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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:4 / 6
Course supervisor:Jolanta Dinsberga
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Juridical Science
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Law; Civil Rights

Objective

Ensure that students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and competence in the field of Obligations Law. To introduce students to the basic issues of obligations; develop understanding of the content of the Obligations Law and specific nature of the conclusion of lawful transactions, enhancing acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills, analysing judicial practice and solving practical tasks.

Prerequisites

Introduction to Civil Law, Property Law, Family Law, Civil Procedural Law, Commercial Law.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students know and understand the most important concepts and relationships in the obligations rights. Capable of demonstrating basic and specialised knowledge and critical understanding of the place and role of the law of obligations within a democratic state; sources, principles and specific nature of the Obligations rights; the basis for the establishment, amendment and termination of the Obligations rights; of the specific character of lawful transactions, the conclusion procedure and the necessary documents.

Skills

Students are able to:
• demonstrate a scientific approach to solving problems in the field of obligations rights.
• structure their learning independently and take decisions and find creative solutions in changing or uncertain circumstances.
• take responsibility and demonstrate initiative by doing the work individually, in a team or by managing other people's work.
• direct further learning and professional development of their own and of their subordinates.
• organise and conclude civil law transactions, draw up contracts in the field of the Law of obligations, choose the most appropriate solution to each situation, apply respective legal provisions of the law of obligations, see the law of Obligations in connection with legislations of other branches of law, analyse problem issues and give an independent, motivated assessment, offer a solution to the situation; identify the objects and subjects of the Obligations Law; interpret lawful transactions; group the components of the contract during the process of drafting the contract.

Competence

Students are able to:
• assess the impact of their professional activities on the environment and the society,
• independently obtain, select and analyse information and use it – understand the basic legal issues of establishing, enforcing and terminating of the obligations rights, apply the acquired knowledge and skills in professional activities systematically and rationally apply legal methods, taking responsibility of the decisions and actions, raising the professional qualification independently and on regular basis; analyse legal information and topical issues; make proposals for improvement of the legal framework in the field of the Obligations rights.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Law Science, TZNz4Bachelor’sRequiredMartins Osis
Law Science, TZ5Bachelor’sRequiredJolanta Dinsberga
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Law Science, TZN4Bachelor’sRequiredMartins Osis
Law Science, TZNT4Bachelor’sRequired