Type:
Master
Speciality:
042101.11.7 - Jurisprudence
Specialisation:
042101.11.7 - Business Law and International Arbitration
Qualification awarded:
Master’s degree
Programme academic year:
2024/2025
Mode of study:
Full time
Language of study:
Հայերեն
1. Admission criteria/requirements
· To draw up pleadings, complaints, objections, demands, notices, contracts, including standard and non-standard, mixed contracts, contracts with the participation of a foreign element, agreements, and other drafts of legal documents in the process of legal service and provision of the business sector,
2. Programme Objectives
· to provide the student with in-depth, systematic, and comprehensive knowledge of business and business environment legislation and practice, international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings,
· to teach the student to analyze and interpret the legislation of the fields of business and international arbitration, its application practice, patterns, and exceptions,
· to develop the professional abilities and skills of students to conduct research in the field of business law and international arbitration, to carry out legal consulting activities, to solve complex practical problems, and to prepare documents related to the field.
· to teach the student to analyze and interpret the legislation of the fields of business and international arbitration, its application practice, patterns, and exceptions,
· to develop the professional abilities and skills of students to conduct research in the field of business law and international arbitration, to carry out legal consulting activities, to solve complex practical problems, and to prepare documents related to the field.
3. Educational outcomes of the programme
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- To clarify the relationship between sources of international law and domestic law, key policies and practices on state-investor arbitration, including in terms of national security;
- To present and comment on companies, as well as anti-competitive legislation, aspects of the interaction of intellectual property and new technologies, bankruptcy regulations, and prospects for the development of legal practice,
- To present and clarify the issues of land use, natural resources and environment legislation, domestic and international bankruptcy legislation, and legal practice regulations,
- To describe the research methods of private law, as well as separate procedures for the protection of rights, general patterns of state-legal phenomena, methodological, philosophical, fundamentals of jurisprudence, and sociological approaches to state-legal phenomena.
- To draw up pleadings, complaints, objections, demands, notices, contracts, including standard and non-standard, mixed contracts, contracts with the participation of a foreign element, agreements, and other drafts of legal documents in the process of legal service and provision of the business sector,
- To prepare company charters and other constituent documents, shareholders' agreements, draft decisions, and minutes of the company's board of directors/shareholders' meeting, carry out company registration
- To apply research methods in civil, civil litigation, environmental protection, natural use, anti-competitive, international private law,
- To provide legal support for the lending process: study of credit cases and provision of legal conclusions, making necessary changes in contracts, legal advice on banking operations,
- support ministries and relevant departments in the development and implementation of state policy and strategy in the business sector (including companies, international trade law, banking law, tax law, insurance law, bankruptcy, intellectual property, anti-competitive, environmental, subsoil use, energy law),
- support ministries and relevant departments in the development and implementation of state policy and strategy in the business sector (including companies, international trade law, banking law, tax law, insurance law, bankruptcy, intellectual property, anti-competitive, environmental, subsoil use, energy law)
- To use various sources of information (electronic and non-electronic)
- To effectively plan time and other resources needed to solve the set problems, both at the individual level and as part of a group, including in a multicultural environment, when carrying out activities
- To present reports, and research results to the professional and non-professional community in a comprehensive and argumentative manner, to explain, as well as to receive information and ideas related to the field of jurisprudence, to logically justify one's views, including during scientific debates
- To observe the rules of professional ethics
4. Assessment methods
● Courses without final assessment.
Within the framework of each course, the mandatory components for student evaluation are two mid-term exams, 7-9 points, which can be conducted in written or oral form. At least two of the other components are chosen by the teaching professor, they are mid-term exam: 0-8 points, individual work: 0-8 points, and participation: 0-3 points.
● Courses with a final assessment.
Within the framework of each course, the mandatory components for student evaluation are two mid-term exams: 6-8 points and a final exam: 7-9 points. At least one of the other components is chosen by the teaching professor, they are the mid-term check-up: 0 -6 points, individual work: 0-6 points, and participation: 0-3 points.
● Courses without mid-term exam assessment.
The mandatory component for student evaluation within each course is the final exam, 7-9 points. At least two of the other components are chosen by the teaching professor, they are the mid-term check-up: 0-8 points, individual work: 0-8 points, and participation: 0-3 points.
● General courses are evaluated through the final exam.
For the final certification students submit Master’s theses.
Within the framework of each course, the mandatory components for student evaluation are two mid-term exams, 7-9 points, which can be conducted in written or oral form. At least two of the other components are chosen by the teaching professor, they are mid-term exam: 0-8 points, individual work: 0-8 points, and participation: 0-3 points.
● Courses with a final assessment.
Within the framework of each course, the mandatory components for student evaluation are two mid-term exams: 6-8 points and a final exam: 7-9 points. At least one of the other components is chosen by the teaching professor, they are the mid-term check-up: 0 -6 points, individual work: 0-6 points, and participation: 0-3 points.
● Courses without mid-term exam assessment.
The mandatory component for student evaluation within each course is the final exam, 7-9 points. At least two of the other components are chosen by the teaching professor, they are the mid-term check-up: 0-8 points, individual work: 0-8 points, and participation: 0-3 points.
● General courses are evaluated through the final exam.
For the final certification students submit Master’s theses.
5. Graduates future career opportunities
Graduates of the program can practice law, and work in courts, state administration bodies, private companies, consulting companies, international structures and organizations, scientific research centers, and non-governmental organizations.
Graduates of the program can continue their studies in the YSU Faculty of Law postgraduate studies.
Graduates of the program can continue their studies in the YSU Faculty of Law postgraduate studies.
6. Resources and forms to support learning
The following auxiliary resources are used in the learning process:
· A computer hall equipped with computers and software,
· electronic resources.
· A computer hall equipped with computers and software,
· electronic resources.
7. Educational standards or programme benchmarks used for programme development
· RA National Framework of Qualifications,
· Requirements and benchmarks for a similar Master's program at the state universities of Hamburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Utrecht, St. Petersburg, and Moscow.
· Requirements and benchmarks for a similar Master's program at the state universities of Hamburg, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Utrecht, St. Petersburg, and Moscow.
8. Requirements for the academic staff
1. General abilities
Teaching/Pedagogical
· skill in making a work program for the course,
Knowledge of interactive teaching methods, and ability to use active learning techniques.
Research
· ability to work with various scientific sources, as well as to use Internet information resources,
· knowledge of research methods, skill in their application,
· ability to lead a research group.
Communication
· ability to communicate orally with the audience,
· ability to present research results in writing,
. knowledge of a foreign language
ICT application
· basic computer skills (fluent command of MS Office package: Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Moodle),
Other abilities
· ability to estimate the necessary resources and implement projects effectively,
· ability to plan and manage time resources.
2. Professional Abilities
· ability to master the legislation regulating business and business sector legal relations, international commercial and investment arbitration,
· ability to interpret the provisions of the theory of tax, investment, insurance, environmental law,
· ability to identify the content and essence of international documents related to the field,
· ability to interpret the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, the Court of Cassation, and the European Court,
· ability to identify gaps, weaknesses, and strengths in legislation and practice.
3. General requirements
Scientific degree
· a scientific degree and/or rank in law, or, in some cases, a Master's degree in a given specialty at a foreign university,
· availability of at least 3 scientific and/or methodological publications in the last 5 years,
· at least 3 participations in conferences and/or workshops in the last 5 years.
Pedagogical experience
· at least 3 years of experience in teaching professional courses and/or conducting trainings,
· participation in local or international trainings and/or professional qualification improvement courses during the last 5 years,
Practical experience
· at least 5 years of work experience in the law enforcement, legal, or judicial system: investigator, prosecutor, lawyer, judge, legal advisor.
Other requirements
· teaching portfolio: availability of online materials for at least 50% of taught subjects,
· the average grades obtained by the results of the student survey: at least 4.0 (for teaching professors
Teaching/Pedagogical
· skill in making a work program for the course,
Knowledge of interactive teaching methods, and ability to use active learning techniques.
Research
· ability to work with various scientific sources, as well as to use Internet information resources,
· knowledge of research methods, skill in their application,
· ability to lead a research group.
Communication
· ability to communicate orally with the audience,
· ability to present research results in writing,
. knowledge of a foreign language
ICT application
· basic computer skills (fluent command of MS Office package: Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Moodle),
Other abilities
· ability to estimate the necessary resources and implement projects effectively,
· ability to plan and manage time resources.
2. Professional Abilities
· ability to master the legislation regulating business and business sector legal relations, international commercial and investment arbitration,
· ability to interpret the provisions of the theory of tax, investment, insurance, environmental law,
· ability to identify the content and essence of international documents related to the field,
· ability to interpret the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, the Court of Cassation, and the European Court,
· ability to identify gaps, weaknesses, and strengths in legislation and practice.
3. General requirements
Scientific degree
· a scientific degree and/or rank in law, or, in some cases, a Master's degree in a given specialty at a foreign university,
· availability of at least 3 scientific and/or methodological publications in the last 5 years,
· at least 3 participations in conferences and/or workshops in the last 5 years.
Pedagogical experience
· at least 3 years of experience in teaching professional courses and/or conducting trainings,
· participation in local or international trainings and/or professional qualification improvement courses during the last 5 years,
Practical experience
· at least 5 years of work experience in the law enforcement, legal, or judicial system: investigator, prosecutor, lawyer, judge, legal advisor.
Other requirements
· teaching portfolio: availability of online materials for at least 50% of taught subjects,
· the average grades obtained by the results of the student survey: at least 4.0 (for teaching professors
9. Additional information about the programme
The program specification provides a brief description of the main characteristics of the program and the educational outcomes expected to be achieved by the average student if they take full advantage of the learning opportunities offered by the program.
