Introduction to law 1.S2.MLA.15

Course objective
to familiarize students with the basic legal concepts
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Course content
1. The nature of law
2. Validity and legitimacy of law
3. The notm from the linguistic point of view
4. Types of norms
5. Legal provisions
6. Legal systems
7. Legal interpretation
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
power point presentations, group discussion, readings, writing, ICT tools - MS Teams, Moodle platform

Field of study

Master of Liberal Arts

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total number of ECTS = 3 1 ects = 30h in class 0,5 ects = 15 h for consultations 1,5 ects = 45 h for preparation for class

Study level

MA level studies

Education profile

full time studies academic profile

Type of course

obligatory courses
obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 1

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Course coordinators

Term 2024/25-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Alicja Jagielska-Burduk

Term 2023/24-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge:
Students know and understand
1. relations between language and legal institutions in an integrated system of dependencies and influence (k_W02/P7S_WG)
2. the (role of) legal tradition and its influence on the human condition (k_W05/P7S_WG)
3. specialist legal terminology (k_W09/P7S_WG)

Skills
Students can
4. understand and process legal information (k_U03/P7S_UW)
5. apply a normative legal paradigm in order to explain and solve a selected problem within social science and relate the solution to a particular category of social relations or social norms (k_U10/P7S_UW)

Social competences
Students are ready to
6. responsibly exercise professional roles, taking into account the legal rules regulating professional activities, and maintain the ethos of the profession (k_K11/P7S_KR)
7. recognize and apply in practice the ethical norms (e.g., prevent discrimination and conflict of interests) in organizations of employment (including the academia) (k_K12/P7S_KR)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active class participation - up to 70% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
2. Individual tasks on Moodle - 30% of the final grade (outcome 3,4,5,6,7)

Criteria of evaluation:
60% = 3 (pass)
80% = 4
100% = 5

Bibliography

Reading
Harris, P. (2007). Introduction to Law. 7th ed. Cambridge: CUP.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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