Academic forum (PMN3, elective)
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Druge oblike študija | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | 6 |
Study programme and level | Study field | Academic year | Semester |
III. level | Law and Management of Real Estate | 1 | 1 |
Course Type
Elective
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | work | Individ. work | ECTS | |
25 | 6 |
Lecturer
Izr. prof. dr. Matej Avbelj, doc. dr. Ana Polak Petrič
Language
English
Prerequisites
Enrollment in any year of study.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Academic forum is a university workshop dedicated to the most topical issues falling in the ambi tof the Nova Univerza’s activities, eg law, public administration, international and Slovenian studies. The forum will meet 6 times per academic year, on each occasion hosting a different lecturer. The number of students will be limted to 25 and they will need to write either reaction papers or a final seminar thesis up to 30 pages.
Study Literature
Literatura in pripomočki, sporočeni na predavanjih.
Objectives and competences
- Critical engagement with the most topical issues of the 21st century.
- Independent and creative thinking and engaging in an academic discourse.
- Academic writings
Intended learning outcomes
- Independent and creative thinking and engaging in a critical academic discourse.
Learning and teaching methods
Presentation of a paper, followed by a critical academic debate.
Assessment
6 reaction papers (1500 words/paper) or a final seminar paper up to 30 pages.
Lecturer’s references
Matej Avbelj is an Associate Professor of European Law at the Graduate School of Government and European Studies. He holds a PhD from the EUI and LLM from NYU School of Law. He graduated from Ljubljana Law School. He clerked in the European Parliament and at the Slovenian Court of Appeals. His academic and research work is focused on the law of the European Union, constitutional law and legal theory. He is active in professional associations and NGOs in Slovenia and abroad. His bibliography can be accessed here: http://splet02.izum.si/cobiss/bibliography?code=31643&langbib=eng.
Ana Polak Petrič is an assistant professor of international law, international relations and European law at the European Faculty of Law, Slovenia. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (2002), holds a master’s degree in advanced international studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and University of Vienna (2007), and a PhD in law from the European Faculty of Law (2014). Since 2003, she has worked as a diplomat and a legal expert in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, where she is in her career dealing mostly with international law, EU law and humans rights law. In 2014, she was appointed High Representative of the Republic of Slovenia for Succession Issues. She has authored and published several publications and articles on the topics of international and European law, human rights law and the succession of states, and is the editor of the International Law Series (personal bibliography – COBISS št. 92709).