Foreign instructors as the Base for
Legal Research Cooperation
Michal Radvan
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International cooperation in law
 Law is mostly national, but international view,
comparison is necessary
 Joint degrees, double degrees, science (articles, books),
etc. - this is the second step
 First step: WHO is THE PERSON for cooperation?
Where to find him/her?
 Conferences, congresses, workshops, moot courts…
 Visiting professor
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Problems with incoming teachers
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How to involve them?
Erasmus+ requires min. 8 lessons
Speeches: 2 lessons / week
Seminars: more groups, max. 2 lessons / week
Scheduled in advance, planned by the guarantee of the
course
 Individual course of visiting professor
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How to find visiting professor?
 Faculty networking: IALS, ELFA, Rotterdam Law
Network, Erasmus+ (approx. 120), BA (approx. 12)
 Individual networking of own teachers
 Name and prestige of law school
 Tradition of visiting professors
 Need to be visiting professor for the career, curricula,
professorship…
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Visiting professors at Faculty of Law, MU
 https://www.law.muni.cz/content/en/mezinarodnispoluprace/zahranicni-vyucujici/
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Courses in foreign languages at Faculty of Law, MU
 https://erasmus.law.muni.cz/content/en/erasmus-napravnicke-fakulte/courses-in-foreign-languages/
 Attracts students – attracts visiting professors (perpetum
mobile)
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 MVV for all students
 SOC only for incoming students
 Approx. 60 Courses in 2016/17 taught by home
professors
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Examples of visiting professors courses 2016/17
Professor
Country, institution
Term
Course
Buncic Sonja
Serbia/University of Novi Sad
10. 10. - 13. 10. 2016
Company Law in Serbia – Development and Perspectives /
MVV205K
Busch Jürgen, Heindler Florian
Austria/University of Vienna
17. 10. - 20. 10. 2016
Autumn School of Legal Writing / MVV111K
Drumbl Mark
USA/Washington and Lee University
X/XI 2016
Mass Atrocity and International Criminal Law / MVV196K
Contento Lurene, Nagel Mary,
Niedwiecki Anthony
USA-Illinois/JMLS (Chicago)
17. 10. - 20. 10. 2016
Autumn School of Legal Writing / MVV111K
Hajj Mohamad
Lebanon/Lebanese American University
3. 10. - 11. 10. 2016
Legal Negotiations
Kuner Christopher
Belgium/Université Libre de Bruxelles
24.11. - 27.11. 2016
Normative System in Cyberspace / MV735K
Lindgren Juha
Finland/University of Vaasa
17. 10. - 20. 10. 2016
The Recent Trends in the International Taxation / MVV208K
Michalek Steven
USA-Colorado (Denver)/Attorney-at-Law
15.11. - 22.11. 2016
United States Health Law Issues / MVV206K
Morawski Wojciech
Poland/Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun 24.10. - 27.10. 2016
The Official Interpretations of Tax and Customs Law in Selected
Countries and European Union
Munin Nellie
Israel/Zefat Academic College - School of Law
1.11. - 16.11. 2016
Financial Deficit or Democratic Deficit? / MVV184K
Samelson Kirk
USA-Colorado/District Judge, University of
Denver Sturm College of Law (Adjunct Prof.)
17.10. - 26.10. 2016
Natural Resource and Environmental Law in the U.S. / MVV204K
Sartori Nicola
Italy/University of Milano-Bicocca
15.11. - 18.11. 2016
Comparative Tax Law / MVV207K
Sunde Jørn Øyrehagen, Ragna
Aarli
Norway/University of Bergen
21.11. - 25.11. 2016
Courts and Society in Transaction / MVV179K
Vidakovic Neven
Croatia/EFFECTUS University College
21.11. - 24.11. 2016
Banking Regulation and Capital Markets after 2008 Crisis /
MVV209K
Zamboni Mauro
Sweden/Stockholm University
17. 10. - 20. 10. 2016
Autumn School of Legal Writing / MVV111K
Burton Leslie
USA/Golden Gate University School of Law (San Spring 2017
Francisco)
Legal Writing (USA-Style)
Drumbl Mark
USA/Washington and Lee University
Spring 2017
Mass Atrocity and International Criminal Law / MVV196K
Florczak-Wator Monika
Poland/Jagiellonian University in Cracow
Spring 2017
Applying the Constitution in Private Relations
Hodgkinson David
UK/University of Derby
Spring 2017
Criminal Practice & Law (EU Focus) / MVV189K
Kolbe David
USA-Indiana (Warsaw)/Attorney at Law
Spring 2017
US Criminal Law
Kostava Ana
Georgia/Georgian Institute of Public Affairs
Spring 2017
International Dispute Settlement/Law of World Trade
Organization/International Treaty Law
Kowalczyk Barbara
Poland/Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Spring 2017
Polish Asylum System. EU and Comparative Perspective /
MVV173K
Seng Michael
USA-Illinois/JMLS (Chicago)
Spring 2017
Contemporary Problems in American Federalism / MVV71K
Shapiro Robert
USA-Illinois (Chicago)/Attorney-at-Law
Spring 2017
The American Constitution
Trimble Marketa
USA/University of Nevada
Spring 2017
International Intellectual Property Law / MVV153K
Vanheule Dirk
Belgium/University of Antwerp
Spring 2017
European Immigration and Asylum Law / MVV98K
Vosicky Joseph
USA-Illinois (Chicago)/Attorney-at-Law
Spring 2017
Introduction to US Law / MVV109K
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What to we need for the course of visiting prof.?
 Course information
 Course objectives
 Syllabus
 Teaching methods
 Assessment methods (paper/test)
 Literature
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Administration
 Prepared by vice-dean
 Timetable: 5x90 minutes in one week
 5 (4) ECTS
 Max. 30 students
 Accepted by dean
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Problems?
 Money
 Erasmus+
 Billateral agreements
 Faculty and university sources
 Ambassies
 Own sources of visiting professors (John Marshall
Law School)
 Whatever, wherever – alumnies?
 Administrative issues (rooms, to do everything on time)
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Benefits for students
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New teaching methods
Different knowledge
Broadening knowledge
Possible comparison
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Benefits for faculty
 New interesting courses
 Networking
 Possibilities for science cooperation
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Benefits for visiting professors
 New experience
 Prestige
 Useful for future
professional career
 Other benefits
 COME TO
MASARYK!!!
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List of Law Journals
 Problem:
 no relevant worldwide list or database of journals and
periodicals focused exclusively on Law, Jurisprudence
etc.
 impossible to find basic information of all the lawspecialized journals on one site
 databases and lists like Scopus or Erih Plus do not
mention all journals
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 It brings many difficulties for scientists and law
practitioners those
 are interested in finding some national determinate
topics
 willing to publish their outputs in some particular
country
 in some countries public financing of R&D is bound to
existence of such specialized lists and databases
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Objectives and impacts
 Objective: Brief, easy and simple database of
periodicals focused on law on the ELFA (IALS,…)
website
 database should allow searching under specified
criteria.
 Short-term impact: Solution to basic problems outlined
above.
 Long-term impact: Existence of respectable Law
database next to well-known worldwide databases under
the ELFA management and surveillance.
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Main points considering the database
 Under the patronage of ELFA and on ELFA web site
 The listed periodicals have to comply minimal criteria like
ISSN and per-review
 The involvement in the database shall be voluntary for
each country
 No financial expense on the site of involved countries
 There should be approx. 2 members per country with the
entitlement to data input
 Manual for the database and data input will be prepared
by Faculty of Law MU and ELFA
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THANK YOU
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