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The general objectives of the course are to strengthen critical reading skills of students and learn the debate on interpretation of texts in legal practice. To this end, students analyze 19th-century canonical authors, focusing on exegesis theories and history of law.

The main objectives of the course are the following: (1) Learning the legal regime of partnerships in Colombian Commercial Law, (2) Familiarizing students with the main institutions of contemporary Corporate Law, through a practical approach that allows them to solve problems pertaining to incorporation, functioning and annulment of partnerships, (3) Analyzing questions about contemporary corporate techniques that are of major importance in the current system of Commercial Law, (4) Studying some important approaches of comparative law that have influenced Colombian legislation.

The purpose of this course is to explain and analyze the interpretation of legal regulations of Securities in Colombia. It includes the fundamental principles of exchange rate, the different modalities of Securities and their inherent procedures. It also examines the contemporary trends, such as digitalization of Securities and it reviews Comparative Law in this regard. Students must learn basic knowledge on the regulations of Securities and develop skills for their interpretation and application, which are indispensable for a correct professional practice.

The course has the following objectives: (1) Analyzing the legal regulation applicable to financial contracts included in the course syllabus. This means that students must be able to identify essential characteristics, regime and main problems that regulation and practice cause in each analyzed contract, (2) Identifying the economic function and main jurisprudence and doctrinal trends on analyzed contracts, (3) Developing basic skills to identify and solve legal problems related to the types of contracts included in the syllabus and (4) Learning the basic features of the capital market and the general structure of the Colombian financial system, authorities of regulation, supervision and support, and the different types of institutions in the sector.

The objective of the course is to study the principles, institutions and particular features necessary to analyze the legal resolution of conflicts related to executory, declaratory and settlement procedures. It analyzes case studies and develops workshops that allow students to learn through practice.

The demise of the natural person generates a series of legal consequences of tremendous importance. Thus, and as corollary of the recognition of the right to private property set forth in the Political Constitution, the legislature institutes the right to succeed the originator in all his assets, determining the elements of all succession, identifying the basic concepts of heritage, indicating the rules to distribute the heritage, distinguishing the forced allotment as restrictions from the right to testate, and identifying the different types of wills and rules that regulate them.

The main objective in this course, in its version of restrictive practices, is that students learn the economic concepts upon which its rules are based. Similarly, students will understand corporate behaviors from the perspective of their repercussions for the entrepreneur and the market. Therefore, developing the skills to analyze corporate behaviors from a microeconomic viewpoint (basic level) is the main purpose of this part of the course. The second objective of this section is that students understand the origin and historical evolution of the antitrust legislation, especially in the United States, because this is the basis for many competition regulations in today’s world, and particularly in Colombia.

The purpose of the course is for students to: (1) understand from the legal and practical viewpoint the operation of the Colombian stock market, the negotiation instruments and mechanisms in said market, its brokers and the powers of intervention of the state, (2) learn about the main aspects of stock market regulation in comparative law, (3) Analyze situations and operations in the stock market that enable students to become familiarized with the Colombian reality on this matter.

During the course, students will learn and analyze national and international regulation of the main institutions Industrial Property. Additionally, they will study the main aspects of patents, their distinctive features and corporate secrets by studying real cases, in order to learn the daily dynamics of this concept. Finally, they will study sanctions applied in case of infringement of industrial property rights and their relation with unfair competition.

The course teaches students the different aspects of the Responsibility of the State. It includes an overview of Contractual and y Extra-contractual Responsibility of the state. It identifies and analyzes the different theories adopted by the Council of State and Administrative Courts as part of the constant evolution of this concept. Additionally, students will learn the associated elements set forth in the 1991 Constitution.

The course teaches students the administrative procedures, both in administrative and jurisdictional courts. At the end of the course, students must understand that administrative procedure is a guarantee for citizens before the exorbitant powers of the state. Similarly, students learn the necessary tools to take action to the administrative authorities and administrative jurisdiction.

The objective of the course is to provide students with a complete overview of the principles and institutions of state contracting. Additionally, they study the legal and jurisprudence framework regulating the different types of contracts between the state institutions with a comparative method.

The course will provide the students with the practical and theoretical tools to study and understand Colombian fiscal law as well as initial knowledge of international fiscal law. It begins with the general fiscal theory where the concept, sources and contents of fiscal law are taking on board as well as the fiscal legal classification, fiscal obligations and its elements, fiscal hermeneutics and the efficiency of fiscal standards in time and space. Further on, fiscal constitutional and legal substantial elements will be analyzed, focused on the totality of national tax analysis and on those more important for territorial order. Likewise the student is introduced to international and supranational fiscal law, tax procedures and alternative mechanisms for fiscal controversy solutions.

The purpose of the criminology course is to introduce students to the complex and fascinating world of deviation phenomena explanation (socially disapproved behaviors). By reviewing the different streams of the anthropologic, psychological, sociologic and political thoughts, we may explain how people have tried to explain the causes that lead to the concept of committing a crime

This is the second compulsory course in the area of international law. The pre-requisite is having taken. The course is an introduction to the main topics of Economic International Law: the importance of trade and the World Trade Organization in times of globalization, multilateral financial institutions and their role in regulating the current world economy, and especially the role of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the importance of foreign investment and its legal regulation in the economic growth of developing countries, and as part of this topic, the relevance of the phenomenon of growth of multinationals. Students receive a basic introduction to international economy in order to understand these topics. At the end of the course, students will be familiarized with issues such as the international economics system, the main international economic institutions as well as their actors, and specific issues such as international finances, international trade, and international disputes and arbitration processes.  

The course has the following objectives: (1) Understanding from a legal and practical viewpoint how arbitration works, (2) Learning the main aspects of regulation of national and international arbitration, and 3) Analyzing real-life cases that allow students to become familiarized with the subject. The main topics of the course include: Arbitration as alternative mechanism for settlement of controversies, classification of arbitration, national and international arbitration, arbitration award, arbitration procedure and appointment of arbitrators, Independence and impartiality, limitations to competition, lex arbitri, hearings, applicable law, arbitration award (concept, resources, recognition and execution).

In order to promote education on legal topics pertaining to human rights promotion and protection around the globe, this contest is based on the Inter-American Human Rights System and is developed based on a hypothetical case. Attendees must prepare and present a written memorial, stating and substantiating their positions. Then, they must debate these positions verbally, before a panel of judges, and must compare it with the memorial presented by the other team. Verbal arguments are presented, every year, in the city of Washington, D.C. usually in May.

Jessup Moot Court simulates a judicial process on international responsibility between two fictitious States, as if it were held at the International Court of Justice of The Hague, the main judicial entity of the United Nations Organization. The simulated court demands the presentation of two contradictory arguments, one for the complainant State and another for the respondent State. The course will focus on the investigation of one case, the drafting of memorials and the verbal argumentation in "mini-moots" this will be made frequently to benefit from the cooperation of former Jessup participants who will act as juries and co-trainers. In December, a final team of four persons will be selected, which will further compete in the national elimination sessions to be awarded with the national representation to participate in the contest in Washington. This contest considers both the written memorial and the verbal argumentation.

The Inter-American Moot Court Human Rights Competition was founded in 1996 by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the Washington College of Law at American University. The best results from Uniandes delegations have been: 1999 first place, 2004 and 2006 second place. The details about the organization and rules of the competition are available on the official website: http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/mcourt/

The Philip Jessup International Moot Court Competition was founded in 1960 at Harvard Law School. It is currently organized by the International Law Students Association (ILSA). Each year over 500 schools from 90 countries participate. The competition requires an excellent command of oral (regardless of accent) and written English. The best results from Uniandes delegations have been: 1998 winning memorial, 1997 fourth place, 1999 quarterfinalists, 2000 semifinalists, 2002 second place for a Latin American team. For further information on the competition and its functioning, visit the official website: http://www.ilsa.org/

The objective of the course is to study the principles, concepts and fundamental rules of international commercial law that would allow students to understand and develop certain basic operations taking place every day in the world of international businesses. The main topics include: Introduction to international commercial law, Sources of International Commercial Law, Principles of international commercial contracts, International purchase of merchandise, Incoterms and documentary credit.

EMC2 is an international competition that covers the conflict resolution method presented to the World Trade Organization (WTO), founded by the European Law Students´ Association in 2002. Since 2005, the competition started to include Latin American countries and designated COLADIC as its representative in the region. EMC2 includes two rounds: one verbal Latin American round, where all participating teams must prepared memorial for both the claimant and the respondent in the case presented, and a Final Verbal round, which will be held in the center of the WTO in Genève, Switzerland. Each team must be comprised of at least two (2) and maximum four (4) members, who must be undergraduate or master´s students. The last EMC2 contests have addressed issues such as the controversies generated among economic powers and developing countries due to the enforcement of limits on the imports of fishing products, the subsidies to agricultural industries or the access to patented medications.

It is an international commercial law competition, focusing on the simulation of a dispute between two WTO member states over issues related to multilateral agreements that the states have adopted as a consequence of the Marrakech Agreement. Preparation is made through a course on settlement of controversies at the WTO, open to all students, and after the delegations selected for that semester (second semester), selected students must register their material for the next semester, when they compete in the regional round and -if they pass- in the international round that will take place in Geneva, Switzerland. The competition is organized by the European Law Students Association (ELSA).

This course provides students the opportunity to conduct a practical exercise on general and procedural aspects, according to their area (civil, labor, penal, administrative and constitutional) of specialization. Students learn the necessary skills to practice professionally in cases they are entrusted, and to provide service to persons with limited budgets. This course also includes a subject on Labor Procedural Law.

This is the continuation of Legal Practice I, where students continue the practical exercise in general aspects of procedure, according to their specialization (civil, labor, penal, administrative and constitutional).

These subjects are associated with the Professional Practice Program, attached to the Student Deanship and managed by the Center for Professional Careers (CTP). It aims at complementing the preparation of students based on an outside-the-classroom experience, through the participation in the dynamics of companies and institutions. Students can access this program through the offers published by the CTP or it can be secured by students themselves. During the internship, students will be enrolled in a monitoring program administered by the CTP, where academic coordinators and internship tutors participate actively. During monitoring, students are offered useful tools for their professional career, and the University has the opportunity to evaluate their academic programs.

These subjects are associated with the Professional Practice Program, attached to the Student Deanship and managed by the Center for Professional Careers (CTP). It aims at complementing the preparation of students based on an outside-the-classroom experience, through the participation in the dynamics of companies and institutions. Students can access this program through the offers published by the CTP or it can be secured by students themselves. During the internship, students will be enrolled in a monitoring program administered by the CTP, where academic coordinators and internship tutors participate actively. During monitoring, students are offered useful tools for their professional career, and the University has the opportunity to evaluate their academic programs.

This is one of the pre-requisites to obtain a law degree, pursuant to decrees 3200 of 1979 and 1221 of 1991. Approving this course implies that the student is able to research a topic of interest and produce a document to present the results. The phases are: define a concrete and delimited research topic, locate different relevant sources, collect and process information, and present it a clear, concise and coherent manner. The School of Law has organized a directed research activity in different modalities, where students can choose topics and projects of interest to fulfill this graduation requirement.

The research seminar is a short course with the objective of strengthening research skills of students, so they can present a research paper with a high academic quality. The Seminar helps students define the question they will develop in their graduation projects.

The exam consists of the solution of a complex legal problem, presented through a real case file. The School exam is divided in two parts. Written part. (legal concept of a file or a legal case). The School presents a file or a file or a legal case focusing on certain areas of Law. Students have five (5) weeks to analyze it. On the date and at the time established by the School, students will prepare, in the room defined by the school and under 6 hours, a legal concept based on one or more questions presented during the day. The legal concept must include, as least, the relevant facts, the identification of legal problems, legal considerations that include different positions on the problems, and specification of applicable legal sources. Oral part. The second part consists of the oral defense of the legal concept before a moot court composed of 3 tenured or part time professors of the School. The defense shall be: (i) public, (ii) formal, and (iii) shall take place in the hearings room of the School. In the oral part, the student must demonstrate command of the legal concepts and their application in the Colombian legal system. Regardless of the specific question answered during the written part, the court can ask about any aspect of the relevant legal problem and any of the lines of research the student was assigned to solve the case. The absence of relevant knowledge and supported by any basic legal concept present in the case shall entail the failure of the oral exam, as long as the court concurs.