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The Faculty of Law of University of Macau
is the oldest law school in Macao. The Faculty offers Bachelor,
Postgraduate and Master of Law Programs in Chinese Language,
as well as Bachelor, Postgraduate and Master of Law Programs
in Portuguese Language, the Master and Postgraduate of Law
Programs in European Union Law, International Law and Comparative
Law in English Language, and the Master and Postgraduate Programs
in International Business Law. Faculty of Law can also offer
Doctoral Program in Law.
The objective of the Bachelor Programs is
to prepare jurists who are familiar with Macao S.A.R. legal
system; the Master and Doctoral Programs purport to educate
jurists who are qualified to conduct theoretical research
and teaching in Macao Law, Comparative Law, European Law and
International Law, as well as knowledgeable and qualified
legal professionals.
The Faculty of Law has played very important
role in the localization of Macao law and jurists. The great
majority of present bilingual judges, procurators, and jurists
of the civil service of Macao S.A.R. are graduates from Faculty
of Law of the University of Macau.
The teaching of law at the Bachelor degree
is basically within the Roman-German tradition. Yet, the peculiar
historical background makes Macao legal system, as well as
the Macao society in general, quite open to the world and
to the global trends.
The teaching, even at the Bachelor level,
is open to all the methodologies and substantial issues related
with contemporary legal trends and with the evolution of the
legal thought. European Law, International Law and Comparative
Law courses are offered in both the Chinese language and Portuguese
language Bachelor programs.
The teaching at the Master and Postgraduate
level, especially for the programs offered in European Union
Law, International Law and Comparative Law, is mostly influenced
by the multi-cultural approach required by the subjects, as
well as by the diversified background of the teaching staff.
The Faculty of Law has very qualified teaching
staffs from Macao, Mainland China, Portugal and other countries
and regions. Many of them are Professors, Associate Professors,
Assistant Professors, and Ph.D. holders. The Faculty also
invites regularly a number of distinguished scholars from
Europe and other countries as Visiting Professors. In addition,
there are some part-time teachers who are judges, prosecutors,
lawyers, officials and jurists of the Macao S.A.R. civil service;
they contribute, with their considerable experience in many
different areas of law, to the teaching and research at the
Faculty.
The Master and Postgraduate Programs in European
Union Law, International Law and Comparative Law witness the
efforts of the University of Macau to be a regional and international
leading higher education institution.
General Introduction
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