Today's global economy has resulted in a proliferation of multi-national corporations. Frequently, the parent corporation is governed by the law of one country and one or more subsidiaries are governed by the laws of other countries. This course will make a comparative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages to incorporating in a particular country. It will focus on corporations considering mergers, acquisitions, or joint ventures with corporations outside of their own jurisdiction and on the reasons why a corporation may decide to form a subsidiary under the law of another jurisdiction. For those comparative purposes, the law of Delaware will be used as the United States model. (1 credit)
(Schedule: 6/16 to 6/19 9:00 – 10:20 a.m 6/23 to 6/25 - 9:00 – 10:20 a.m 6/26 to 6/27 - 9:00 – 10:10 a.m)
Human Rights and Multinational Corporations (Regan) (6/16-6/20)
Efforts to develop legally enforceable mechanisms for ensuring that multinational corporations adhere to human rights norms when conduction overseas business operations is a work still in progress. This course examines the fundamental principles of human rights law as applied to nation states (i.e., state actors) in the aftermath of World War II. More contemporary efforts to establish legally enforceable human rights norms against private non-state actors, including individual non-governmental actors and multinational corporations, through litigation in U.S courts asserting claims under the Alien Tort Statute, will also be explored. (1 credit)
(Schedule: 6/16 to 6/20 10:40 – 1:00 pm)
European Union Law (Granieri) (6/23-6/27)
This course will deal with the sources of EU law and, in particular, with regulations, directives, recommendations and other acts of the European institutions. It will also focus on the role of the European Court of Justice as the highest authority in the judicature system of the EU law and its function in shaping the EU law. Finally, the Four Freedoms of the EU will be discussed as well as their evolution in the opinions of the EU Court of Justice. (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/23 to 6/27 - 10:40 – 1:00 pm)
VENICE FACULTY BIOS
Paul L. Regan (Director) is Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law at Widener's Delaware campus. Professor Regan received a B.S. from Villanova University in 1979 and a J.D. from Temple University Law School in 1982. Professor Regan was the Director, Venice International Law Institute for 2007, and the Director, Geneva International Law Institute, 2001 & 2003. He is a member of the Widener Law faculty since 1994. Formerly a corporate litigator with the Wilmington, Delaware office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Professor Regan participated in a number of the landmark corporate takeover cases in the mid 1980s and early 1990s.
The Honorable Randy J. Holland is the youngest person to serve on the Delaware Supreme Court, having been recommended to the Governor by a bipartisan merit selection committee. Prior to his appointment and confirmation in 1986, Justice Holland was in private practice as a partner at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. In January 1999, he was reappointed and confirmed unanimously for a second twelve-year term. Justice Holland graduated from Swarthmore College. He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, where he received the Loughlin Award for legal ethics. Justice Holland received a Master of Laws in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia Law School.
Massimiliano Granieri is a professor of comparative private law and economic analysis at the University of Foggia Law School and professor of Intellectual Property Rights Management at LUISS Guido Carli, Department of Management and Economics. Prof. Granieri earned a J.D., with distinction, from LUISS “Guido Carli”, Italy, an LL.M. from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Law from the University of Florence. He also was a Jemolo Fellow at Nuffield College in Oxford, the United Kingdom. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Texas School of Law’s Jamail Center for Legal Studies and worked as legal counsel in the Office of Technology Transfer, Office of the President, University of California-Oakland. He is an appointed expert with the Ministry of Economic Development, Italian Patent and Trademark Office Directorate and advisor to European Patent Academy, European Patent Office. He has practiced and published extensively in Italian and English in the areas of comparative private law and intellectual property.
Application Requirements
Application Deadline is April 15, 2014
To be eligible for Widener’s programs you must:
Complete one year of full or part-time law studies comprising the required first-year law courses at any ABAapproved law school.
Widener students must have a 2.3-2.5 GPA.
Fill out and submit a formal application.
Provide a $100 non-refundable application fee.
Provide a letter of good standing from your law school.
Tuition must be paid before arrival at the program.
Formal acceptance into the program can only be granted once all application requirements are fulfilled.
Success
For additional information, contact: Arlene Trapuzzano, Coordinator, International Programs
4201 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-477-2248 Fax: 302-477-2257
E-mail: artrapuzzano@widener.edu
If you’re an extendeddivision student, please contact the Coordinator of Study Abroad Programs at 302-4772248 for further information.
ABA Approved
All of our programs are approved by the American Bar Association. Our courses may be credited toward your law degree at an ABA approved institution if your law school accepts credits from summer programs. A transcript of grades will be sent to each student and to their home law school. Acceptance of any credit or grade for any course is subject to determination by the student's home school. It is unlikely that participation in a Study Abroad Program may be used to accelerate graduation. Consult with your school's registrar. Students are permitted to take from one to six credits during the summer.
Program Disclosures
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Class Size and Enrollment
Class size is limited to a maximum of 25 students/class. Classes in the foreign summer programs are considered elective courses with no prerequisites and the only requirement for enrollment is the completion of the first year of a JD students’ course of study and verification of “Good Academic Standing” at a student’s home institution. Summer 2013, 8 Widener students and 2 students from other law schools attended our Nairobi Program; 5 Widener students attended our Lausanne Program; and 7 Widener students attended our program in Venice. Our Nairobi Program is suspended for 2014.
Foreign Student Participation
Widener University School of Law Foreign Summer programs are open to students from other countries that are enrolled in final year(s) of an LLB program or are LLM students who have completed a first degree in law. While few foreign students do apply to our program, we often have students participating from our host Universities, specifically from the University of Lausanne, the University of Nairobi and Venice International University. Generally 5 or 6 foreign students participate in any one program in a given year.
Liability & Insurance
Widener does have mandatory, low-cost travel insurance covering emergencies and/ or medical issues. The cost of this insurance is based on the length of stay Up to 15 days = $24 and 16 to 30 days = $42. This travel insurance component is factored into the cost of attendance in the financial aid budget.
Accessibility
Accessibility varies throughout Europe. Students with disabilities are asked to contact the Program Director for information relating to questions about specific needs.
Housing Policy
Where applicable, students who contract to stay in the host institution’s housing are required to pay their housing fees and related expenses directly to the host institution. Failure to pay may result in penalties to the non-paying student, including but not limited to the withholding of the student’s grades and transcripts until payment has been made.
Acceptance Letter
The acceptance letter will include information on the travel specific information and any travel warning from the State Department, cancellation policy, liability & insurance policy, and housing policy with a link to the financial aid budget.
