Master in International Business Law Program
Tbilisi, Georgia
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 3,500
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The program aims to prepare highly qualified professionals who will have a deep and systematic knowledge of international business law, will be able to critically comprehend it from a comparative perspective, conduct independent research, solve complex legal issues, and conduct additional professional activities independently.
In the wake of the globalization of international business, the program focuses on aspects of its legal regulation. This program contributes to the development of the field and the improvement of legal regulations in the business environment. The program enables graduates to respond to challenges related to the transnational and multidisciplinary context of international business, and current local and international labor market demands.
Graduates will be able to be employed in all positions, taking into account the field of study, where the academic degree of Master of Law is required and it is not necessary to pass the state certification exam. As a result of developing research skills, graduates will be able to continue their studies at the doctoral level.
Program details
The program consists entirely of 120 credits, which are divided into the core (72 credits) and elective components of the program (48 credits). The main components of the program include:
- Three studying courses in the field of education;
- Three studying courses focused on the development of legal, academic research, and writing skills;
- Master's thesis;
- Law Clinic
The program's elective component consists of 144-credit study courses from which the student selects the courses he or she prefers.
A student will be admitted to defend his / her master's thesis if she has accumulated at least 84 credits in total. The performance of a master's thesis in a law school is regulated by the relevant regulations.
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Curriculum
The study process includes weekly meetings (lecture/seminar, etc.) lasting 2 academic hours (hours - 60 minutes).
There are a maximum of 25 students in the group.
Program Outcome
Knowledge and understanding
- describes the modern regulation of international business, which includes both international and national law and their interrelationship, trends in the development of legislation, challenges and shortcomings, the main ways of their improvement and resolution, the latest important judicial practice, on the basis of which the graduate student will be able to solve practical problems;
- describes current problems of legal science, modern field methods of scientific research, rules of academic honesty and issues of academic ethics. Also, the basic rules and principles of creating professional scientific texts;
- describes the rules of judicial ethics, including the issues of communication of the judge with the public and the peculiarities of the disciplinary proceedings of judges;
- defines the essence of comparative law and the purpose of using the comparative legal method, including explaining the importance of the influence of EU law on the development of Georgian law.
Skills
- evaluates the factual circumstances of a legal case, identifies complex legal problems or legal gaps in the field of business law and, based on professional interpretation, synthesis and analysis of legally significant information (legislation and legislative news, judicial practice, dogmatics and the latest scientific views), formulates original ways of solving them, including, determines the positive and negative consequences related to the decision;
- identifies legal risks related to international business, determines the necessary measures to eliminate or reduce them, determines ways to resolve legal disputes and provides appropriate legal advice;
- interprets and, using legal writing techniques, prepares and/or amends legal and other professional documents, including contracts, case summaries, legal opinions and conclusions.
Responsibility and autonomy
- determines and plans future studies independently, accepts responsibility for one's own and others' activities and professional development, and creates conditions for a common team decision;
- receives guidance on how to manage complex, unpredictable, or multidisciplinary materials or environments. Among other things, plans and manages working time, and develops a research strategy for preparing a paper;
- participates in the development of professional knowledge and legal practice, uses strategic approaches and/or innovative ways of problem-solving, assists colleagues and shares own experience with them.
Program delivery
- Explanatory method
- Team Work
- Demonstration method
- Discussion / debates
- Induction, deduction, analysis, and synthesis
- Interactive lectures
- Critical analysis
- Literature review
- Role-play
- Practical work
- Submitting presentations
- Problem-solving exercises
- Problem-based Learning
- Project-based Learning
- News investigation
- Action Based Learning
- Case Study
- Search for relevant material in electronic format or in a library
- Method of written work
- Method of working on the book