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 analogousinterpretation
has knowledge of coordination of conclusion results
has knowledge of the courts' law-making
has knowledge of the distinction between statutory and non-statutory lawhas knowledge of the relationship between general legal norms and individual legal obligations, includingthose provided by agreement
has knowledge of how to discuss legal matters questions, both general (theoretical) and specific (practical)
has knowledge of the istinction 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 explain legal knowledge 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 SA1001

Legal method