Civil Law

Teaching

The Department of Civil Law teaches and conducts research in the field of civil law. It is responsible for the master’s degree programme Civiel Recht (Civil Law LL.M.) which attracts many students each year from Leiden and elsewhere.

We also teach in the bachelor’s programmes Law (LL.B.) and International Business Law (LL.B.), as well as offering an English-taught Advanced LLM degree programme, the Advanced Master International Civil and Commercial Law.  

In the field of civil law of procedure, the Department of Civil Law teaches the course Burgerlijk Procesrecht (Civil Procedure) in the bachelor’s and the master’s degree programmes, and the course Practicum: Togapraktijk Civiel Recht (Private Practice) in the master’s degree programme Civil Law. Students in both the bachelor’s as well as the master’s programme can write a thesis on a topic concerning civil procedure. 

It is also possible in both the bachelor’s as well as the master’s degree programme to take courses in the field of private international law. For example, the Department of Civil Law together with the Department of Legal History offers the bachelor’s course Vergelijkend en Internationaal Privaatrecht (Comparative and Private International Law). 

Finally, the Department of Civil Law is responsible for teaching the Advanced Master International Civil and Commercial Law.