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Drafting of Regulatory Enactments and Document Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:11.00
Study Course Accepted:17.04.2024 08:53:20
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_417 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; State's Rights | Target Audience: | Civil and Military Defense | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivans Jānis Mihailovs | ||||||||
| 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) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| 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) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to the document management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To offer students an opportunity to gain understanding and skills, when preparing regulatory enactments and other documents important in professional activity, paying special attention to the content, structure, basic principles and legal techniques, to promote in-depth understanding of drafting of regulatory enactments and document management. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Regulatory enactment and document: concept, types / classification. Structure of a legal provision. Basic principles of legal techniques | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basic principles of drafting of laws and regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers. Further advancement of laws and regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Initial impact assessment (annotation) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Basic principles of drafting of internal regulatory enactments | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Institutional documents and basic principles of their drafting | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Structure and drafting of administrative acts | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Drafting of institutional documents | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Specifics of electronic documents, data protection | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Language issues in regulatory enactments and documents | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Regulatory enactment and document: concept, types / classification. Structure of a legal provision. Basic principles of legal techniques | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basic principles of drafting of laws and regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers. Further advancement of laws and regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Initial impact assessment (annotation) | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Basic principles of drafting of internal regulatory enactments | Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Institutional documents and basic principles of their drafting | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Structure and drafting of administrative acts | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Drafting of institutional documents | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Specifics of electronic documents, data protection | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Language issues in regulatory enactments and documents | Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Drafting of a regulatory enactment (considering the selected specialisation and coordinating the topic, type with the lecturer). In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation in seminars – 30% Independent learning – 30% Examination – 40% Assessment on 1 –10 points scale, according to Academic Regulations I. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students find their way in the regulation for drafting regulatory enactments and documents, are able to independently find legal regulations regulating basic principles and basic requirements of legal techniques in order to draft a draft regulatory enactment and other document (order, decision, protocol, administrative act). | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to critically analyse the specific situation and are able to offer a solution in the process of drafting a regulatory enactment and other document (order, decision, protocol, administrative act). | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students practically prepare a draft regulatory enactment and other document (order, decision, protocol, administrative act) including the protection of the rights and interests of the organization and social dialogue in accordance with the requirements to the legal technique. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Broka, B. un Džohansens, S. Juridiskā analīze un tekstu rakstīšana. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2017. | ||||||||
| 2 | Janitēna, Z. Ievads dokumentu pārvaldībā. Rīga: 2017. | ||||||||
| 3 | Administrative Procedure Law | ||||||||
| 4 | Law on Legal Force of Documents | ||||||||
| 5 | The Law of the Baltic States. Springer, 2017. | ||||||||
| 6 | Legal Writing Manual | ||||||||
| 7 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 8 | Administrative Procedure Law | ||||||||
| 9 | Law on Legal Force of Documents | ||||||||
| 10 | The Law of the Baltic States. Springer, 2017. | ||||||||
| 11 | Legal Writing Manual | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Administratīvā procesa likums | ||||||||
| 2 | Dokumentu juridiskā spēkā likums | ||||||||
| 3 | Elektronisko dokumentu likums | ||||||||
| 4 | Paziņošanas likums | ||||||||
| 5 | Ministru kabineta 2009.gada 3.februāra noteikumi Nr. 108 „Normatīvo aktu projektu sagatavošanas noteikumi” | ||||||||
| 6 | Normatīvo aktu projektu izstrādes rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Valsts kanceleja, 2016. | ||||||||
| 7 | Ministru kabineta 2021.gada 7.septembra noteikumi Nr. 617 „Tiesību akta projekta sākotnējās ietekmes izvērtēšanas kārtība” | ||||||||
| 8 | Ministru kabineta 2018.gada 4.septembra noteikumi Nr. 558 “Dokumentu izstrādāšanas un noformēšanas kārtība” | ||||||||
| 9 | How to prepare legal documents | ||||||||
| 10 | What is “Good legal writing” and why does it matter? | ||||||||
| 11 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 12 | How to prepare legal documents | ||||||||
| 13 | What is “Good legal writing” and why does it matter? | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Saeima. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ministru kabinets. | ||||||||
| 3 | Jurista Vārds | ||||||||
