Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Law on Property and Law of Obligations
Course Code
JF_385
Branch of Science
Law
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Juridical Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Inga Kudeikina
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To provide students with extended knowledge of the most important institutions of property and obligations law, legal relationships that arise in connection therewith; to develop the ability to recognize and propose legally and factually sound solutions to problem situations in the area of property and obligations law by applying appropriate legal provisions, in conjunction with case law, and to prepare appropriate procedural documents.
Preliminary Knowledge
Introduction to law and civil law.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.In-depth knowledge of institutions of property and obligations law, the development trends thereof, the place and role thereof in the legal system, knowledge of protection of property and possession rights. Knowledge of lawful transactions, procedures for making thereof.
Skills
1.Ability to determine the legal composition of legal relationships, to identify problems and choose the most appropriate solution to the situation, to apply the relevant legal norms, to draft documents, to understand property and obligations law in connection with legal norms of other fields, to analyse problems and assess them in independent, motivated manner.
Competences
1.To identify and use sources of property and obligations law, case law, apply knowledge and skills in professional activities, apply legal methods systematically and rationally, improving one’s skills independently, to analyse legal information, make proposals for improvement of legal framework, analyse current problems in practice, identify development tendencies.
Assessment
Individual work
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Independent study of legislation and literature, writing a reflection on topics covered by the study course for in-depth study of the topic, solving of a practical task (case), preparation of draft documents.
In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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Examination |
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Examination |
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Examination |
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The final assessment is constituted by a reflection on property law (10%), a reflection on obligations law (10%), preparation of a procedural document in property law (15%), preparation of a procedural document in obligations law (15%) and the examination score (50%). When assessing independent work, completeness of meeting the requirements, quality of reasoning, correspondence of the expression style to the requirements of grammar and professional legal language are taken into account.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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General provisions. Cases, classification thereof, and place thereof in the legal system.
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Possession. Protection and restoration thereof.
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Ownership. Content, protection, and limitation thereof.
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Rights to property of other persons.
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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Topics
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The place of property law in the civil law system.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Basics of the origin of obligations.
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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A lawful transaction.
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Delict.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Means of reinforcement of obligations. Termination of obligations.
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Topical issues of obligation law.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
10 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Rozenfelds, Jānis. Lietu tiesības, 4.izdevums. Rīga : Zvaigzne ABC, 2011.
2.
Torgāns, Kalvis. Saistību tiesības,Otrais papildinātais izdevums. Rīga : Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2018.
3.
Torgāns, Kalvis. Līgumu un deliktu problēmas Eiropas Savienībā un Latvijā. Rīga : Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2017.
4.
Civillikums. Lietu tiesības. Valdības Vēstnesis, 44, 24.02.1937.
5.
Civillikums. Saistību tiesības. Valdības Vēstnesis, 46, 26.02.1937.
Additional Reading
1.
Sachenrecht / Wolfgang Brehm/Christian Berger. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
2.
Birks, Peter. The Roman law of obligations : the collected papers of Peter Birks. Oxford University Press, 2014.
3.
Kudeikina, Inga. Kopīpašuma institūta problemātika darījumos ar nekustamo īpašumu.
4.
Rinmane, Zane. Globalizācijas ietekme uz līgumsodu piemērošanu. Socrates, 2018, Nr. 2 (11) - RSU
Other Information Sources
1.
www.at.gov.lv
2.
www.manas.tiesas.lv
3.
www.latvijasnotars.lv