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Course: 2020/2021

Foundations of Law
(12865)
International Foundation Program in Social Sciences and Humanities (Plan: 367 - Estudio: 84)


Coordinating teacher: AREAL LUDEÑA, SANTIAGO

Department assigned to the subject:

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course: 1º
Semester: 1º



Objectives
Basic Legal training Humanistic and civic training Knowledge of the main regulatory systems through both national and international legislation Knowledge of the practical usefulness that any normative system must meet in its various fields of application.
Description of contents: programme
Chapter One: The Concept of Law. Chapter Two: Is the Law Necessary? Chapter Three: The Sources of Law. Public Law and Private Law. Chapter Four: National Law and International Law. Theory and Practice. Chapter Five: Contractual and Tort Law. Theory and Practice. Chapter Six: Property Law. Theory and Practice. Chapter Seven: Family Law. Theory and Practice. Chapter Eight: Succession Law. Theory and Practice.
Basic Bibliography
  • BOBBIO, N. Contribución a la Teoría del Derecho. Ed. Debate. 1990
  • VON MEHREN, A.T. & Murray, P.L.. Law in the United States, 2nd. Ed. Cambridge University Press New York. 2007

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.