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Panel 1 – law
Public international law is by nature an internationally-oriented discipline
and international networking is a necessary prerequisite for successful
research. Due to the fact that the tenured are still in the beginning of the
careers, it is understandable that they have not yet been able to establish
very extensive international contacts. However, a good start has been
made, with especially good contacts with, in addition to Nordic academic
institutions, Australian institutes and faculties.
4.5.2. Private International Law and Comparative Law
As already pointed out, there is much of collaboration between the
researchers of private international law and private substantive law. As
regards teaching collaboration and collaboration within international
organizations of the field, the situation is excellent. At present, a member
of the staff serves as the president of an international association of the
leading European experts on private international law. He will give the
appreciated General Course on Private International Law at The Hague
Academy of International Law in 2010.
A member of the staff supervises two doctoral theses in other Swedish law
faculties and one in Vietnam.
4.6. Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
Within the faculty, Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law has established
three research clusters with other disciplines (public international law,
procedural law and corporate law). One of the clusters has also received a
considerable amount of external funding. Such collaboration within the
faculty must be regarded as a very positive and promising development.
On the other hand, established collaboration with other faculties and
institutions of the universities seems to be lacking, although by its nature
the discipline is well suited to co-operation with, e.g., the Department of
Philosophy. There is no mention of international partners of co-operation,
either, in spite of the internationally-oriented character of the discipline
and the strong heritage, left by the former professors.
4.7. Legal History
The legal historians at Lund have excellent connections with the outside
world, at both the national, Nordic and international level. The junior
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