Module: Law I: Civil Law (5501-100)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Christina Escher-Weingart (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 28.07.2010)
  2. Semester, compulsory
• Business Administration and Economics Vocational and Business Education (Bachelor, since 28.07.2010)
  2. Semester, compulsory
• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2015)
  2. Semester, compulsory
• Education for Business and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2015)
  2. Semester, compulsory
• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2017)
  2. Semester, compulsory
• Education for Business and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2015)
  2. Semester, compulsory

Relation to other Modules:

Law II: Public Law

Prerequisites for Attendance:

none

Sprache:

German

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every summer semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Final examination:

written exam

Length of the examination:

90 minutes

Workload:

This course is a lecture with an exercise. Participation in the lecture and the accompanying exercise is compulsory. The topics of the lecture have to be prepared and followed-up. 60 hours class attendance, 120 hours preparation and follow-up, preparation for and taking of the exam.

Professional competences:

The students know the fields of the civil and commercial law which are essential for economists. They especially have basic knowledge of the general part of the "Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch" and the general and special part of the law of obligation and of the property law. In commercial law, the focus lies on the subsumtion of the legal element of a merchant, commercial transactions and disclosure requirements of the commercial register. The students have knowledge of the phrasing of a legal opinion and are able to solve civil and commercial cases. Furthermore they are able to use legal methodology and give a profound explanatory statement. The lecture is complemented by an exercise course in which the topics of the lecture are deepend by using cases. In doing so, structured working methods are learned and practised.

Comments:

Lectures, partly with exercises. Both have to be finished up at home. The working time of university studies about equals the working time at home.

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