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Prof. Thomas Crusmann, an Honorary Professor of BSU, delivered a lecture on ‘German Casuistry Method in Georgian Criminal Law’ for the law students in BSU. The lecture aimed at teaching based on the analyzing a casus with the German methodology of comparison-based legal analysis on the example of the Anglo-Saxon precedent law and an infamous case in the German criminal history.The lecture was followed by the discussion on how the actions of the Acting Chief of Police Department should be viewed, i.e. the threat of torture made towards the suspect in attempt to extort the information about the location of the underage hostage.

The close relationships between the Georgian and German legal experts formed the basis for the lively discussions of the German doctrinal theories in the Georgian scientific legal literature. The university expressed its readiness to introduce the long-term programme on methodological teaching of German Law. The objective of the intensive seminar is to assess the prospects of the idea of methodological teaching of the German law; the seminar shall also determine the possibility of teaching Georgian Criminal Law through the German Causistics in universities.

“BSU International Week” organized by the BSU Strategic Development and International Relations Service on April 23-26, in the frame of ERASMUS+exchange programme for the academic and the administrative staff, came to the end. The professors from the foreign universities delivered lectures for the students of the Faculties of Tourism and Physics-Mathematics and Computer Sciences. ARASMUS+ coordinators from the European partner universities conduced training courses on effective management of the exchange programmes. ERASMUS+ coordinator of BSU Mrs. Nana Kurshubadze shared the experience of Georgian colleagues with the international counterparts.

Mikheil Chkhenkeli, the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The Minister inspected the BSU material-technical base, the Publishing House equipped with highly advanced technology, offices and laboratories where the students acquire theoretical knowledge as well as master the practical skills.

Foundation Works of the new study building of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University have already been inaugurated. Mr. Mikheil Chkhenkeli, the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Mr. Zurab Pataradze, Chairman of Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Prof. Merab Khalvashi, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Mr. Davit Gabaidze, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ajara have signed the certificate of construction. The Minister wished the University success and handed the historical repousse of Shota Rustaveli.

An international week in the frame of the ERASMUS+MUNDUS exchange programmes for the academic and the administrative staff was opened at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The aim of the event is to support the internationalization of the Higher Education Institution. The participants of the event met Professor Merab Khalvashi, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Inga Shamilishvili, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of Autonomous Republic of Ajara and the professors and the teaching staff of the University. At the end of the event participants looked through the material-technical base of BSU, Dental Clinic, Regional Chromatography Centre of the Western Georgia, the Office of Immunogenetics, Psychological and Law Clinics.