Knowledge

The student...

has knowledge of key legal concepts about law, legal norm, source of law, application of law, subsumption, discretion, duty (injunction, prohibition) and competence.
has knowledge of the legal source principles.
has knowledge of identifying relevant legal sources.
has knowledge of how to draw conclusions sources of law.
has knowledge of the distinction between precise, expansive, restrictive, antithetical and analogous interpretation
has knowledge of coordination of conclusion results.
has knowledge of the courts' law-making
has knowledge of the distinction between statutory and non-statutory law
has knowledge of the relationship between general legal norms and individual legal obligations, including those provided by agreement.
has knowledge of how to discuss legal matters questions, both general (theoretical) and specific (practical)
has knowledge of the distinction between the ‘De lege lata’ and ‘De lege feranda’
has knowledge of techniques for building and structure discussions on specific legal issues.

Skills

The student...

can identify legal issues and questions.
can find central written sources of law on paper and through the internet.
can identify unwritten sources of law.
can inference and coordinate legal sources in accordance with the legal source principles.
can prepare a discussion of theoretical legal questions and indicate possible solutions to practical legal questions.
can impart all acquired knowledge (see above) in a structured, precise and clear way both in writing and orally.

General competence

The student...

can plan and carry out discussions and solutions of legal issues.
can analyze judgment premises and identify the most central sources of law and their use.
can analyze its own legal reasoning, including identify the sources of law and their use.
can recognize subject-relevant knowledge and distinguish between established and new knowledge in subject areas the student knows.

Subject description 6351

Legal method