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International Private Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_009 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; International Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jānis Grasis | ||||||||
| 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) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| 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: | International Public Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Promote the acquisition of basic knowledge of doing business with their foreign counterparts. Discuss characteristics of the natural and legal persons, basic aspects of the international trade and freight transportation, and forms of settlement in international trade. Give a brief insight into conflict of laws. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the International Private Law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Natural and legal persons as subjects of international private law. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | State as a subject of international private law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | International trade law. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Practical workshop about issues covered in previous lectures. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | International carriage of the goods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Payments in international trade. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Conflicts of law. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | A seminar on the issues discussed in the lectures. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Test in the class. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the International Private Law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Natural and legal persons as subjects of international private law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | State as a subject of international private law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | International carriage of the goods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Test in the class. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student shall prepare an international commercial contract (in pairs with another student), submit one case or description of a problem situation. 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: | Independent work assignments – 25%; end-of-course written test – 25%; knowledge is checked in an oral examination – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the most important concepts of the International Private Law. 2. Describe the key institutes of the International Private Law. 3. Compare International Private and Public Law. 4. Explain the legal actions to be carried out by a lawyer in a particular case. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On completion of the study course, students will be able to: 1. Sum up the most essential legal information. 2. Analyse a practical case. 3. Use the terminology of the International Private Law. 4. Present and defend their point of view on a specific issue. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On completion of the study course, students will be able to: 1. Use the acquired knowledge in practice. 2. Interpret legal norms. 3. Logically formulate their opinion about the case in discussion. 4. Judge the particular legal case. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | J. Bojārs. Starptautiskās privāttiesības. Zvaigzne ABC, 1998 | ||||||||
| 2 | J. Bojārs. Starptautiskās privāttiesības. I,II un III daļa. Zvaigzne ABC, 2010-2013 | ||||||||
| 3 | J. Bojārs Starptautiskās kontraktu tiesības. Starptautiskās privāttiesības. IV sējums. R.: LU, 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | J. Bojārs. Starptautiskās tirdzniecības un komercijas tiesības. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ray August. International Business Law. Text, cases and readings. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2 | Schafer/Agusti/Earle. International Business Law and Its Eiviroment. Cengage Learning, 2009. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.lexmercatoria.org | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.unidroit.org/ | ||||||||
