Rechtswissenschaft

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 1

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  • 095927 Sprachpraktische Übung
    European and German Company Law (Christian Armbrüster)
    Zeit: Mi 09:30-12:45 (Erster Termin: 15.10.2025)
    Ort: III Hörsaal (Vant-Hoff-Str. 8)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    WICHTIG: Die Veranstaltung ist für Studierende ab dem 3. Fachsemester geeignet.

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    Course Description

    In any state companies are essential market players. In the European Union, the rules which

    govern important types of companies have been gradually harmonized, in some cases – in particular with regard to corporations as opposed to partnerships – to a large extent. In addition, some independent company types have been developed at the European level. At the same time Member States continue to keep their own rules in those areas of company law which are not (or not yet) governed by EU law. For instance, German company law is still partly dominated by rules that are in some respects different from those of other Member States, e.g. with regard to partnerships.

    The course mainly aims at offering orientation on EU company law. However, subjects include an introduction to the functions and general principles of company law and some orientation on German company law as well. In addition a guest speaker will be invited to offer an intervention on basics and recent developments of Italian company law.

    Active oral participation of students in class will be encouraged. Any prior insight in the basic structures of company law will be helpful but this is not requested.

    The course will cover the following topics:

    • European Legislation on National Company Law
    • Publicity of Company Data
    • Capital Maintenance
    • Mergers and Divisions
    • Financial Accounting
    • European Companies
    • Private International Law
    • Golden Shares
    • German Company Law (Overview)
    • The German Public Limited Company (AG)
    • The German Private Limited Company (GmbH)
    Reading suggestions: There will be comprehensive presentations available during and after

    the respective units. For those who wish to consult a textbook in addition you might consider one of the following: Nicola de Luca, European Company Law. Text, cases and materials, Cambridge University Press, 2^nd ed. 2021 or Andrea Vicari, European Company Law, de Gruyter, 2021

    This course is recommended to Themis students

    Course Type:

    Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week. The course will be taught as a block of 4 hrs per

    week from Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 until 3 Dec 2025. Please note that classes start at 9:30am sharp in lecture hall III in Van’t-Hoff-Strasse 8.

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

    Exam:

    There will be a written final exam on 3 December 2025. Details will follow in class.

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in every winter semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 10

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  • 10152106 Seminaristischer Unterricht
    The Law and Economics of Public Companies (Jochen Bigus, Andreas Engert)
    Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 16.10.2025)
    Ort: Do HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37), Do K 005 Seminarraum UG (Garystr. 21)
    

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 11

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  • 095922 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Introduction au Droit Civil Français (Maud Troalen)
    Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 13.10.2025)
    Ort: 2216 Übungsraum (am 13.10.25 online per Webex)
    

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    Course Description:

    Ce cours s’adresse à des étudiantes et étudiants ayant suivi la formation relative à la terminologie juridique française et qui souhaitent acquérir des connaissances complémentaires approfondies en droit civil français.
    
    Le but du cours est d’étudier de façon non exhaustive certains principes fondamentaux du droit civil afin de permettre aux étudiants de se familiariser de façon concrète avec le droit civil français. Les étudiants apprendront également à se familiariser avec la lecture du Code Civil français, ainsi que des décisions de jurisprudences, outils nécessaires à la compréhension du droit civil.

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

    Course Type:

    Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week

    Exam:

    Les conditions de l’obtention du certificat sont une participation orale active ainsi que la réussite d’un test écrit.

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in every semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 12

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  • 095928 Sprachpraktische Übung
    International Law, Empire and Resistance (Anna Hankings-Evans)
    Zeit: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.10.2025)
    Ort: 4405 Übungsraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

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    Course Description

    This course critically examines the intersection of international law, imperialism, and resistance movements across the globe. It delves into the historical, political, and economic dynamics that shape international legal frameworks, their relationship with imperialism, and the strategies employed by marginalized communities to resist and contest such structures. Drawing from historical and contemporary case studies, the course explores the ways in which colonial legacies continue to manifest within modern international legal systems, challenging legal concepts such as sovereignty, economic self-determination, human rights, and environmental justice.

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

    Exam

    There will be a written exam.

    Frequency

    The course will be held at irregular intervals.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 18

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  • 095910 Übung
    Model United Nations: Climate, Peace and Security (Peggy Wittke)
    Zeit: Mi 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 15.10.2025)
    Ort: 4404 Übungsraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

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    Keine selbständige Anmeldung über Campus Management. Bitte wenden Sie sich direkt an die/den Dozierenden bzw. die Kontaktperson.

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    Information and Schedule

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 19

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  • 095909 Übung
    Model European Union (Peggy Wittke)
    Zeit: Do 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.10.2025)
    Ort: 4404 Übungsraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

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    Anmeldung zu der Veranstaltung

    Keine selbständige Anmeldung über Campus Management. Bitte wenden Sie sich direkt an die/den Dozierenden bzw. die Kontaktperson.

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    Information and Schedule

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 2

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  • 095923 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Comparative European Contract Law (Juri Strauß)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 18.10.2025)
    Ort: 2213 Übungsraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

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    Platzbeschränkte Veranstaltung. Informationen zur Anmeldung lesen Sie bitte hier.

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    Course Description

    This course deals with recent developments in Contract Law within the EU. Subjects include legislation and leading cases on essential questions such as conclusion of contract, contractual liability and anti-discrimination in EU member states. The discussion on a future European Contract Law that has recently been put into focus by the publication of a Common Frame of Reference (CFR) shall be dealt with as well. This course is recommended to Themis students.

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management

    Course Type:

    Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week

    Exam:

    There will be a written final examination.

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in winter semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 21

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  • 095931 Sprachpraktische Übung
    EU Competition Law (Fatih Buğra Erdem)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 14.10.2025)
    Ort: Online - zeitABhängig
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

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    Course Content

    Within the scope of this course, basic concepts of EU competition law will be examined along with the recent decisions by the EU Commission.
    • Historical Development of EU Competition Law
    • Importance of Competition Law
    • The Comparison between EU and US Competition Laws
    • Introduction to Basic Concepts to Competition Law
    • Legal Framework for Competition Law: Public and Private Enforcement
    • Agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices (Article 101 TFEU)
    • Horizontal Agreements
    • Vertical Agreements
    • Exemptions (Article 101(3) TFEU)
    • Abuse of Dominant Position 1 (Article 102 TFEU): Exclusionary practices: product design, interoperability, tying, bundling
    • Abuse of Dominant Position 2 (Article 102 TFEU): use and abuse of regulatory procedures, excessive royalties, exploitative abuses
    • Microsoft and Google Decisions of EU Commission
    • Sector-Based Assessments in Competition Law
    • Mergers in Competition Law
    • Sanctions of Competition Infringement
    • Compensation Claims in the Competition Law

    Learning Objectives

    The aim of the course is to teach students how to evaluate current debates on EU competition law within the framework of EU Law.

    It is expected from participants to conceptualise main concepts of EU competition law and consequently, to be furnished with the ability of holding fundamental discussions in this manner.

    Suggested Readings

    Viktoria Robertson, ‘Competition Law’s Innovation Factor’ (Hart, 2020)
    Maurice Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi, ‘Competition Overdose: How Free Market Mythology Transformed Us from Citizen Kings to Market Servants’ (HarperCollins, 2020)
    Alison Jones and Brenda Sufrin, EU Competition Law Text, Cases and Materials (Oxford University Press)
    Geoffrey Manne and Joshua Wright, Competition Policy and Patent Law under Uncertainty: Regulating Innovation (Cambridge)
    Richard Whish and David Bailey, Competition Law (Oxford University Press)
    Fatih Bugra Erdem, The Suppression of Innovation: Testing the Open Nature of Article 102 (Onikilevha)

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

    Exam:

    There will be a written final examination.

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in this semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 22

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  • 091501 Vorlesung
    Einführung in die Rechtsordnung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Tobias Growe)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 28.11.2025)
    Ort: 1122 Seminarraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

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    Inhalt

    Das Modul bietet den Studierenden einen einführenden Überblick über das Rechtssystem der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die systematische Aufteilung in Zivilrecht, Öffentliches Recht und Strafrecht wird erläutert. Die Grundlagen dieser drei Rechtsgebiete werden vermittelt, und zwar sowohl das materielle als auch das jeweilige Verfahrensrecht. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei im Öffentlichen Recht und den Grundzügen der Verfassung. In diesem Zusammenhang wird neben einer ausführlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den einzelnen Grundrechten schließlich auch das Handeln des Staates, insbesondere durch Verwaltungsakt, dargestellt. Das Privatrecht als Instrument der privatautonomen Gestaltung rechtlicher Beziehungen zwischen Personen wird in seinen Grundzügen dargestellt. Außerdem werden wichtige Charakteristika des materiellen Strafrechts sowie wesentliche Merkmale des Strafverfahrens erörtert. Ebenso wird in die Methode der Interpretation von Gesetzestexten eingeführt. Historische sowie aktuelle rechtspolitische Bezüge werden regelmäßig hergestellt und erläutert.

    Anmeldung zu der Veranstaltung

    Anmeldung erfolgt über Campus Management

    Prüfung:

    90-min. Klausur

    Häufigkeit des Angebots:

    Die Veranstaltung wird voraussichtlich in jedem Semester angeboten.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 27

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  • 095171 Seminaristischer Unterricht
    Der Eichmann-Prozess – Massenmord, Schuld und Völkerrecht (Stephan Malinowski)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.10.2025)
    Ort: 2212 Übungsraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Die LV kann unter "Fakultatives Lehrangebot im SB 1 und SB 7" gebucht werden.

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Teilnahmepflichtige und pltzbeschränkte Lehrveranstaltung

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    Inhalte

    Der Jerusalemer Eichmann-Prozess von 1961 zählt zu den bedeutendsten Strafprozessen des 20. Jahrhunderts – juristisch, politisch, moralisch sowie durch seine massenmediale Verbreitung und Interpretation der letzten sechzig Jahre. Im Zentrum dieser Veranstaltung steht die umfassende Auseinandersetzung mit dem historischen Verfahren gegen Adolf Eichmann, einen SS-Offizier und Organisator der systematischen Entrechtung und Ermordnung der Juden Europas.

    Aus historischer Perspektive analysieren wir die Vorgeschichte des Prozesses – vom Agieren und von der Flucht Eichmanns über die spektakuläre Entführung durch den israelischen Geheimdienst von Argentinien nach Israel bis hin zur internationalen Debatte über die Zuständigkeit israelischer Gerichte. Juristisch werden Fragen des materiellen Strafrechts, des Völkerstrafrechts, eines fairen Verfahrens, sowie die Definition und Justiziabilität von Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit und Genozid beleuchtet.

    Ein Schwerpunkt liegt zudem auf der Frage nach individueller Schuld und Verantwortlichkeit innerhalb staatlich organisierten Verbrechensstrukturen der NS-Diktatur – ein Thema, das bis heute zentrale Bedeutung in der strafrechtlichen Aufarbeitung systemischer Gewaltverbrechen besitzt. Darüber hinaus werden Aspekte wie die juristische Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen in der Bundesrepublik, die Rolle von Zeugenaussagen im Prozess und die mediale Rezeption des Verfahrens thematisiert.

    Zielgruppe

    Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Jurastudierende aller Semester, die über die juristischen Fachgrenzen hinausblicken und verstehen möchten, wie Strafrecht, Völkerrecht und historische Verantwortung ineinandergreifen – am Beispiel eines Prozesses, der die juristische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Holocaust weltweit geprägt hat und bis heute von Bedeutung ist.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 3

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  • 095925 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Freedom of Expression: Comparative Perspectives (Amy Lai)
    Zeit: Di 18:00-20:00 (Erster Termin: 14.10.2025)
    Ort: Online - zeitABhängig
    

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    Course Description

    This course will explore freedom of expression as a fundamental right in democracies. It will first introduce different philosophical foundations of free speech, before comparing the American free speech tradition with other Western traditions, including Germany and the United Kingdom. It will also examine the legal limits of free speech and other less direct forms of speech restriction and look at the regulations of free speech in work settings and universities. The course will draw extensively upon Anglo-American scholarship and utilize legal texts and examples from various Western countries.

    Student Learning Objectives and Outcomes

    • Students with deepen their understanding of free speech traditions and philosophical foundations in different jurisdictions.
    • Students will appreciate the importance of freedom of expression and its limits and learn the importance of defending other people’s right to express opinions different from their own.
    • Students will be able to articulate perspectives and arguments on complex free-speech related problems.

    Reading Materials

    Part I: Law journal articles for philosophical foundations of free speech; Part II and III: Constitutions, statutes, and judicial decisions; Part IV & V: legal texts, book chapters, law journal articles, and media materials; Part VI: newspaper and media materials.

    Course Structure

    (each section will span approximately 2 weeks of teaching)

    I. Intro & Philosophical Foundation of Free Speech

    • Natural Law
    • Law and Economics, Utilitarianism…
    • Question: Which is the most persuasive?
    II. The American Tradition
    • Why is the “First Amendment” the “First Amendment”?
    • Development of Free Speech doctrine e.g. the Civil Rights Movement … etc.
    • Question: How does the U.S. tradition differ from your understanding of free speech?
    III. Traditions in Other Western Nations
    • European Union Law
    • U.K., Germany … etc.
    • Question: Which tradition do you prefer?
    IV. Legal Limits & Indirect Speech Regulations
    • Laws on defamation, hate speech, and harassment
    • Indirect: how speech laws intersect with laws on privacy, copyright, and possibly others
    • Compelled speech: e.g. food labels
    • Question: How should hate speech be defined? When is compelled speech unjustifiable? Can compelled speech ever be justified?
    V. Speech Regulations
    • Work settings - should an employer be able to fire you for what you say, even outside of work and on social media platforms?
    • University campuses - why is free speech important in universities?
    • Question: Should universities be “safe spaces”?
    VI. Revision and Last Question: Is Free Speech Enough?
    • E.g. within the limits of the law, are there limits on what we should say? In universities and society, does the pursuit of truth trump everything?

    Grading Policy

    One final exam

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 4

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  • 095921 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Introduction to the U.S.-American Law and Legal System (Elisabeth Victoria Bogomolni)
    Zeit: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Erster Termin: 15.10.2025)
    Ort: I Hörsaal (Vant-Hoff-Str. 8)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Platzbeschränkte Veranstaltung. Informationen zur Anmeldung lesen Sie bitte hier.

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    Course description

    The aim of the course is twofold: In addition to developing legal English proficiency, the course will enable students to confidently navigate the U.S. legal system. The focus lies on teaching key skills for understanding legal methodology and analyzing legal sources in selected areas of law. The course will provide a more in-depth analysis of constitutional law, including the Constitution's historical development, structure, and core principles, including checks and balances, due process, fundamental rights, and equal protection. Other areas of law covered are criminal law and procedure as well as civil law and procedure. The course will conclude with an introduction to negotiation. The material is contextualized in comparison to the German legal system and studied on the basis of case law and, where appropriate, current events.

    Course Type:

    Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

    Exam:

    There will be a written final examination.

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in every semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 5

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  • 095930 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Justice for all: Access to Justice across Jurisdictions (Mariella Pittari)
    Zeit: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.10.2025)
    Ort: Online - zeitABhängig
    

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    Teilnahmepflichtige Veranstaltung

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    Course Description

    This course in comparative law examines the legal aid that states provide their citizens and how access to justice is reconceptualized through alternative dispute resolution, online dispute resolution, and the growing digitalization of legal services and the court system. By looking closer at constitutional provisions, legal documents, and essential readings on the subject, we will explore cases from Brazil, the United States, and across Europe to better understand how different jurisdictions dialogue and what potentialities and limits exist for further extending access to the court system. We will also think more broadly about access to justice, revisiting now-classic theoretical writings on the theme (Mauro Cappelletti and the Florence project), paradigmatic cases in the United States, and more recent international documents demanding legal aid in and for developing countries. Special attention will be given to the digital turn in justice systems: Brazil’s Justiça 4.0, European Union AI Act, and debates on algorithmic decision-making (State v. Loomis (881 N.W.2d 749 (Wis. 2016) and the use of AI algorithms such as COMPAS).

    Under U.S. Law, institutes such as plea bargaining and plead guilty have been highly criticized by scholars advocating for social change. In light of this literature on access to justice and judicial retrenchment, this course will expose students to cases such as Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009), as precedents for the right to counsel under criminal charges and the limits of pleading under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Using the Brazilian scenario, this course will present the students with the challenges of access to justice in developing countries— of ensuring fundamental rights, fighting police brutality, and enforcing rights before the courts. Cases will include challenges to human rights violations of incarcerated populations, lawsuits against land expropriation, claims for compensations for environmental damage, rearrangements in family law, and other landmark cases before the Supreme Court and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. By featuring leading cases on how different parties have access to the courts, students will engage in critical debate over the relationship between access to justice and incarceration rates, the role of lawsuits in fighting inequality, and the unprecedented changes facing courts as they adapt to technological change. We will close by exploring the trends of digitalization and online dispute resolution and to what extent they promise to expand access.

    Course Type:

    Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Study Program for Exchange Students.

    Exam:

    There will be a written final examination.

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in this winter semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 6

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  • 095908 Übung
    International Arbitration (Christian Armbrüster)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 14.11.2025)
    Ort: 3302/04 Übungsraum (Boltzmannstr. 3)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Platzbeschränkte Veranstaltung. Informationen zur Anmeldung lesen Sie bitte hier.

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    Summary:

    The course offers a systematic introduction to International Arbitration, in

    particular commercial arbitration. In addition, the course includes a case study which illustrates how International Arbitration works in practice. The case study will lead to a Moot Court on the final day where each student is required to take an active role.

    Contents:

    The course consists of two parts. In the first part (days 1 and 2; 14 and 15 November 2025, starting at 10.00am sharp in lecture room 3302) a systematic overview on International Arbitration will be offered, with a special focus on commercial cases. The main issues covered are the rules and procedures of important arbitral institutions, mainly the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The different stages of the arbitral proceedings will be explored, including the formation of the arbitration agreement, the question of the applicable law, the procedural rules, the domestic and international enforcement of the award and the possibilities to challenge an arbitral award before State courts.

    The second part of the course (days 3 and 4; 5 and 6 December 2025) will be dedicated to the practical application of the topics mentioned above. For this purpose, all participants will be invited to work on a case study in the field of international commercial arbitration. Students will be divided into two groups in order to prepare a Moot Court-like simulation of arbitral proceedings on the case in front of the Tribunal. The Tribunal will be addressed by students at the end of the course. After the hearings and the decision of the Tribunal there will be a final session which is dedicated to commentaries on the case as well as feedback on students’ performance.

    Learning materials:

    The Course is based on a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation which will be made available for students. References in the presentation will include important court decisions as well as international statutory law and treaties. These materials, which are easily accessible online, include the Arbitration Rules of organisations like AAA and ICC as well as the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention).

    Grading:

    At the beginning of day 3, just before the case study, there will be a written exam (90 minutes) on the key issues of the course. A qualified individual performance in the Moot Court may positively influence the final grade, which is mainly based on the written exam.

    Registration for this course is obligatory, as the number of participants is limited.

    
    This course is recommended to Themis students.

    Course Type

    Lecture and Practice Exercise

    Course Registration

    Important notice: Registration for this course is obligatory, as the number of participants is limited. Please register via Campus Management.

    Exam

    There will be a final written exam

    Frequency

    The course will be held in every winter semester.

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 7

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  • 095926 Sprachpraktische Übung
    European Immigration Law (Angelos Gerontas)
    Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 13.10.2025)
    Ort: 2215 Hörsaal (am 13.10.25 online per Webex)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Regular students (Law Major / Studiengang Rechtswissenschaft) who are in the first (1st) year of their studies cannot take this class.

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    Course description

    This course provides an analysis of EU law relating to migration. The module is divided into six parts. The first part covers the law relating to the free movement of EU citizens and their families. The course then explores the entry of non-EU (third country) nationals and aspects of the external borders control. The third part analyzes the legal migration of third country nationals including long-term residents, economic migrants and family members. Then, the course focuses on the Common European Asylum System. The fifth part deals with issues of irregular migration. Finally, the course examines the role of human rights provisions for the EU Immigration and Asylum Law. The main textbook for this course will be European Migration Law (2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014) by Pieter Boeles, Maarten den Heijer, Gerrie Lodder, Kees Wouters, although materials will also be used from the other assigned textbooks. Lectures will be enriched with articles and court decisions.

    Course Registration:

    Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

    Course Type:

    Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week

    Frequency:

    The course will be held in winter semester.

    Assessment

    Evaluation occurs on the basis of a final exam

• Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 8

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  • 095924 Sprachpraktische Übung
    AI & IT Law - Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Computer Law (Lothar Determann)
    Zeit: The course starts on 20 October 2025. (Erster Termin: 03.12.2025)
    Ort: E-Learning
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    In dieser Lehrveranstaltung besteht Teilnahmepflicht. Weitere Hinweise lesen Sie bitte hier

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Anmeldung zu der Veranstaltung

    Keine selbständige Anmeldung über Campus Management! Bitte wenden Sie sich direkt an die/den Dozierenden bzw. die Kontaktperson!

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    Welcome to Al & IT Law - Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Computer Law

    Based on case studies focused on generative artificial intelligence (Al), Prof. Dr. Determann’s course explores laws, industry practices, and policy considerations relating to the development, protection, and commercialization of software, computers, and information technology services. The primary focus will be on U.S. and EU intellectual property law, but we will also cover contracts, antitrust, international and commercial issues, as well as different technology and business models, including artificial intelligence, cloud computing and open source licensing. We will cover data as an asset, but not information privacy or data protection law topics (which are covered separately in Prof. Determann’s separate course on Data Privacy Law, which is taught again in a future semester).

    Prof. Determann’s Al and IT Law Course is focused on practical problem-solving, exercises and quizzes. The class meets for one in-person session at the Free University Berlin on December 3, room 102A on the 1st floor of Van't-Hoff-Str. 6 (Mensa Shokudo building). You will work through course materials and submit a number of quizzes throughout the semester on a weekly basis, as explained in the syllabus.

    To pass this course, you have to attend the "live" session on December 3 and submit 7 quizzes by the applicable deadlines, which will be announced in October. You can submit quizzes earlier, at your option before February 20 or even at the beginning of the semester. We may excuse absences due to illness if we receive prior notice at fran.say@bakermckenzie.com. We will not send follow-up emails if you do not submit your quiz timely. Unexcused absence at the "live" session or failure to submit Quiz answers on time disqualifies you from passing the course. You may earn 2 credits (SWS).

    You will receive a grade based on the responses to quizzes you submit. You may receive a positive, upward grade adjustment for contributions during the "live" session, and for written assignments you voluntarily submit. You do not have to write any separate exam.

    Beyond submitting Quizzes and attending the "live" session, you should also complete all other assignments in writing for your own benefit, but you do not have to submit those written assignments.

    Prior courses in intellectual property topics are recommended, but not strictly required. If you have never studied copyright, patent, and trade secret law, then you will have to work harder than students who are already proficient in these areas, but if you are interested in the subject, the extra workload should be manageable. An engineering or programming background is not necessary.

    Course registration and organization

    Students may register for this course before October 13, 2025 per email sent to lothardetermann@outlook.com and fran.say@bakermckenzie.com to receive course materials, assignments, and quizzes per email. Students are responsible for receiving and timely responding to emails. To avoid missing emails due to spam filtering or other technical issues, consider whitelisting Fran Say’s email address to avoid missing emails, and consider providing several email addresses when you register for the course.

    If you need to withdraw from the course, you must communicate this in writing, or you receive a failing grade.

    Please direct any questions you may have to lothardetermann@outlook.com.

    Kurs im Überblick:

    • Credits: 2 Semesterstunden
    • Platzbeschränkung: Nein
    • Teilnahmepflicht: Ja, 3. Dezember 13.00 - 15.00 (an der FU), Raum 102A, Van't-Hoff-Str. 6 (Mensa Shokudo Gebäude)
    • Sprache: English, sprachpraktische Übung
    • Anmeldung: Per Email vor dem 13. Oktober 2025 an fran.say@bakermckenzie.com. Keine selbständige Anmeldung über Campus Management! Bitte wenden Sie sich direkt an die/den Dozierenden bzw. die Kontaktperson, fran.say@bakermckenzie.com!
    • Kursdauer: 20. Oktober 2024 bis 14. Februar 2025

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