Child and Law

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleChild and Law
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Number of ECTS credits6
Lecturerprof.dr.sc. Branka Rešetar
Office AddressRadićeva 13 58/13
Telephone+385 31 224 558
e-mailbranka.resetar@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

The child in the historical-theoretical context (the child in the Roman legal tradition, the child in the social teaching of the Church, the child as a holder of rights); Constitutional protection of children (Constitutional protection of children's rights); Legal capacity and legal responsibility of the child (About legal capacity, delict and testamentary capacity of the child, The right of the child patient to informed consent); Procedural position of the child in the family and civil procedural law (Procedural position of the child and representation of the child in court proceedings, Principle of hearing parties in family proceedings); Child in international and European law (Child in private international law, Child in European Union law).

Course learning outcomes

Show the development of children's rights in legal theory (will theory and interest theory), Define the child in law, explain the concept of child welfare and child rights, Explain the significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and enumerate and explain individual rights of the child (rights of the child in the family, right of the child to health, right of the child to education, rights of children with disability...), Describe and explain the child's legal capacity, the child's procedural rights and the child patient's right to informed consent, Analyze and critically evaluate selected children's rights, as chosen by the students,

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:
ADDITIONAL FACTS
Students are required to prepare in advance for a specific lecture topic and actively participate in class, and to pass an exam that consists only of the oral part. Students' knowledge is checked continuously during interactive lectures, for which they must prepare in advance and actively discuss the given topics.
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Rešetar, B. (ur.). Dijete i pravo. 2009. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
Optional reading