Fundamentals of Civil Law

Brief description

Differentiation: law-state and private law-public law; structure of the legal system; legal methodology.; - legal capacity, capacity of natural persons, responsibility for civil wrongs, law of agency; - property law (possession, property, restricted real rights such lien, easement etc); - general section of law of obligations (contract, control of general terms and conditions, breach of good morals, fundamental non-performance e.g. error, interference with performance of an obligation e.g. default or subsequent impossibility, etc); overview of types of contract and their characteristics; - tort law: damage, causality , unlawfulness, fault; liability for the behaviour of others (vicarious liability), particular liability cases, product liability in particular; - overview of consumer protection law.

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Integrated course: lecture, case studies, discussion

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment is based on the final exam as well as on the quality of students' assignments, presentations etc.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Infos

Degree programme

Project Management & IT (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

1 WS

Incoming

Yes

Learning outcome

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to professionally deal with civil law problems which occur in their professional routine (e.g. absence of intention at the stage of concluding the contract, interference with performance of an obligation such as default or impossibility of performance) and efficiently discuss more complex legal questions with legal advisers.

Course code

0387-17-01-BB-DE-07

Fundamentals of Civil Law