court organization, types of procedural systems and forms of judicial as well as non-judicial protection existing in the modern global context. It offers analysis of the history and evolution of modern procedural systems, their main particularities and global procedural concepts. The course gives as well an overview of general procedural institutes and their functioning in different types of procedural systems.

The main objectives of the course are the following:

1.     Obtaining knowledge allowing to assess in a correct way the legal environment in which foreign partners of Russian business actors live and act;

2.     Acquiring the skills of professional evolution of perspectives of filing a claim with foreign States’ courts in case of legal disputes;

3.     Familiarization of students with main procedural concepts including those unknown in the Russian legal system;

4.     Learning the  trends of development of the procedural law in the global context.

Syllabus:

 Comparative Civil Procedure (PDF, 350 Кб)