Moot Court
A moot court is a simulated court hearing as part of legal education and training. Here, students of law a fictitious or real case assigned, in which they each must represent one of the parties.
history
This idea originally came from the USA . The point is to give the students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in theory in a realistic manner. In the meantime, the major international competitions in particular have become very important in law studies. Students from universities all over the world compete and measure their arguments in front of renowned legal scholars who act as a fictitious court.
The oldest of the international events has existed since 1960 with the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court , which deals with questions of international law. In addition to this moot court , which is open to universities from all over the world, there is also the Telders International Law Moot Court , which has been organized annually by the University of Leiden since 1977 and is aimed at a European field of participants.
The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot , which has been held annually in Vienna and Hong Kong since 1994, is the most important international moot court event in the field of civil law and is regarded as "the olympics of international trade law". Various aspects of international arbitration law and the UN sales law "CISG" are dealt with. In the 16th round of 2008/09, 233 law faculties from over 75 countries took part.
The ELSA Germany Moot Court has also existed in Germany since 1994 and is organized by the German section of the European Law Students' Association . The subject matter is cases under German civil law that are negotiated in German. The final will take place in Karlsruhe, chaired by judges and lawyers from the Federal Court of Justice .
The Franz von Zeiller Moot Court has been organized under civil law since 2003 .
In the field of tax law, the European Tax College Moot Court Competition should be mentioned.
The Soldan Moot for legal professional practice (Soldan Moot) at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University in Hanover has been in existence since 2013, and is funded by the Hans Soldan Foundation . It is a nationwide moot court competition for students of German law faculties.
literature
- Paul I. Weizer (Ed.): How to please the court: a moot court handbook . Lang Verlag, New York a. a. 2004, ISBN 0-8204-6949-1
Web links
- Leibniz University Faculty of Law Retrieved March 15, 2016
- Nina Himmer: Harder than in court. In: FAZ. March 17, 2016, accessed March 15, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ ELSA Germany Moot Court: ELSA-DEUTSCHLAND EV Accessed on December 20, 2019 .
- ↑ International and European Tax Moot Court. Accessed December 20, 2019 .