European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
Two NYU Law School students may study law at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy each fall semester. This program offers students the opportunity to study international and comparative law. The majority of courses are conducted in English, with some seminars taught in French.
The European University Institute was founded in 1976 by the European Community Member States to provide advanced academic and cultural training on a European basis. It does research in a European perspective (fundamental research, comparative research and Community research) in the human and social sciences: history, law, economics, political and social sciences. The Department of Law concentrates on three areas:
1) European law: European Community Law; European Community Law as a framework for examining the opportunities and limitations of European integration; the law of the Council of Europe and its member States.
2) International and Comparative law: Relations between different levels of legal order; law of armed conflict and human rights; law of nationality; gender studies, comparative labor law; environment law; comparative constitutional law.
3) Legal Theory: "Law in context" approach: analysis of legal phenomena in their social, political and economic context.
The academic calendar of the European University Institute consists of three trimesters: September to December; January to mid-April; mid-April to June. Only the first trimester is suitable for NYU students because that is the only semester during which seminars are offered. A typical program for an NYU student would consist of five EUI courses.
For specific information about this program, click here. Additional information is also available at the EUI's Web site: http://www.iue.it.
http://www.law.nyu.edu//global/intlprograms/studyabroadprograms/exchangeprogrampartners/europeanuniversityinstitute/index.htm