Virtual course. The judge in the european judicial area in civil and commercial matters, 2011-2012
With the support of The European Union
Félix V. Azón Vilas Senior Judge Member of the General Council of the Judiciary ACADEMIC DIRECTORS Joaquín Delgado Martín Senior Judge Head of Central Services of the General Council of the Judiciary Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE) Francisco de Paula Puig Blanes Senior Judge Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE) TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Carlos Uribe Ubago Senior Judge Director of the Continual Training Service at the Judicial School of the General Council of the Judiciary |
- MODULE I: THE EUROPEAN JUDICIAL AREA AND THE PRINCIPLE OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION
Tutor: José Antonio Varela Agrelo
Senior Judge. President of the Provincial Court of Lugo. Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE)
Unit I: 
The European Judicial Area in civil and commercial matters. Background and development. General principles. The Stockholm Programme 2010-2014.
Joaquín Delgado Martín
Senior Judge. Head of Central Services of the General Council of the Judiciary. Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE)
Self-assessment questionaire.- Unit II: The Judge in the construction of the European Judicial Area: towards a new judicial culture. General view of EU regulations regarding civil and commercial matters: characteristic notes and tendencies.
Joaquín Delgado Martín
Senior Judge. Head of Central Services of the General Council of the Judiciary. Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE)
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit III: The principle of mutual recognition: trust as a pillar in the construction of the Judicial Area. Brussels I: Regulation 44/2001, of 22 December 2000, on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters.
Flora Calvo Babío
Professor of Private International Law at Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid and Lawyer.
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit IV: Maintenance: Regulation 4/2009, jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters related to maintenance obligations. Successions: Regulation Project. European Enforcement Order: Regulation 805/2004, of 21 April, creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims.
Carlos Manuel Gonçalves de Melo Marinho
Senior Judge (Portugal)
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit V: International judicial cooperation: bilateral, multilateral; the role of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and its relations with the European Union (Presentation in audiovisual format).
Francisco Javier Arroyo Fiestas
Senior Judge of the Civil Court of the Supreme Court
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- MODULE II: FAMILY LAW AND EUROPEAN PROCEDURAL LAW
Tutor: Gonzalo Ferrer Amigó
Senior Judge of First-instance Court no. 3 Gerona. Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE)- Unit VI: Judge and Family Law in the EU. Brussels II bis: Regulation 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction, and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility. Protection of minors: Hague Conventions; the International Hague Network of Judges.
Emelina Santana Páez
Senior Judge of the First-instance Court no. 79 (Family) of Madrid
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit VII: Normative instruments for judicial cooperation. Service of documents: Regulation 1393/2007, of 13 November, on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents. Taking of evidence: Regulation 1206/01, of 28 May, on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters
Gordon Lingard
District Judge, United Kingdom
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit VIII: European Order for Payment Procedure: Regulation 1896/2006, of 12 December. Small Claims Procedure: Regulation 861/2007, of 11 July, establishing a European small claims procedure.
Matthias Frey
Senior Judge and Chief Judge of the First-instance Courts of Kandel. Germany
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit IX: International child abduction: Role of the Hague Conference and Incadat (Presentation in audiovisual format).
Francisco Javier Forcada Miranda
Senior Judge of First-instance Court no. 6 (Family) Zaragoza
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- MODULE III: APPLICABLE LAW AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF EUROPEAN JUDICIAL CULTURE
Tutor: José Guillermo Nogales Cejudo
Senior Judge. First-instance Court no. 13 of Murcia. Expert in the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE).- Unit X: Law applicable to obligations: Rome I (Regulation 593/2008, of 17 June, on the law applicable to contractual obligations) and Rome II (Regulation 864/2007, of 11 July, on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations). Reinforced cooperation in the field of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation.
Mónica Herranz Ballesteros
Associate Professor of Private International Law at the Spanish National Distance-Learning University (UNED)
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit XI: E-Justice: online justice in the EU. E-Justice Action Plan 2009-2013. E-Justice Portal. E-Justice for more effective judicial cooperation: interconnection of registers and databases, information exchange, videoconferencing.
Francisco de Paula Puig Blanes
Senior Judge. First-instance Court no. 44 of Barcelona. Expert in the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters (REJUE)
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit XII: Judicial cooperation in the EU. Promoting institutions: Civil and Commercial European Judicial Network. Liaison Magistrates. Internal Judicial Networks: REJUE, REDUE, Network of Court Clerks, Network of Public Prosecutors. The European Network of Councils for the Judiciary. Catalogue of web-based tools: European Judicial Atlas, Handbook, other resources.
Hugo Novales Bilbao
Senior Judge. Commercial Court 1 of Gerona
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit XIII: Access to justice. Victims of crime (Directive 2004/80 and Framework Decision 15-3-01) Mediation (Directive 2008/52). Free justice (Directive 2002/8)..
Francisco de Paula Puig Blanes
Senior Judge. First-instance Court no. 44 of Barcelona. Expert in the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters (REJUE)
Self-assessment questionaire. - Unit XIV: Future perspectives in international judicial cooperation in the European arena: the development of the Stockholm Programme and Plan (Presentation in audiovisual format).
María Teresa Bendito Cañizares
Associate Professor of Civil Law at the UNED
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