030566 MC Ius Commune Moot Court (2023W)

The Ius Commune Moot Court - The Imperial Aulic Council provides an opportunity to get to know a fascinating example of legal pluralism, the Ius Romano-Germanicum (Roman-German law). The Ius Commune Moot Court is concerned with "law in action", with the application of Roman Law, Canon Law and the great variety of particular laws that existed in early modern Europe, rather than with "law in the books". The jurisdiction of the Imperial Aulic Council, one, if not the most important court in the legal pluriverse of early moden Europe and located in Vienna for most of the time of its existence serves as a point of reference.

The Ius Commune Moot Court – The Imperial Aulic Council is a teaching format developed at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna. Its primary ambition is to acquaint the students with a historical legal order which was characterized by normative and jurisdictional pluralism. The students are expected to learn the dynamics of such a legal order, which differs in many respects from the modern legal systems of Continental Europe, whether it is the French one based on the Code Civil, the Austrian one, based on the ABGB, or the German one, based on the BGB. In addition, the students get the opportunity to acquire in depth knowledge, depending on the case, of several aspects of early modern legal history. Like other moot courts the Ius Commune Moot Court – The Imperial Aulic Council provides the students with an opportunity to enhance their rhetorical skills, their English language skills and their capacity for team work.