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Legal Protection of Professional Activity
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:12.00
Study Course Accepted:03.07.2024 08:40:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_221 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Communication Theory | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science | ||||||
| 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) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Acquisition of the courses "Basics of Law" or "Introduction to Law" at Bachelor’s level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to enhance the graduate students’ understanding of rights, their role and application in professional activity, including getting insight into the nature of employment rights, copyright and neighbouring rights, focusing on legal aspects of the relations between the individual and the state (the government), as well as to develop the ability to analyse specific situations and to become aware of the necessity to comply with the regulatory enactments. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of law. Areas of law. Legal norms, legal principles and legislation. Legal relations. Legal liability. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human rights: system and topical issues. Principle of equality. Principle of private life. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Freedom of expression and information transparency. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Relations between a private person and public administration. Administrative process. Administrative law and real action of the institution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Applications and notification. Document management and documents: concept, types and essential requirements. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Topical issues of Public Law in professional activities. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Labour Law. Commencement and termination of the employment relationship. Rights and obligations of the employer and the employee. Working time and rest. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Legal transaction and Contract Law. Purchase agreement, enterprise agreement. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Commercial activity and public (non-governmental) activity: nature, types, registration, specific character. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Intellectual property: concept, system. Copyright. Copyright subjects and objects. Author’s rights. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Restrictions of the author’s property rights. Copyright term. Use of author’s work. Licences, Licence agreement. Neighbouring rights. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Topical issues of Private Law in professional activities. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To prepare two case analyses. 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: | 1. The student has participated in at least 75% of classes. 2. Timely prepared and submitted case analyses (50%). 3. Passed written examination (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students have the knowledge of basic legal concepts, areas, legislative system and are able to orient themselves with regard to legal framework of human rights, legal transaction and Contract Law, commercial activities and non-governmental activities. Students have in-depth knowledge and understanding of communication-related matters, among them copyright and neighbouring rights, freedom of expression, legal aspects of relationship between private persons and public administration. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to choose the regulatory framework for the specific problem by demonstrating their comprehension of the functioning of each legal regulation, critically analyse and reasonably justify the choice of a normative act in the given problem case. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Analyse and evaluate the applicability of legislation; choose the appropriate applicable regulatory enactments, principles of law and the method of application in solution of a specific problem. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Republikas Satversme | ||||||||
| 2 | Administratīvā procesa likums | ||||||||
| 3 | Autortiesību likums | ||||||||
| 4 | Biedrību un nodibinājumu likums | ||||||||
| 5 | Civillikums | ||||||||
| 6 | Darba likums | ||||||||
| 7 | Dokumentu juridiskā spēka likums | ||||||||
| 8 | Elektronisko dokumentu likums | ||||||||
| 9 | Fizisko personu datu apstrādes likums | ||||||||
| 10 | Iesniegumu likums | ||||||||
| 11 | Informācijas atklātības likums | ||||||||
| 12 | Preču zīmju likums | ||||||||
| 13 | Paziņošanas likums | ||||||||
| 14 | Valsts pārvaldes iekārtas likums | ||||||||
| 15 | Trauksmes celšanas likums | ||||||||
| 16 | Briede J., Danovskis E., Kovaļevska A. Administratīvās tiesības. – Rīga: TNA, 2021. | ||||||||
| 17 | Darba likums ar komentāriem | ||||||||
| 18 | Janitena Z. Ievads dokumentu pārvaldībā. – Rīga: Lietišķās informācijas dienests, 2014. | ||||||||
| 19 | Kēnigs M. Cilvēktiesības. – Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2010 | ||||||||
| 20 | Pleps J., Pastars E., Plakane I. Konstitucionālās tiesības. – Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2021 | ||||||||
| 21 | Torgāns K. Saistību tiesības. – Rīga: TNA, 2014. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Baikov А., Nikiforov N. Introduction into law. – Riga: BIA, 2007. | ||||||||
| 2 | Džugleja T. Tiesību pamati | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvijas Tiesību sistēma – Rīga: BA Turība, 2017. | ||||||||
| 4 | Plotnieks A. Tiesību teorija & juridiskā metode. – Rīga: Izglītības soļi, 2009. | ||||||||
| 5 | Cilvēktiesības pasaulē un Latvijā. – Rīga: Izglītības soļi, 2000. | ||||||||
| 6 | Veikša I. Autortiesības digitalajā laikmetā. – Rīga: Biznesa augstskola “Turība”, 2007. | ||||||||
| 7 | Rozenfelds J. Intelektuālais īpašums. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2008. | ||||||||
| 8 | Latvijas Republikas Satversmes komentāri. VIII nodaļa. Cilvēka pamattiesības. – Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2011. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Žurnāls „Jurista vārds”, tiesu spriedumi. | ||||||||
