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Protection of Constitutional Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_412 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Uldis Ķinis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Professional Bachelor’s degree in Law. In particular – knowledge on the legal theory, legal methods, philosophy of law, administrative and constitutional law, administrative process. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To improve students' knowledge of the protection of constitutional rights. The course will address issues related to the interpretation of the Satversme and procedural aspects of the protection of constitutional rights deriving from the Satversme, the Constitutional Court Law and the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court. In the practical part of the course, students, both individually and in teams, must be able to resolve case studies related to the infringement of fundamental rights and must prepare, submit and evaluate a constitutional complaint. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Current developments in Constitutional Law | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The role of the Constitutional court in the protection of constitutional rights | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Constitutional complaint – an effective mean of protection of fundamental rights | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Seminars. Case studies. Team work | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Current developments in Constitutional Law | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The role of the Constitutional court in the protection of constitutional rights | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Constitutional complaint – an effective mean of protection of fundamental rights | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Seminars. Case studies. Team work | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | A student must prepare and submit a constitutional complaint (application) | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Student assessment is expressed in %. Work in seminars – 15%; for each test – 10%; report – constitutional complaint – 25% (5% of which – review); exam – 50%. Students who have not passed all the tests with an assessment of at least 50% will not be admitted to the exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students are able to demonstrate their understanding and orient themselves in current issues of legal regulation in the field of constitutional procedure law. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students can independently analyze and understand the interpretation of the norms of the Constitution, analyze the process of constitutional control and prepare a constitutional complaint, and implement the methodology that the Constitutional Court applies in its practice. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to show understanding and provide a critical assessment of what constitutes an infringement of fundamental rights. Able to apply regulatory acts corresponding to the specifics of constitutional law, justify decisions and, if necessary, perform additional analysis. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Jaunākās judikatūras atziņas | ||||||||
| 2 | Jānis Neimanis. Satversmes tiesas procesa tiesības. Tiesu nanu aģentūra, 2019 | ||||||||
| 3 | A. Rodiņa. Konstitucionālās sūdzības teorija un prakse Latvijā. Rīga “Latvijas vēstnesis”, 2009 | ||||||||
| 4 | J. Pleps. “Satversmes iztulkošana”. Rīga, "Latvijas vēstnesis”, 2012 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Autoru kolektīvs. Vispārējie tiesību principi: tiesdiskā drošība un paļāvība. Rīga, TNA, 2017 | ||||||||
| 2 | Sanita Osipova. Nācija, valoda, tiesiska valsts, ceļā uz rītdienu. Rīga, TNA, 2020 | ||||||||
| 3 | Cilvēktiesības pasaulē un Latvijā. Inetas Ziemeles redakcijā, Otrais papildināais izdevums. Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2021 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Raksti žurnālos “Jurista vārds” ,“Administratīvā un kriminālā justīcija”, “ Socrates”, kā arī ārvalstu avotos atbilstoši tematikai | ||||||||
| 2 | Satversmes tiesas mājas lapā publicētie materiāli | ||||||||
