Family Law (JF_053)
About Study Course
Objective
Ensure that students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and competence in the field of Family Law. To develop an understanding about the family law institute in Latvia and Family Law as part of the Civil Law and other related legislation, as well as to introduce the jurisprudence in the field of Family Law and its practical application in solving family legal issues.
Prerequisites
Introduction to Civil Law, Property Law.
Learning outcomes
On successful course completion students are capable to demonstrate basic and specialised knowledge and critical understanding of the role of family law in a democratic state, institutions of family law; they have developed scientific research skills and the ability to apply the existing legislation of family law in practice.
On successful course completion students are able to:
• demonstrate a scientific approach to solving problems;
• outline their learning independently;
• make decisions and find creative solutions in changing or uncertain circumstances;
• take responsibility and initiative by doing the work individually, in a team or by managing other people's work;
• direct further learning and professional development of themselves and their subordinates.
Upon completion of the course students will have developed skills of analysing, synthesising and evaluating basic principles of family law; mutual relationships between spouses, parents and children and relatives; the role, importance and competence of the orphan’s courts and other state institutions in handling legal issues related to the family, etc. They will have a grasp of the family law system and will be able to analyse the actual circumstances in the field of the family law by applying the relevant provisions of the family law.
On successful course completion students:
• are able to assess the environmental and societal impacts of their professional activities;
• can show their understanding of professional ethics;
• are capable of independently obtaining, selecting and analysing information and using it.
Upon completion of the course students are able to find solutions to the relevant actual circumstances in the field of family law and to outline it in a reasoned way in oral or written form (in the claim statement and in explanatory statements, etc.).
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Science, TZNT | 3 | Bachelor’s | Required | Jolanta Dinsberga, Artūrs Kurbatovs | |
| Law Science, TZN | 3 | Bachelor’s | Required | Artūrs Kurbatovs |
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Science, TZNz | 3 | Bachelor’s | Required | Artūrs Kurbatovs | |
| Law Science, TZ | 4 | Bachelor’s | Required | Jolanta Dinsberga |
