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380017 SE Seminar for graduate students: Current IT-Law Problems (2017W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 38 - Doktoratsstudium Rechtswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Fr 22.09.2017 00:01 to Th 19.10.2017 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 26.10.2017 13:57

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: German, English

Lecturers

Nikolaus Forgó

Classes

Vorbesprechung: Montag, 23.10.2017, 16.30 - 18.00
Weitere Termine: Freitag 26.01.2018 - Sonntag 28.01.2018
Ort: Veranstaltungsraum des Instituts für Strafrecht, Schenkenstraße 4

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar is directed at doctoral candidates which are writing their doctoral thesis in international law. Students should have the possibility to present their dissertation topics. In the following discussion, the doctoral projects will be dicussed and assessed.

Assessment and permitted materials

Evaluation of the doctoral project and participation in the classroom discussions. Written Outlines (3.000-5.000 words) need to be handed in until 3 November, 2017 (via E-Mail to martina.mittermayer@univie.ac.at).
Oral presentation of the doctoral project (20 minutes) and subsequent discussion. Acceptance of supervision depends on the quality of the presentations.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The research proposal should include the following elements:

1) title page with topic, name and academic degree of the author, home university;

2) table of contents;

3) a written outline (3,000-5,000 words) of the research project: It must in particular contain the research question, the methodology to be applied, and the current state of scientific research on the topic;

4) bibliography (at least 3 pages);

5) a copy of your Masters degree in law (or equivalent).

In view of the large number of applications only research projects which are particularly well elaborated and researched have the chance of a positive evaluation.

Examination topics

Wird bekannt gegeben.

Reading list