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Panel 1 – law
view, the teaching-team division of the Faculty should be revised; see,
above: Research infrastructure), active participation in international
research networks could be intensified and, above all, the staff has no
detailed plan for future research. Since there is an urgent need of research
in the field of international private law and the staff is very competent, a
clear vision of the future and a general research plan should be developed.
The relevance of the scientific production is high. The textbooks generally
cover the field of private international law, and the theses deal with
modern and topical themes, linked with the private-international-law
problems of Internet usage. Both theses under preparation (one of them
partly) are located in the field of international procedural law. This is a
good choice since procedural problems of an international nature are
particularly topical today – as is demonstrated by the on-going legislative
work of the European Union. In both theses, the problems of jurisdiction
are discussed. In the future, other aspect of international procedural law
(enforcement of foreign judgments, international legal assistance) could
also be researched.
Generally, it can be stated that except for textbooks and manuals, the research
of private international law in Lund substantially relies on doctoral
theses. It is positive that these theses are produced but post-doc research
(shortly referred to in the description paper) would be needed as well.
Grading the research of private international law as very good seems
appropriate.
If graded separately, Comparative Law would receive the grade good. The
work of the sole professor teaching the subject would certainly deserve a
higher grade. However, since more resources have not been allocated to
the discipline, a higher grade is hardly possible. A comparative approach
could of course be advanced within other disciplines, too; however, no
great enthusiasm for comparative work seems to prevail in the Faculty.
3.7. Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
The discipline of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law is clearly undergoing
a transitional period after the retirement of its two professors
of international stature. The professors have still published during
the five-year period under evaluation, and their publications clearly
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