Introduction to Civil Law
Lecturer: Associate Professor Dubravka Klasiček, Ph.D, Associate Professor Davorin Pichler, Ph.D.
Assistant:
Study program: Public Administration Program
Year: 2nd year (4th semester)
Status of the course: compulsory
Type of teaching: lectures and seminars
ECTS credits:
Lectures -7 ECTS
(attendance 4 + a) oral exam 3 or b) three written preliminary exams in stead of an oral exam 3)
Seminar - 2 ECTS
(attendance + 2 paper 0.70 + 0.30 presentation)
Course content:
Civil Law in general- Property Law
- Law of Obligations
- Succession Law
Course objectives:
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic principles of civil law.
The expected learning outcomes of this course:
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to:
1. identify the position of civil law within the legal system of the Republic of Croatia,
2. identify certain institutes of civil law,
3. demonstrate the position and the mutual relations of certain intsitutes of civil law,
4. analyze certain legal relations of civil law,
5. explain certain civil law relations and link them with real-life situations.
General skills acquired after passing the course (lectures and exams):
a) general competencies:
- summarizing and identifying key facts and elements;
- systematic and meaningful argumentation of opinion;
- oral and written expression.
b) specific competencies:
- interpretation and differentiation of the basic concepts and institutes;
- recognition and understanding of the possibilities of applying the rules of civil law to specific situations.
Types of Teaching: Lectures and exercises / seminar
Student requirements:
Regular attendance of lectures, exercises and seminars. Writing the seminar paper and presentation.
Forms of assessment:
Introduction to Civil Law:
a) three written preliminary exams - students who pass all three preliminary exams have passed the course
or
b) students who do not pass all three preliminary exams, have to pass the oral exam.
Seminar:
A student is graded on writing the paper and presenting it to the class.
Literature:
Klarić, P. – Vedriš, M.; Građansko pravo, Zagreb, 2014.
Additional literature:
- Zakon o vlasništvu i drugim stvarnim pravima, NN 91/96, 68/98, 137/99, 22/00, 73/00, 129/00, 114/01, 79/06, 141/06, 146/08, 38/09, 153/09, 143/12, 152/14
- Zakon o obveznim odnosima, NN 35/05, 41/08, 125/11, 78/15, 29/18.
- Zakon o nasljeđivanju, NN 48/03, 163/03, 35/05, 127/13, 33/15, 14/19.
