Course List and Contents 2016-2017

ERASMUS+ COURSES 2016 - 2017

The academic year is divided into two terms, winter and spring semester.

A successful examination in a course gives the student the opportunity to transfer it to their home university, and it provides them  with ECTS Credit Points, depending on the hours taught per week. Essays also provide with 3 ECTS Credit Points (see detailed information below, pages 38-39).

Regardless of the taking of examinations, a student can ask for an official Certificate of Attendance, provided that the student has attended the course regularly.

Below are the Erasmus+ courses taught in the Law School in the academic year 2016-2017.

C O U R S E   L I S T  2016 – 2017

Winter Semester 2016

 

TITLE OF COURSE                                                                  LANGUAGE             HRS/WEEK                  PROFESSORS

European Administrative Systems	English	2hrs/week	P. Mouzourakis
Comparative Public Law	French	2hrs/week	K. Yannakopoulos/ V. Kondylis
National & International Protection of Fundamental  Rights	German	2hrs/week	T. Antoniou/S. Vlachopoulos
Introduction to the Greek Constitutional Law	Italian	2hrs/week	S. Flogaitis
Introduction to Greek Civil Law	English	2hrs/week	E.Dacoronia/P .Nikolopoulos
European Law	English	4hrs/week	M. Kouskouna/Rev.-Emm. Papadopoulou /M. Perakis
Public International Law (International Economic Law)	English	2hrs/week	A. Gourgourinis
Introduction to Civil Procedure Law and International Civil Procedure Law	German	2hrs/week	D. Tsikrikas
Labour Law I (Individual)	English	2hrs/week	K. Bakopoulos / D. Ladas
Civil Procedure	French	2hrs/week	I. Delikostopoulos
Information Technology Law	English	3hrs/week	G. Yannopoulos
Criminal Procedure and Special Issues of Criminal Law alternatively with       Substantive Criminal Law.Questions of the       General and Special Part	English	2hrs/week	E.Anagnostopoulos/   N.Dimitratos/A.Dionysopoulou
Intellectual  Property Law	English	3hrs/week	C. Chrissanthis
Competition Law	English	3hrs/week	E. Mastromanolis
Maritime  Law	English	3hrs/week	D.Christodoulou
Civil Procedure	English	2hrs/week	N. Katiforis
Law and Society in Ancient Greece	French	2hrs/week	A.Helmis

 

Spring Semester 2017

 

TITLE OF COURSE                                                            LANGUAGE   HRS/WEEK       PROFESSORS

Greek  Law of Succession	French	2hrs/week	I. Kondyli
Introduction to the Greek Civil Law	German	3hrs/week	D. Liappis / K. Roussos
Selected Cases of Greek Civil Law	German	2hrs/week	P. Paparseniou / G. Mentis
Collective Labour Law	English	2hrs/week	K. Bakopoulos / D. Ladas
Company Law	English	3hrs/week	C. Chrissanthis / I. Venieris
Criminology	English	2hrs/week	M. Kranidioti
Comparative Family Law	English	2hrs/week	D.Kallinikou/G.Georgiades
Philosophy of Law	English	2hrs/week	V. Voutsakis / Ph. Vasilogiannis
Banking Law	English	2hrs/week	Ch. Livada
Insurance Law	English	3hrs/week	D. Christodoulou / E. Kinini
International Business Transactions	English	2hrs/week	E. Moustaira
Penology	English	2hrs/week	A. -  I. Tzannetaki
Business Acquisitions and Mergers	English	3hrs/week	C. Chrissanthis

 

 

C O U R S E   L I S T  2016 – 2017- CONTENTS

WINTER SEMESTER 2015

1. European Administrative Systems (2hrs/week): P. Mouzouraki

Institutions and characteristics of administrations of European countries on national level and cross-comparative level.

2. Comparative Public Law (2hrs/week): K. Yannakopoulos/ V. Kondylis

(Offered only in French)

A. Aspects de l’influence du droit de l’Union européenne

sur le droit administratif de ses Etats membres

 

1. Le droit de l’Union européenne et les sources du droit administratif
2. Le droit de l’Union européenne et le régime de passation et d’exécution des marchés publics
3. L’ouverture des marchés et la régulation administrative
4. Le droit de l’Union européenne et la protection juridictionnelle effective des administrés
5. L’influence du droit de l’Union européenne sur le système de contrôle de constitutionnalité des lois

 

B.  Etudes de cas

 

1. Créer une Autorité Administrative Indépendante pour se conformer au droit de l’Union européenne,  et balancer entre Indépendance et Responsabilité (Accountability): Le cas de la Commission Nationale (Hellénique) des Télécommunications et de la Poste (EETT) et le droit de l’Union européenne»
2. Le juge légal: approche comparative
3. Le dialogue des juges nationaux avec les juges européens

3. National & International Protection of Fundamental Rights (2hrs/week): T. Antoniou / S. Vlachopoulos (Offered only in German)

“Ausgewählte Fragen des nationalen, supranationalen und internationalen Menschenrechtsschutzes”

1. Konzeption und historische Entwicklung des Grundrechtsschutzes in den Mitgliedstaaten der

Europäischen Union

2. Grundrechtsschutz in Griechenland

3. Die Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union

4. Der Schutz der sozialen Grundrechte in der EMRK

5. Die UNO-Konvention gegen Folter

 

4. Introduction to the Greek Constitutional  Law (2hrs/week): S. Flogaitis (Offered only in Italian)

Breve storia constitutionale de la Grecia,

Stato Greco,

La publica administratione,

L’orgagni dello Stato,

- Il Presidente de la Republicca,

- Il governo,

- Il Parlamento,

- La Justicia

5. Introduction to the Greek Civil Law (2hrs/week): E. Dacoronia / P.Nikolopoulos

A. Sources & Materials (Legislation, Custom, Judicial decisions, works of legal scholars)

B. Division of the Greek Civil Code

C. The General Principles of the Civil law

– Natural Persons (Capacity to hold rights, commencement & termination of personality,

protection of personality)

– Legal Entities (categories, formal requirements, personality, liability)

– Rights (definition, abuse of rights, “deactivation”)

– Juridical Acts (definition, capacity, vices of consent, form, formation of contracts, consideration

and cause, content, nullities, interpretation)

D. Law of Obligations (General Part)

- Obligation (definition – sources – performance in good faith – responsibility for employees)

- Contractual Obligations

- Non-performance of Obligations (claim to performance in kind impossibility – delay – other

cases of breach of contract-default)

- Contractual Rescission

- Extinction of Obligations (fulfillment, set-off, assignment of claims, assumption of debt, joint &

several obligations)

- Unjust enrichment

- Unlawful acts 

6. European Law (4hrs/week): M. Kouskouna /Rev.-Emm. Papadopoulou / M. Perakis

History of European integration, European Union’s Institutions, Competences, Legal Acts and Legal Procedures, General Principles of the EU Legal Order: Autonomy, Supremacy and Direct Effect, European Union’s Judicial System (Court and General Court), Legal Remedies and Actions, Market Freedoms, Competition Law, Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the Economic and Monetary Union, the External Relations of the EU (CFSP), the EU and Human Rights. 

7. Public International Law (International Economic Law ) (2hrs/week): A. Gourgourinis

This course revisits fundamental public international law issues (such as subjects of international law, sources of international law, jurisdiction, content and implementation of international responsibility, fragmentation of international law, etc.) through the lens of the special field of international economic law. Accordingly, the aim of the course is to examine how the doctrine of public international law is put into practice before transnational courts and tribunals in the context of the continuously growing international economic law adjudication.

 8. Introduction to Civil Procedure Law and International Civil Procedure Law (2hrs/week):

D. Tsikrikas (Offered only in German)

I. Gegenstand und Zielsetzung des Internationalen Zivilverfahrensrechts

II. Gerichtsbarkeit oder die Frage nach dem völkerrechtlichen Umfang der Gerichtsgewalt

1. Exemtionen und Exterritorialität

2. Staatenimmunität

2.1. Immunität im Erkenntnisverfahren

2.2. Immunität im Vollstreckungsverfahren.

III. Internationale Zuständigkeit der griechischen Gerichte nach dem autonomen Recht und nach der

EuGVO (Brüssel I Verordnung)

1. Direkte und indirekte Zuständigkeit

2. Allgemeine und besondere Zuständigkeit

3. Fakultative und die ausschliessliche Zuständigkeit

4. Die besonderen und ausschliesslichen Gerichtsstände im einzelnen

IV. Die Zustellung im Ausland nach dem Haager Zustellungsübereinkommen und der EUZustellungsverordnung

(1348/2000).

V. Die Beweisaufnahme im Ausland nach dem Haager Beweisübereinkommen und der EUBeweisaufnahmeverordnung

(1206/2001).

VI. Anerkennung und Vollstreckung ausländischer Gerichtsentscheide nach dem autonomen griechischen

Recht und der EuGVO (Brüssel I Verordnung)

 9. Labour Law I (Individual) (2hrs/week): K. Bakopoulos / D. Ladas

1. The general features

2. Definitions and Notions

3. The Historical Background

4. Sources of Labour Law

The individual employment relationship

1. Work performance: duties of the parties in the course of employment.

Duties of the employee. Duties of the worker

2. WORKING TIME AND HOLIDAYS

Working time. Sunday rest. Annual vacation

3. REMUNERATION

Definitions. Pay systems. Forms of Remuneration

4. Suspension and change of the individual labour contract

5. The termination of the individual labour contract

The protection of the position of the employee. The termination of the labour relation of specific

time. The termination of the labour relation of indefinite time

10. Civil Procedure (2hrs/week): I. Delikostopoulos (Offered only in French)

• Histoire du code de procédure civile grec
• Demande en justice: Notion, contenu, classification, exercice, action cumulée
• Effets de l’exercice de la demande en justice: Effets procédurals, Effets du droit matériel
• Consorité simple- consorité nécessaire
• Compétence: D’attribution (Juge de paix- tribunal d’ instance- tribunal de grande instance), Territoriale, Par prorogation
• La défense du défendeur: La réponse motivée, Exception, Action reconventionnelle
• Procédure devant les tribunaux du premier degré
• Participation de tiers au procès: Intervention principale volontaire, Intervention accessoire volontaire, Mise en cause, Appel en garantie, Déclaration en jugement commun
• Preuve: Notion, Objet, Moyens de preuve (témoin, expertise, documents, attestations, indice juridique, aveu, descente sur les lieux)
• Jugement: Notion, Classification, Effets (chose jugée, force exécutoire, effet constitutif)
• Autorité de la chose jugée: Notion, Objet, Limites objectifs- limites subjectifs, Chose jugée sur les points préjudiciels
• Voies de recours: Notion, Classification, Exercice
• Voies de recours ordinaires: Opposition, Appel
• Voies de recours extraordinaires: Demande en cassation, Demande en révision, Tierce opposition

 11. Information Technology Law (3hrs/week): G. Yannopoulos

MODULE(*) 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNOLOGY & LEGAL INFORMATICS

1. Methodological definitions – History: Law, Computers, Information Technology; Computer history,

machines for calculations.

2. Basic principles of computer architectures: Binary system, system analysis, logical diagram, computer

programming; Boolean operators, Logical ports, AND-OR-NOT; Digital communications, protocols;

Security of Information Systems.

3. Treatment of Information: Information as a subject-matter worth legal protection; “Property” of

information, protection, transfers; Information as an object of commercial transactions; The new right to

the Information Society and Data Protection; Information and employment.

4. Legal Information Systems: Legal information as an object of processing; Legal Information Systems –

Legal Information Retrieval; Legal Databases.

MODULE 2: INTERNET LAW & REGULATION

1. History of the Internet, connection to ISPs, connection to the Internet: Definitions, structure, technical

characteristics and operation; Communication protocols, TCP/IP; Internet applications: Hypertext

Transfer Protocol (HTTP), World Wide Web (WWW).

2. IP Addresses, Domain Name System: Registration rules, conflicts, trade marks.

3. Legal regulation of the Internet: Greek Constitution, ECHR art. 10; Legal Regulation of the Internet:

Sectored legislation; Protection of intellectual property; Internet & trade marks; Internet & Contracts:

Conclusion of contracts, Liability.

MODULE 3: CRYPTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL SIGNATURES

1. Symmetrical cryptography, certification providers.

2. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), applications: Public & private keys, directories of public keys; Trusted

Third Parties; Private key - protection (hardware, software).

3. Digital signatures, public key cryptography: Directive 99/93 (Greek PD 150/01); Digital certificates;

Certification Authorities; Registration Authorities.

MODULE 4: LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Information flows when illustrating a legal problem: Databases for legislation; Databases for case-law.

2. Expert systems: Automation of a legal office; Automatic drafting of legal texts.

MODULE 5: RETRIEVAL OF LEGAL INFORMATION

1. Analysis of legal problems by means of information technology tools: In search of sources of law – the

legal subsystem.

2. Electronic information retrieval – data structures: Indexing - Reverse index; Thesaurus – Decision tree

data structure; Boolean operators - AND- OR – NOT; Retrieval standards - Recall and Precision;

Conceptuel retrieval - Intelligent front-ends.

MODULE 6: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Intellectual property: Subject-matter, “positive” and “negative” powers of the creator, protected “works”;

International protection, Berne Convention, WTO (GATT), TRIPS; EU Directives, Software protection,

data base protection.

2. Directive 2001/29: Adaptation to the Information Society; Rights and limitations, technical measures.

MODULE 7: SOFTWARE PROTECTION & CONTRACTS

1. Software contracts: Predefined general terms, “shrink-wrap” licensing, non-exclusive license; Licensing,

exploitation agreements; Liability; Competition, consumer protection.

2. Protection of computer programmes, Directive 91/250; Protection of databases, Directive 96/9; Object

code, recompilation; Infringement by simple use, loading or “running” of computer programmes; Nonliteral

copying, copying of large parts, “Look and feel”

MODULE 8: DATA PROTECTION (TECHNICAL MEASURES)

1. Protection of personal data, subject-matter, the 8 principles: Greek Constitution art. 9Α; Directive 95/46;

The eights principle: security measures; Trans - border data flows.

2. Protection of physical data, analysis of techniques.

(*) Modules to be taught will be subject to the availability of dates

12. Criminal Procedure and Special Issues of Criminal Law (2hrs/week): (alternatively  with Substantive Criminal Law. Questions of the General and Special Part (2hrs/week): E. Anagnostopoulos/ N. Dimitratos/A.Dionysopoulou

Part II. Criminal Procedure	131
Chapter  1. Principles, Institutions, Stages	131
§1. THE JUDICIAL ORGANISATION
I. Trial Jurisdictions	131
II. Investigating Jurisdictions	134
§2. THE STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS	135
I. Basic Distinctions	135
II. The Pre-Trial Stage	135
A. The Ordinary Investigation	135
1. The Beginning of the Ordinary Investigation	135
2. The Closing of the Ordinary Investigation	136
B. The Summary Investigation	138
C. The Summary Investigation in Flagrant Offences and Other Emergency Cases	139
D. The Preliminary Inquiry	140
III. The Prosecution	140
A. The Right to Prosecute	140
B. The Object of the Right to Prosecute	144
C. Conditions of the Right to Prosecute	144
D. Dissolution of the Right to Prosecute	145
1. Decriminalisation, Amnesty, Death of the Defendant	145
2. Withdrawal of Complaint, Friendly Settlement	145
3. Limitation by Time	146
4. Non bis in idem (Provisions Against Double Jeopardy)	146
IV. The Trial Stage	147
A. General Characteristics	147
B. The Judge: an Active but Impartial Adjudicator	149
C. The Beginning and Closing of the Inquiry in Court	149
1 .The Beginning of the Inquiry	149
2. The Closing of the Inquiry	151
§3. THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE ACCUSED AND THE CIVIL PARTY	152
I. Introductory Remarks	152
II. The Legal Position of the Defendant	153
A. The Provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Constitution	153
B.The Provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	154
III. The Legal Position of the Civil Party	155
A. General Observations	156
B. The civil Party at the Pre-Trial Stage	157
C. The Civil Party at the Trial Stage	158
§4. THE RULES OF EVIDENCE	158
I. The Principles of Evidentiary Law	159
II. The Means of Proof	160
III. The Exclusion of Evidence	163
Chapter 2. Powers, Rights and Duties in the Pre- Trial Proceedings	165
§1. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE INVESTIGATING JUDGE AND THE RIGHTS OF THE DEFENDANT IN THE ORDINARY INVESTIGATION	165
I. Introductory Remarks	165
II. The Powers of Inspection, Entry, Search and Seizure	165
III.The Powers to Examine the Defendant and the Witnesses	167
A. The Interrogation of the Defendant	167
B. The Interrogation of Witnesses	168
IV.Miscellaneous	169
A. Mental Examination of the Defendant	169
B. Interception of Telephonic or Other Communications	169
C. Freezing and Opening of Bank Accounts	170
§2. POWERS, RIGHTS AND DUTIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ARREST AND PRE-TRIAL DETENTION	171
I. Introductory Remarks	171
II.The Warrants of Attachment and Arrest	171
A. The Warrant of Attachment	171
B. The Warrant of Arrest	171
III. Release Under Conditions	172
IV. Pre- Trial Detention	173
A.  Conditions and Procedure	173
B.  Continuation and Time Limits to Pre-Trial Detention	174
§3. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS IN THE SUMMARY INVESTIGATION AND IN THE PRELIMINARY INQUIRY	176
I. Introductory  Remarks	176
II. Powers in the Summary Investigation	176
III. Powers in the Investigation of Flagrant Offences and in Other Emergency Cases	177
IV. Powers in the Preliminary Inquiry	177
Chapter 3. The Inquiry in Court	179
§1. THE TRIAL IN THE MISDEMEANOUR COURTS	179
The Attendance of the Parties	179
I. The Course of the Trial	181
§2. THE TRIAL IN THE COURTS FOR SERIOUS CRIMES	182
I. The Trial in the Mixed Criminal Courts	182
II. The Trial in the Courts of Appeal for Serious Crimes	184
§3. THE LEGAL REMEDIES	184
I. Introductory Remarks	184
II. The Ordinary Legal Remedies Against the Decisions of the Judicial  Councils	186
A. Appeal	186
B. Appeal by Way of Cassation	187
III. The Ordinary Legal Remedies Against the Decisions of the Courts	188
A. Appeal	188
B. Appeal by Way of Cassation	189

13. Intellectual Property Law (3hrs/week): C. Chrissanthis

Exclusive rights in the context of freedom of competition. Public domain and exclusive rights. Patents

(national, European and international). Trademarks (national, European and international). Designs. Non

registered marks. Unfair competition. Advertising (unfair, deceptive and comparative). Unfair trade

practices. Likelihood of confusion in the context of trademark law. Principles for assessing likelihood of

confusion, Unfair resemblance and dilution. Parallel imports, repackaging, look-alike products and other

types of trademark infringement. Administrative proceedings for trademark registrations.

 14. Competition Law (3hrs/week): E. Mastromanolis

This aim of this course is to familiarize students with the main principles, the regulatory framework and the

practice of E.U. and Greek Competition laws. Use of legislative documentation and relevant case law shall

be used to cover the following topics:

1. Convergent and divergent objectives of Greek and E.U. Competition Law

2. Sources of E.U. and Greek Competition Law: The EC Treaty, Regulations and Directives, decisions

of the EC Commission, ECJ and CFI jurisprudence, Law 703/77, decisions of the Hellenic

Competition Commission

3. Agreements and concerted practices and Articles 81 of EC Treaty/ 1 of Law 703/77: the conditions

of “agreement”/ concerted practice”, “restriction of competition”, “effect on trade”

4. “Appreciability” and the De Minimis Notice

5. The enforcement mechanism: the Calculation of Fines and the Leniency Notices of the Hellenic

Competition Commission

6. Forms of behavior caught by Articles 81 of EC Treaty and 1 of Law 703/77: price and non-price

restrictions. Horizontal and vertical agreements

7. The EC Notice on Horizontal Co-operation Agreements

8. The system of exemption to the prohibitive rule of Articles 81(1) EC Treaty and 1 of Law 703/77:

an analysis of the four conditions required for exemptions

9. Individual and block exemptions. Representative block exemptions: research and development

agreements (Regulation 2659/2000) and vertical agreements (Regulation 2790/99)

10. Joint venture and their assessment pursuant to E.U. and Greek Competition laws: the full functionality

criterion. The EC Commission’s Notice on the Concept of Full-Function Joint Ventures

11. Abuse of dominant position and the conditions of Article 82 EC Treaty/ 2 Law 703/77: the notions

of dominant position and price/ non-price forms of abusive behavior

12. E.U. and Greek Jurisprudence on the Abuse of Dominance (AKZO, Tetra Pak II, Hilti and 3E): the

predatory pricing and tying as representative abuse paradigms

13. The system of merger control under E.U. and Greek Competition laws: The one-stop-shop principle,

the notion of concentration, the Community dimension and the ancillary restrictions assessment

under the EU Merger Regulation 139/2004 and Article 4 of Law 703/77.

14. Competition law and regulated industries: the boundaries of Articles 86 and 82 of the EC Treaty and

Directive 80/273 (transparency of financial relations)

15. The decentralization of Competition law and Regulation 1/2003: modernization

 15. Maritime Law (3hrs/week): D.Christodoulou

A. Organization of International Shipping in a historical and politico-economic perspective (Freedom of

the Seas) Sectors of Shipping (differences and functional features).

B. Ship and Conditions of registration (1st Title GCPML & jurisprudence of ECJ).

C. National measures of flag discrimination and access to the shipping market – the issue of Cabot age

(EC Regulations 4055/86, 4058/86 & 3577/92).

D. Organization of the Shipping Industry – classical and modern operational structures: co-ownership

of ships (2nd Title GCPML), Shipping Conferences, pools and consortia, single-ship companies,

ship-management companies.

E. Affreightment of Ship: contract for the carriage of goods and charter. Charter party and bill of lading

F. The Hague - Visby Rules (L. 2107/92).

G. Carriage of passengers: Athens Convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage

by sea, 1974.

H. Limitation of ship-owner’s liability (6th Title, Chapter 3 GCPML & 1976 Convention on limitation

of liability for maritime claims) – Conduct barring limitation.

I. International compensation regime for oil pollution (1992 Civil Liability and Fund Conventions).

16. Civil Procedure: (2hrs/week) N. Katiforis

      a. Fundamental procedural principles

      b. Process in the courts

     c. Remedies

     d. Enforcement with emphasis in the field of international enforcement (regulation 44/2001 etc).

17. Law and Society in Ancient Greece (2hrs/week): A. Helmis (Offered only in French)

Droit et société en Grèce ancienne

Introduction

Écriture et droit : Les législations archaïques; Élaboration et publicité de la loi à Athènes; Le rôle de l’écrit

dans la procédure; Rhétorique et droit; Le métier du logographe; Stratégies des orateurs; Le problème

de la représentation en justice; Pénalité; Théories du châtiment; Vengeance et légitime défense;

Protection des intérêts de la collectivité;

La problématique du genre; Mariage; Relations sexuelles hors mariage; Les femmes et la justice des

hommes; Droit et religion; Le serment; Les «lois sacrées»; Les imprécations

Conclusion

 

SPRING SEMESTER 2016

18. Greek Law of Succession (2hrs/week): I. Kondyli (Offered only in French)

- Notions générales; Données historiques, sociologiques, économiques; Aspects comparatifs (droit

français, anglo-américain, droits socialistes)

- Testament. Le testament olographe, notarié, mystique; Conditions de fond, condition de forme;

Révocation

- La succession ab intestat; Les ordres, les descendants, les ascendants, les collatéraux; Le conjoint

survivant. Le préciput conjugal

- La réserve légale. Nature, portion, bénéficiaires, mise en oeuvre; L’exhérédation. Les causes, les

conditions de fond et de forme. Le pardon; L’exhérédation «ex bona mente»

- L’acceptation et la renonciation

- Le fidéicommis. Notion, conditions, conséquences

- Le legs. Notions, conditions, conséquences

- Succession vacante

- Partage d’ascendant

 19. Introduction to the Greek Civil Law (3hrs/week): D. Liappis / K. Roussos (Offered only in German)

EINFÜHRUNG IN DAS GRIECHISCHE ZIVILRECHT

1. Geschichte und Systematik des gr. ZGB

a. Vorgeschichte des ZGB

b. Die Vorbilder des ZGB

c. Die Struktur des ZGB

d. Die Prinzipien des ZGB

2. Darstellung der Bücher des ZGB

a. Allgemeiner Teil

b. Schuldrecht

c. Sachenrecht

d. Familienrecht

e. Erbrecht

3. Ausgewählte Themen

a. Die Personen

b. Subjektive Rechte und Rechtsgeschäfte

c. Persönlichkeitsschutz

d. Grundzüge des gr. Deliktsrechts

e. Umweltschutz im Zivilrecht

4. Europäisches Zivilrecht - Beispeile

a. Verbrauchershutz

b. Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen

 20.   Selected Cases of Greek Civil Law (2hrs/week): P. Paparseniou/ G. Mentis  (Offered only in German).

Ι. Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht und griechisches Verbrauchervertragsrecht

1. Missbräuchliche Vertragsklauseln - Die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 93/13/EWG in das griechische Recht

2.Haustürgeschäfte - Die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 85/577/EWG in das griechische Recht

3.Fernabsatzverträge - Die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 97/7/EG in das griechische Recht

4. Verbrauchsgüterkauf - Die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 99/44/EG in das griechische Recht

5.Pauschalreisevertrag - Die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 90/3144/EWG in das griechische Recht
II. Ausgewählte Fragen des griechischen Familienrechts und Deliktsrechts

1. Eherecht und Scheidung

2. Der Tatbestand der unerlaubten Handlung nach dem  Artikel 914 ZGB

 21. Collective Labour Law (2hrs/week): K. Bakopoulos / D. Ladas

CHAPTER 1. TRADE UNION FREEDOM

§1. The Achievement of Trade Union Freedom

§2. The protection of Trade Union Freedom

I. Introduction

II. Protection against Acts of Interference Protection and Limitations of Collective Activities

§3. Individual Trade Union Freedom and its Protection ].

I. Right to be a Member (Positive Freedom)

II. The Negative Aspect: Right not to be a Member

III. Protection of Individual Trade Union Freedom

CHAPTER 2. EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATION AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS

§1. The Social Partners

§2. The Trade Unions

I. Anatomy of Trade Unions

A. Introduction

B. National Level

II. The Formal Legal Status of Trade Unions

A. Legal Forms

B. Legislation on Legal Persons

III. The Founding of the Trade Union

IV. Internal Organization: Functioning- Trade Union Organs -Representation

A. The Meeting of the Members

B. Trade Union Government (Executive Board of the Trade Union Representatives)

V. Trade Union Economics

VI. Dissolution of Trade Unions

§3. The Employers' Associations

CHAPTER 3. INSTITUTIONALISED RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES

Representation at Management Level

I The Works Councils - European Councils

II. The Committee for Safety and Health

CHAPTER 4. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

§1. Introduction

§2. Content

§3. The Levels of Bargaining

§4. Binding Effect

§5. Employees Covered: Extension

CHAPTER 5. INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT

§1. Strikes

§2. Lock-outs

§3. Prevention and Settlement of Industrial Conflict

I. Introduction

II. Mediation

III. Arbitration

 22. Company Law (3hrs/week): C. Chrissanthis / I. Venieris

Incorporated and unincorporated partnerships. General principles regarding legal entities. General

partnership. Limited partnership. Partners Liability in all kind of commercial companies. Limited liability company. Undisclosed partnership. Minority rights in all forms of companies. Rights of partners and share holders. Company administration  and representation’s limits. Distribution of profits. Actio pro socio. Liability towards company creditors. Dissolution and liquidation procedure, Mergers and acquisitions of companies and business assets. Off shore companies and the registered office theory. Issues of conflicts of laws in the context of company law. The impact of EC.Directives and the jurisprudence of the ECJ.

 

23. Criminology (2hrs/week): M. Kranidioti

INDICATIVE OUTLINE (2008)

 A. On criminal justice in Greece

History and basic elements of criminal law/ procedure. The criminal justice system.: Police, courts, prisons. The criminal justice system for juveniles.

 Β. On Criminology and its Research Methods

What is Criminology (broad-narrow definition of)/ Victimlogy. Public conceptions and misconceptions of crime / media and crime. .Main sources of data in Criminology. Official statistics/ self report and victimization studies. Other research. Ethical problems in research.

 C. Schools and theoretical approaches

Classical versus positive school. Sociological approach. Emil Durkheim and the notion of anomie. Cartographic School  6. Strain theories  Control theories (Hirschi). Learning/ subcultural theories (Sutherland/ Wolfgang-Ferracuti etc.). Symbolic interationism and labeling theory. 8. Critical criminology- Marxist  Recent theoretical approaches in Criminology.

 Suggested books

Williams, Κ., 1991, 2005, Textbook in Criminology, Blackstone Press, London, Vold, G. B. / Bernard, T. J. / Snipes, J. B., 1998, 2002, Theoretical Criminology, Oxford University Press, New York, C.D.Spinellis/ M.Kranidioti, "Greek Crime Statistics", in Martin Jehle/ Chris Lewis (Home Office), Improving Criminal Justice Statistics. National and International Aspects, Series "Kriminologie und Praxis", 1995, Wiesbaden, σ. 67-88. For Greek speaking students M. Kranidioti, 2007, Integration as a method of theory development in Criminology, Nomiki Vivliothiki, Athens (in Greek).

24. Comparative Family Law (2hrs/week): D. Kallinikou / G.Georgiades

This course examines some cases of the European Court of Human Rights concerning Family Law, as Salgueiro da Silva Muta v. Portugal(1999), Mazurek v. France(2000), Sommerfeld v. Germany(1996), Petrovic v. Austria(1998), Johnson v. The United Kingdom(1997), Marckx v. Belgium (1978), Boujaϊdi v. France (1997), Beldjoudi v. France( 1992), Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v. The United Kingdom(1997), Case of  X, Y and Z v. The United Kingdom(1997), Soderback v. Sweden(1998), Jaggi v. Switzerland(2006), Odievre v. France(2003), Frette v. France(2002), Evans v.United Kingdom(2006), Elli Poluhas Dodsbo v. Sweden(2006), Haas v. Netherlands(2004), L. v. Lithuania(2006),Merger and Cros v. France(2004), Gorgulu v. Germany(2003), E.P. v. Italy(1999), Plaand Puncernau v. Andorra(2001), Pannullo and Forte v. France(2002), Haase v. Germany(2003), Goodwin v. United Kingdom(2002), Maurice v. France(2005), Kleinert v. Germany(2007), Paulίk v. Slovakia(2006), Maslov v. Austria(2007), V.A.M. v. Serbia(2007), Tysiac v. Poland (2007), Tavli v. Turkey(2007), Aoulmi v. France(2006), Elsholz v. Germany(2000), Koudelka v. the Czech Republic( 2006), Zavrel v. Czech Republic(2007), Guillot v. France (1996), Scozzari-Giunta v. Italy(2000), Suss v. Germany(2006), Moser v. Austria(2006), Emonet and others v.Switzerland(2008), Hoffmann v. Germany(2003), Sahin v. Germany(2003), Saviny v. Ukraine(2008), Gnahore v. France(2000), Karner v. Austria (2003), Schmidt v. France(2007), Kutzner v. Germany(2003), Kosmopoulou v. Greece (2004), Folgero and others v. Norway(2007), Saadi v. Italy(2008), Ε.Β. v. France(2008), Jucius and Juciuviene v. Lithuania(2009), Yousef v. The Netherlands(2003), Bevacqua and S. v. Bulgaria(2008), Sophia Gudrun Hansen v. Turkey(2003), Dickson v. The United Kingdom(2007), Case of C.v. Finland(2006), Costreie v. Romania(2009) etc and in the same time compares the family laws of the States of Europe. 

25. Philosophy of Law (2hrs/week): V. Voutsakis / Ph. Vasilogiannis

Philosophical theories of rights

What is a right? Is it necessary to dissociate liberties from claims? Are rights forms of interests? If so, how is a right to be distinguished from a mere interest? Or, alternatively, are rights forms of freedom – and if so, how can they be distinguished from other forms of freedom?

Moreover, how are rights to be justified?  Do we need rights? If so, on what grounds, grounds of general utility or grounds of autonomy? Are rights absolute? What is the function of a right?

Finally, what are the normative conditions of the exercise of a right? Are all rights, in a certain sense, positive? How is the state supposed to protect a right?

Such questions, questions regarding, first, the nature, second, the foundations and, third, the exercise of rights, are of great practical and theoretical interest. This is the reason why they should be treated from a philosophical point of view, i.e. the point of view of philosophy of law – and not only from a civil law or a constitutional law perspective.

Plan of the course

Introduction

The prehistory of the concept: Duns Scotus vs St Thomas of Aquinas (and Aristotle)

M. Villey, La formation de la pensée juridique moderne (Ed. Montchrestien), esp. Cours 1961-1962, “Doctrine du droit de Saint Thomas”, pp. 116-146, Cours 1962-1963, “Prolégomènes à l’étude du droit subjectif chez Guillaume d’Occam”, “La genèse du droit subjectif chez Guillaume d’Occam”, pp. 225-273

 The history of the concept: Grotius, Hobbes and Locke

R. Tuck, “Grotius and Selden”, in J.H. Burns (ed.), The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700 (CUP), 499-522

A. Ryan, “Hobbes’s political philosophy”, in T. Sorell (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes (CUP), pp. 208-245

A. J. Simmonds, The Lockean Theory of Rights (PUP), esp. ch. II (“Locke and Natural Rights”), pp. 68-120 Analysis: the Hohfeldian scheme

W.N. Hohfeld, “Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions As Applied in Judicial Reasoning”, in C. Wellman, Rights and Duties, vol. I (Routledge), pp. 16-59

The interest theory

D. N. MacCormick, “Rights in Legislation”, in C. Wellman, Rights and Duties, vol. I (Routledge), pp. 189-209

Rights: between the individual preferences and the general welfare (R. Brandt)

R. Brandt, “Utitilitarianism and Moral Rights”, in Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights (CUP), pp. 197-212

The choice theory (H.L.A. Hart)

H.L.A. Hart, “Legal Rights”, in Essays on Bentham. Studies in Jurisprudence and Political Theory (Clarendon Press), pp. 162-193

Rights and autonomy (Th. Nagel)

Th. Nagel, “Personal Rights and Public Space”, in Concealment and Exposure and Other Essays (OUP), 31-52

Positive and negative rights (C. Sunstein / St. Holmes vs. A. Gewirth)

St. Holmes – Cass Sunstein, The Cost of Rights. Why Liberty Depends on Taxes (W.W. Norton & Company), pp. 36-47

A. Gewirth, “Are All Rights Positive?”, Philosophy & Public Affairs 30 (2002),  pp.1-13 

General bibliography

A. Harel, “Theories of Rights”, in M. Golding – W. Edmundson, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Blackwell), pp. 191-206

William Edmundson, An Introduction to Rights (CUP), esp. pp. 3-40, 61-85, 86-118, 119-132, 143-159 

26. Banking Law (2hrs/week): Ch. Livada

The following topics are going to be discussed:

A) Core Banking Activities

A.1. Introduction to banks and banking transactions, bank-customer relationship (deposit-taking and

current accounts), transactional and advisory liability

A.2. Payments and credits (electronic payments, credit transfers, credit cards, E-money)

A.3. Trade finance, letters of credit (documentary credits, letters of guarantee etc.)

B) Non-Core banking activities

B.1. Leasing and Factoring

B.2. Venture Capital operation

B.3. Investment service offered by the banks

The above topics are going to be discussed both from a theoretical point of view and from that of the

Hellenic jurisprudence. 

 27. Insurance Law (3hrs/week): D. Christodoulou / E. Kinini

Insurable interest in life, in property – kinds of insurance cover – insurance contracts – contract formation,

the proposal of insurance, premium, the insurance contract contents, the period of cover – exceptions, -

misrepresentation – non disclosure – indemnity – subrogation – third party rights – assignment – independent

intermediaries – agents of the insured, authority to bind the insurer, rights and duties – regulation of

insurance industry.

 28. International Business Transactions (2hrs/week): E. Moustaira

The topics that will be discussed during the course are:

Ιnternational Insolvency Law. General Principles, National rules, International Conventions, European Regulation 1346/2000.

And Recast Regulation.

 29. Penology (2 hrs/week) A. – I. Tzannetaki

1. The Justification of Punishment: Retributive and Utilitarian theories.

2. The main schools of thought which have been developed with regard to the control of criminality

and the treatment of offenders from the 18th century up to the present.

a) The classical School of Criminology (Beccaria, Bentham)

b) The Italian Positivist School (Lombroso,Garofallo, Ferri)

c) The Welfare Model and the Rehabilitation Ideal

d) The Justice Model (primary emphasis is given to the work of A. von Hirsch)

e) The Administrative Criminology (Rational Choice Theory, Situational Opportunity Theory etc)

3. The policy of Zero Tolerance with respect to “uncivil and disorderly” behavior (Primary emphasis is

given to the work of J. Q Wilson)

4. Recent international trends in the use of imprisonment.

5. Comparative analysis of the range of penal measures prescribed by the legislation of a number of

    European Countries

30. BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS(3 hrs/week) Ch.Chrissanthis

Types of business acquisitions; share deals, asset deals, capital increase and legal mergers. Types of legal mergers. - Liability for information memorandum regarding business acquisitions. Legal and financial due diligence. Share transfer agreements. Liability for the value of the transferred shares, or assets. - The merger process. Shareholders’ and creditors protection during the merger process. Liability in the context of merger transactions. - Competition law implications of business acquisitions; mergers and full function enterprises. - Employees’ rights in case of business acquisitions. - Hostile takeovers.

 

 

 

EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM AT THE LAW SCHOOL

 At the Law School , ECTS  credits are awarded in accordance with the following conversion table:

 TYPE OF COURSE                                        ECTS credit points

Lectures (exams)............................................. 2 per hour of lecture a week (SWS)

Lectures (essays)............................................. 3

Lectures (exams and essays)............................ 5 for a 1 - hour course a week

....................................................................... 7 for a 2 - hours course a week

....................................................................... 9 for a 3 - hours course a week

....................................................................... 11 for a 4 - hours course a week

 Work Groups / Seminars (exams)................... 4

Work Groups / Seminars (essays)................... 3

Work Groups / Seminars(exams and essay).... 7

(*) No credits are given for attendance only

DESCRIPTION OF THE GRADING SYSTEM:

     The grading scale runs from 0 to 10

    Passing grades are from 5 to 10:

    5 - 6  =  good

    7 - 8  =  very good

    9 - 10  =  excellent

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL  COORDINATORS

 

OFFICE  HOURS

 

TO BE SCHEDULED

 

ACADEMIC  CALENDAR 2016-2017

LAW SCHOOL

Winter semester

Teaching period : October  1st  2016  -  January 20th 2017

 Examination  period : January 23rd 2017 - February 20th  2017

Spring semester

Teaching period : February 28th 2017-June 16th 2017

Examination  period  : June 19th 2017-July 14th 2017

 

The mobility period for the Erasmus+ students begins on the orientation day and ends with the examination of the last course .

 

 

 

ERASMUS +PROGRAMME – Winter  Semester 2016 - 2017

COURSE COMMENCEMENT  October 2016   (To be scheduled)   

           

ERASMUS PROGRAMME – Winter  Semester 2016– 2017

All courses will be taking  place in the new building of the Law School (entrance from Sina Str.3), 3^rd floor, Room  8 , unless indicated otherwise (*).

TO BE SCHEDULED

 

 

 

 

 

 

We wish you a very pleasant stay!

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