By attending seminars on the subject General history of law and the state, students deepen their knowledge of the origin and development of individual legal systems and institutions throughout history. By studying the above on the examples of countries that have left a significant mark in world history and applying the comparative method, students also acquire basic knowledge about legal systems, forms of state organization, the structure of individual states, and about individual legal institutes in their first appearance, and their development from the second millennium BC until the twentieth century. Also, by comparing individual systems and individual exemplary and characteristic countries, students gain insight into the advantages and disadvantages of some of them, and try to understand the causes of this.

Describe the fundamental characteristics of individual legal systems and institutes within the scope of the research subject. , Distinguish, i.e. recognize individual legal systems and legal institutes included in the research., To compare individual legal systems and institutes of the state and law in different periods of time and different countries and legal systems within the scope of the research, as well as to compare them with contemporary institutes., Argue advantages and disadvantages of individual systems and institutes included in the research and compare the argumentation with contemporary legal systems and institutes.,