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Drafting of Legislative and Administrative Acts

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:13.05.2024 09:12:09
Study Course Information
Course Code:JF_492LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:LawTarget Audience:Juridical Science; 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, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)12Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures24
Classes (count)4Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes8
Total Contact Hours32
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)2Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes4
Total Contact Hours12
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
The study courses Theory of Law, Administrative Law and Law of Administrative Procedure must be studied.
Objective:
The purpose of the study course is to develop students' understanding and basic skills in preparing regulatory and administrative acts, paying special attention to the content, structure, basic principles and legal technique of the act, as well as to promote understanding of the further development of regulatory and administrative acts. Tasks: 1. Expand ideas about legal technique; 2. Describing the creative principles and requirements of regulatory and administrative acts; 3. To delve into the specifics of the further development of regulatory and administrative acts.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Legal technique.Lectures3.50auditorium
2Development of normative acts. Amendments to normative acts.Lectures3.50auditorium
3Initial impact assessment (abstract).Lectures2.50auditorium
4Requirements applicable to draft laws. Requirements applicable to draft regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers.Lectures2.50auditorium
5Relevant language issues for normative acts.Classes2.00auditorium
6Preparation of the administrative act. Specificity of administrative acts.Classes2.00auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Legal technique.Lectures1.50auditorium
2Development of normative acts. Amendments to normative acts.Lectures1.50auditorium
3Initial impact assessment (abstract).Lectures0.50auditorium
4Requirements applicable to draft laws. Requirements applicable to draft regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers.Lectures0.50auditorium
5Relevant language issues for normative acts.Classes1.00auditorium
6Preparation of the administrative act. Specificity of administrative acts.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
The independent work consists of a group project and an analysis of a normative act.
Assessment Criteria:
The evaluation of the study course consists of the prepared normative and administrative act (following the teacher's instructions), its presentation and the justification of one's activity.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:By successfully completing the study course, the student will be familiar with and oriented in the basic principles and requirements of legal technique, will be oriented in the process of development and further development of regulatory and administrative acts.
Skills:After completing the study course, the student will be able to propose a solution in the process of developing regulatory and administrative acts.
Competencies:After completing the study course, the student will be able to analyze and practically prepare regulatory and administrative acts, according to the requirements of legal technique.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Briede J., Danovskis E., Kovaļevska A. Administratīvā procesa tiesības. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2022.
2Broka B., Džohansens S. Juridiskā analīze un tekstu rakstīšana. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2017.
3Normatīvo aktu projektu izstrādes rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Valsts kanceleja, 2016.
4Pašvaldību saistošo noteikumu un iekšējo normatīvo aktu izstrāde. SIA “NK Konsultāciju birojs”, 2014.
5Tiesību aktu projektu portāls
Additional Reading
1Ministru kabineta 2009.gada 3.februāra noteikumi Nr. 108 „Normatīvo aktu projektu sagatavošanas noteikumi”
2Ministru kabineta 2021.gada 7.septembra noteikumi Nr. 617 „Tiesību akta projekta sākotnējās ietekmes izvērtēšanas kārtība”
3Krūmiņa V., Skujiņa V. Normatīvo aktu izstrādes rokasgrāmata. Rīga, 2002.
4Tiesību aktu projektu izstrādes ceļvedis.
5Administratīvā procesa likuma komentāri: A un B daļa. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2013.
Other Information Sources
1Latvijas Vēstneša tiesību aktu portāls [tiešsaiste].
2Latvijas Vēstneša portāls “Par likumu un valsti” [tiešsaiste].
3Administratīvās tiesības un process: Jurista Vārds: tiesību nozaru katalogs [tiešsaiste].