Code В09062В
Course unit Civil and commercial law of foreign countries
Nomber of credits ECTS 3.0
Language of education Ukrainian
Learning outcomes of course unit

Research of civil law systems,

characteristics of sources of civil and commercial law of foreign countries;

main provisions in comparison with the national legal system.

Understanding:

the essence of legal categories;

the subject matter of civil and commercial law of foreign countries;

the nature and content of the institutions of civil and commercial law of foreign countries;

principles and peculiarities of European and Anglo-American case law, provisions of codified acts and international treaties on legal regulation of civil and commercial legal relations and judicial practice.

Application of knowledge (skills):

Interpretation and application of laws and other legal acts in the field of regulation of relations;

use of the necessary sources of civil and commercial law of foreign countries when considering and solving practical problems;

designing, broadcasting and modifying legal situations and tasks on problematic issues using information technology, databases and computer programs;

processing documents, regulations, contracts, other transactions and documents.

Analysis:

legally significant categories and structures in the civil and commercial law of foreign countries, identifying their common and special features;

establishing formal and logical connections and correlations between legal phenomena and processes of different legal systems;

criteria for structuring the civil and commercial law of foreign countries.

legal practice and judicial precedents as regulators in the Anglo-Saxon legal system.

Evaluation:

the role of the institution of property and trust in Romano-Germanic and Anglo-American law;

the importance of family law relations and their place in the law of foreign countries;

mechanisms for regulating inheritance relations;

persuasiveness of arguments and evidence in solving legal problems;

prospects of legal positions;

legal constructions in terms of functioning, expediency and legal efficiency;

the limits of interaction between civil and commercial law of foreign countries and the development of possible ways and mechanisms of mutual harmonization.

Development of:

draft documents, contracts, case models and tasks of a civil law nature;

reports, essays, presentations on legal issues;

proposals and forecasts for the development and application of institutions and legal structures;

Formation of convincing ideas about the legal nature and purpose of civil and commercial law of foreign countries;

deep knowledge and high level of legal awareness;

a critical approach to public understanding and representation of family, contractual and inheritance relations in terms of their regulatory regulation and professional awareness.

Types of educational work Lectures, seminars
Type of final control
Content of course unit

General characteristics of civil and commercial law of foreign countries Sources of civil and commercial law. Subjects of civil legal relations in different systems of law. Representation in the Anglo-American and Romano-Germanic systems of law. Statute of limitations. The law of property. Contract law. Copyright and industrial property rights. Family law. Inheritance law.

Equipment (if applicable) Not used

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