Introduction
The master's degree is designed to build a rigorous investigative profile, based on advanced research on the Law of damages in a European and comparative perspective, and focused in particular on the field of non-contractual civil liability and on the foundations for the analysis of the principles that articulate private law, with special attention to the thesis proposed by the best theory of contemporary law.Training objectivesThe program of the University Master's Degree in Damage Law offered by the University of Girona aims at advanced legal training in the areas most directly linked to civil liability. It has two specialties, one in private law of contractual and extra-contractual liability, and the other in Fundamentals for the analysis of private law; both enable for access to the doctorate. The proposal offers training in European private and comparative law, essential for any researcher specializing in private law, and in the fundamentals of private law, basic for those who want to develop an academic career linked to research in philosophy of private law.CurriculumModule 1: Civil liabilityCivil liability law: fundamentals
Responsibility for risk and vehicle circulation
Responsibility for products, medical and health and product safetyModule 2: Damage Law PhilosophyEpistemological foundations of the civil liability test
Economic analysis of damage lawModule 3: Practical Aspects of Private LawInsurance law
Patrimonial responsibility of the administrationOptional (classified by itinerary)Itinerary: Private law of contractual and tort liability
Contract Law
Civil protection of fundamental rights
Body damage assessment systems: compared bases
European consumer law
Itinerary: Fundamentals for the analysis of Private Law
Justification and functions of civil liability
Philosophical conceptions of the causal link
Distributive aspects of the right of damages
Expert evidence in civil liabilityOther Optional (both itineraries)Major issues of private law I: European legal tradition
Major issues of private law II: professional contingencies and civil liability
Master's Final ProjectAccess, admission and registrationPre-qualification requirement
Be in possession of a bachelor's or graduate degree in law or a related subject that includes training in private law and that allows postgraduate studies. Taking into account the international focus of the program, there is no specific reservation of places for foreign students (from the EHEA with a bachelor's degree or graduates from foreign educational systems outside the EHEA, without the need for homologation, with prior verification that they accredit a level of training equivalent to the corresponding Spanish undergraduate degrees and that authorize, in the issuing country, access to postgraduate studies). In any case, candidates with university training in law will have preferential access.
Admission and registration
To access the master's degree you have to complete the university pre-registration. Candidates from outside the EU are recommended to pre-register during the first pre-registration periods to ensure they obtain a place. Once the pre-registration has been completed, the Master's Admission Council will assess the student's curriculum to ensure the suitability of the candidates in relation to the dedication necessary for the progress of their training. Knowledge of languages will be taken into account as well as previous merits in the field of research or professional experience.Professional outingsThe training offered by this master's degree is especially useful for people who want to pursue an international professional career, whether in professional offices or in institutions or non-governmental organizations, or towards professional, public or private practice in the field of law. Of Damage. From an academic point of view, training in European and comparative private law is also an essential background for any researcher specialized in private law, since it provides a critical vision and knowledge about the structural reasons for the differences between the various systems and models.
