Family Law - Seminar

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleFamily Law - Seminar
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Number of ECTS credits2
Associateprof.dr.sc. Branka Rešetar
Office AddressRadićeva 13 58/13
Telephone+385 31 224 558
e-mailbranka.resetar@pravos.hr
Associate Matko Guštin
Office AddressRadićeva 13 66/13
Telephone+385 31 224 566
e-mailmatko.gustin@pravos.hr
Associateizv.prof.dr.sc. Nataša Lucić
Office AddressRadićeva 13 55/13
Telephone+385 31 224 555
e-mailnatasa.lucic@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

The student prepares a written seminar paper on a selected topic from (comparative) family law with practical solving of tasks from individual areas of family law (case-study). The parts of the material from which students choose the topic of their work are: Introduction to family law (Family law, Family, Family law relations, Legal sources of family law); Marriage law (Introduction, Introduction to the legal arrangement of marriage, Marriage, Personal rights and duties of spouses, Property relations of spouses, Termination of marriage); Extramarital union of a woman and a man; Same-sex unions; Legal protection against domestic violence; Legal relations between parents and children (Historical legal regulation of the relationship between parents and children, Determining the origin of the child from the mother and father, Children's rights, Parental care and exercise of parental care, Realization of personal relationships with the child, Family law measures to protect the personal and property rights of the child); Adoption (Introduction, Concept and goal of adoption, Assumptions for establishing adoption, Procedure for establishing adoption, Effects of adoption); Custody (General about custody, Custody for minors, Custody for adults, Custody for special cases); Maintenance (Introductory remarks, Legal nature of maintenance, Maintenance between individual entities, Termination of the right to maintenance, Exercising the right to maintenance); Out-of-court mechanisms for resolving family disputes (mandatory counseling and family mediation); Principles of family law of the European Commission for Family Law; National reports on individual areas dealt with by the Commission for European Family Law.

Course learning outcomes

Write a seminar paper, Demonstrate the correct way of citation while respecting the technical rules of writing a seminar paper, Independently present a selected topic from the field of family law, Discuss a topic from the field of family law in an argumentative manner, Analyze the content of family law relations, Compare the legal effects of family law relationships,

TEACHING METHODS
☐ Lectures
☑ Seminars and workshops
☐ Exercises
☐ Independent tasks
☐ Multimedia and internet
☐ Distance education
☐ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☐ Mentoring work
☐ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☑ Oral exam
☑ Written exam
☐ Colloquium
Other: Studenti su dužni napisati i prezentirati seminarski rad.
ADDITIONAL FACTS
Students are required to actively participate in at least 80% of classes.
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Hrabar, D. (ur.). Obiteljsko pravo. 2021. Narodne novine
Rešetar, B. Komentar Obiteljskog zakona (Knjiga I.). 2022. Organizator d.o.o.
Aras Kramar, S. Komentar Obiteljskog zakona (Knjiga II.). 2022. Organizator d.o.o.
Rešetar, B.; Aras Kramar, S.; Lucić, N.; Medić, I.; Šago, D.; Tucak, I.; Mioč, P. Suvremeno obiteljsko pravo i postupak. 2017. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
. Obiteljski zakon. 2015. Narodne novine, br. 103/15, 98/19, 47/20, 49/23, 156/23
. Zakon o pravobranitelju za djecu. 2017. Narodne novine, br. 73/17
. Zakon o zaštiti od nasilja u obitelji. 2017. Narodne novine, br. 70/17, 126/19, 84/21, 114/22, 36/24
. Zakon o životnom partnerstvu osoba istog spola. 2014. Narodne novine, br. 92/14, 98/19
. Zakon o medicinski pomognutoj oplodnji. 2012. Narodne novine, br. 86/12
. Zakon o udomiteljstvu. 2018. Narodne novine, br. 115/18, 18/22
. Zakon o Centru za posebno skrbništvo. 2020. Narodne novine, br. 47/20
Optional reading
Lucić, N. Izvanbračna zajednica i pravna sigurnost. 2020. Narodne novine
Hrabar, D. Obiteljsko pravo u sustavu socijalne skrbi. 2019. Narodne novine
Hrabar, D.; Korać Graovac, A. Obiteljsko pravo i matičarstvo. 2019. Narodne novine