Civil and contract law

Brief description

Introduction to the Austrian legal system
Contents of civil law

  • legal capacity
  • contract law including the presentation of the most important contract types
  • representation
  • content and expiration of claims
  • disruptions of performance
  • tort law
  • enrichment law
  • property law
Discussion of shorter cases from particular fields of law

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Perner/Spitzer/Kodek (2016) Bürgerliches Recht Lernen - Üben – Wissen
Schwimann (2019) Bürgerliches Recht für Anfänger Schwerpoints: Allgemeiner Teil und Allgemeines Schuldvertragsrecht (Skriptum)
Bydlinski (2017) Grundzüge des Privatrechts

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, blended learning, discussion, simulation, flipped classroom

Assessment methods and criteria

Final written exam (70%)
Content criteria: degree of problem determination and problem characterisation
Formal criteria: completeness of answers, linguistic expression, autonomy of result presentation
Continuous assessment (30%): Individual and group work und presentation including evaluated partial exams, active contributions in the course, complexity of solutions with regards to professional competence and methodical expertise, quality of presentation

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

Produktionsmanagement Film-, TV- und Streaming

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

1 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, the students can

  • utline civil law as the basis of economic life and differentiate the subject from other fields of law
profoundly evaluate civil and contractual problems and communicate efficiently with legal advisors
discuss contractual problems in a team and develop strategic action steps for negotiations

Course code

1702-23-01-VZ-DE-08