The course Legal and social position of women throughout history introduces students to historical development on the regulation of the legal position of women in the European environment and in Croatian legal areas. In the frame of the course, it is also pointed out to the arrangement of the position of women with regard to the socio-economic circumstances in a particular historical period. The aim of the course is to acquire or deepen knowledge of legal regulation of the position of women in Croatia and the corresponding European environment in the past, and with special emphasis on the period of the 19th century when the previous position of women in the legal system partially changed. Based on the analysis of legal regulations and available court practice, students will be given an insight into individual legal solutions in regulating the position of women.

Describe and distinguish the peculiarities important for the study of the legal position of women in the past in Croatian areas and the European environment., Explain the forms of social and gender inequalities in certain legal systems in the past and different models of social or institutional interventions to promote social position of a woman., To identify the influence of socio-economic circumstances in a particular historical period on regulation of the social and legal position of women., Explain the continuity of the social position of economically and socially marginalized individuals as the origin of the development of the current approach to women's rights., Argue about the contemporary circumstances of the development of the legal position of women in relation to development achieved in previous legal systems., Synthesize the historical and social context of the current issue of regulating the position of women in the context realization of human rights and implementation of fair social policy.,