Elements of Legal System


Elements of Legal System

The aim:
1. Presentation of the general principles and fundamental rules of Public International (and European) Law, administrative law and civil law.
2. Identifying of sanctions in Public International (and European) Law, administrative law and civil law – a comparison to criminal law.

Acquired knowledge:
1. The student knows how to interpret and apply the relevant legal acts of administrative law.
2. The student is able to apply the prohibition of double jeopardy.
3. The student is able to identify basic principles of private law (civil and commercial), its structure and place in the legal system and understands the difference between private law and public law (especially criminal law).
4. The student recognizes functions and basic structure of civil courts and their place in the field of legal protection authorities.
5. The student knows basic principles and requirements of civil liability (liability for damages) for the breach of a contract vs tortious liability, therein the liability of legal persons (also involved in commercial activities). The students knows the types of legal persons and the forms of commercial activities.
6. The student knows subjects, sources and sanctions in international law.
7. Students knows mutual relations between public international law, European Union law, domestic law.
8. Students knows methods of international legal norms application in domestic law (i.e. universal jurisdiction).

Acquired skills:
1. The student is able to analyze criminal issues in the context of international law, civil law and administrative law.
2. The student is able to find a solution to simple legal questions of international law, private law (civil) law and administrative law while using legal language.
3. The student is able to find appropriate regulations in the legal system.

Acquired social skills:
1. The student is aware of a complex character of the legal system and is prepared to overcome theoretical, practical and ethical legal problems caused by law application.

Course contents
1. Subjects, sources, sanctions in international law and EU law.
2. International law, European Union law, domestic law and their mutual relations.
3. Applicability of international legal norms in domestic law (types of state jurisdiction, criminal responsibility of individuals).
4. The basic features of administrative law, its general principles, how to understand them and how to apply them in criminal cases.
5. Legal capacity and capacity to act; entities: legal persons, individuals, enterpreneurs.
6. Civil liability (liability in damges) – the notion of civil liability and its various types.
7. Tortious liability for one’s acts.
8. Tortious liability for other persons (vicarious liability).
9. Liability for Movable and Immovable Objects.
10. Introduction to the law of contracts: the notion of contract, requrements for the validity of contracts and liability for breach of contract.

Recommended reading: 
1. Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union , H.C H. Hofmann, G.C. Rowe, A.H. Türk, , Oxford University Press. Oxford 2011.
2. Introduction to Public Administration and Administrative Law, H. Izdebski, . Warszawa 2006.
3. International Law, Jan Klabbers, Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 2017.
4. European Tort Law, chapters 3-6, Cees van Daam, Oxford University Press. Oxford 2013.

Projekt "Zintegrowany Program Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 2018-2022" współfinansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej z Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego

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