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 |