Defining the basic principles: mutual trust, mutual recognition; fair trial. International civil procedural law - general part - scope, sources, hierarchy. A mosaic of intertwined legal sources. EU legal acquis depending on the doctoral student's research direction (Regulation No. 2201/2003, 2019/1111, 4/2009, 650/2012, 1215/2012, 2016/1103, 2016/1104, 606/2013, 2016/1191, 1206/ 2001, 1393/2007), the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Hague Convention relevant to the research orientation of doctoral students (1954, 1970x2, 1996, 1980x2, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2019), Council of Europe (Convention for the Protection of Human Rights 1950, European Convention on Notifications on foreign law), national law (Law on Private International Law, Law on Arbitration). Modern technologies and cross-border disputes; on-line platforms, legal assistance, taking of evidence abroad, judicial and administrative cooperation. International civil procedural law - special part. Problem areas depending on the individual direction of the doctoral student within the framework of units: International jurisdiction. Common procedural rules. From the recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions to the abolition of exequatur. Problem areas through rules and practice (Court of the EU, ECtHR, commercial and investment arbitration centers, conciliation centers) - in the narrower field of the doctoral student's research profile. Collection and analysis of national practice - in the narrower field of the doctoral student's research profile.

Independently define and explain the scope of the principle of mutual trust in cross-border disputes, compare and evaluate the application of the principle of mutual trust through mechanisms for resolving cross-border disputes by judicial/out-of-court, alternative means (conciliation, arbitration), the principle of mutual trust in the segments: international jurisdiction, procedural rules, recognition of foreign decisions/settlements/judgments, legal aid, judicial and administrative cooperation in a specific problem area (personal research interest of the PhD student), interpret and critically analyze the principle of mutual trust in national case-law in cross-border cases (classical and alternative methods), interpret and critically analyze the principle of mutual trust in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU, develop the possibility of own contribution through the implementation and preparation of research and the presentation of acquired knowledge in a concrete situation in practice,