Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 24/25.P.1.00

Description Period: 2024./25 academic year pavasara semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and Commercial Law

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
JF_371
Branch of Science
Civil Rights; Law
ECTS
4.50
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
Karina Palkova
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

Objective

To improve knowledge and skills in the fields of civil law, civil procedure law, and commercial law; to develop competencies related to independent work – information search, processing and analysis, teamwork, decision making, and reasoning.

Preliminary Knowledge

Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and Commercial Law at the level of Bachelor’s study programme.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students acquire knowledge of current issues in the field of civil law, civil procedure and commercial law, are able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of problematic issues and development trends, which provide the basis for creative thinking, including working at a point of intersection of different fields.

Skills

1.Students strengthen their skills in case solving, are able to prepare and analyse legal documents independently.

Competences

1.Students are able to analyse legal acts and case law independently, find the best solution to a legal problem, justify the decisions made, work in a team.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
-
-
To complete the course in accordance with the topics foreseen in the course description, to analyse the current case law on the study course topics, to prepare procedural documents: application, appeal, cassation complaint, applications to public registers.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
-
-
Attendance of seminars and submission of independent work is mandatory. The final grade consists of the following: 25% – seminar attendance, 25% – independent work, 50% – examination assessment.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Current issues in the application of substantive norms in civil law (property law enforcement issues, consumer law issues, insolvency law issues, current issues in family and inheritance law, contract and tort law issues, current issues in environmental law, intellectual property issues, innovations in personal data protection).

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
3.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Current issues in the application of procedural norms in civil law (current developments in civil procedure, legal provision of transactions, mediation, alternative settlement of civil disputes, enforcement of court rulings and issues related to the activities of bailiffs).

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
3.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
4.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Current issues in commercial law (establishment and dissolution of commercial companies, current issues of the commercial register, transactions on sale of capital shares).

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
3.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Case solving, role-playing situations.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
3.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
4.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
5.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
6.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
7.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
8.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
4.50
Contact hours:
36 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1

  1. Current issues in the application of substantive norms in civil law (property law enforcement issues, consumer law issues, insolvency law issues, current issues in family and inheritance law, contract and tort law issues, current issues in environmental law, intellectual property issues, innovations in personal data protection).

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Current issues in the application of procedural norms in civil law (current developments in civil procedure, legal provision of transactions, mediation, alternative settlement of civil disputes, enforcement of court rulings and issues related to the activities of bailiffs).

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Current issues in commercial law (establishment and dissolution of commercial companies, current issues of the commercial register, transactions on sale of capital shares).

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Case solving, role-playing situations.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
3.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
4.50
Contact hours:
14 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Aktualitātes judikatūrā - Latvijas Republikas Augstākās tiesas prakses materiāli

Additional Reading

1.

Aktuālas monogrāfijas un promocijas darbi, zinātniskās publikācijas.

Other Information Sources

1.

Raksti un publikācijas žurnālos.

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