Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Master in law (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
German language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to German law. A summary of the principle rules of positive law constituting the various branches of public law (constitutional, administrative, social and criminal law) and contemporary private law (civil, commercial and labour law), with an overview of the judicial organisation and its procedural rules for each subject, if necessary, will be presented in a 30-hour (in two- to three-hour units) in German, from a historical and comparative as well as interactive point of view. We shall also study and comment on, among other things: Grundgesetz (GG), Strafgesetzbuch (StGB), Strafprozessordnung (StPO), Ordnungswidrigkeitengesetz (OWiG), Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB), Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO), Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB), Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To give students a sufficient basis to situate a legal problem in German law and identify the primary sources in order to solve it. Furthermore, for those envisaging a stay at a German university, the lessons aim to refresh their knowledge of current legal vocabulary and offer the opportunity to practice German in motivating conditions.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Working knowledge of German.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Practise:
These support tools are unnecessary for this teaching method.
Recommended or required readings
Insofar as the course has a linguistic vocation, the oral lessons are amply structured and written up on the board, so that students can compile their own notes while exercising their knowledge of the language.
The assessment is divided into two parts. Since only particularly motivated students are likely to choose this course, this willing attitude generally has a positive outcome in the lessons and, subsequently, this regular intellectual commitment is taken into account for the first part of the assessment. This willingness to progress is complemented by a final individual discussion which is divided into two parts: a presentation with a commentary (written support is accepted) on a Bundesgerichtshof decision chosen by the student from a selection presented some time before, followed by a conversation about the resulting themes or themes that can be situated in the knowledge acquired over the preceding weeks.