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030132 KU The Austrian Legal System - an overview (2024W)

for Erasmus incomings

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 100 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 14.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 21.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 28.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 04.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 11.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 18.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 25.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 09.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 16.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 13.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 20.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Overview of the Austrian Legal System in English, especially for ERASMUS-incomings. ERASMUS-Incomings will be given an overview of the Basics of Austrian political and constitutional history and the Austrian legal system.

Assessment and permitted materials

active student participation (several short homeworks), 2 written tests (online)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment criteria: 10% for each homework (4 homeworks) and 30% for each test (2 tests).

100,00 % - 87,00 % grade 1 (very good)
86,99 % - 75,00 % grade 2 (good)
74,99 % - 63,00 % grade 3 (satisfactory)
62,99 % - 50,00 % grade 4 (sufficient)
49,99 % - 0,00 % grade 5 (fail)

Examination topics

Materials in Moodle

Reading list

Materials in Moodle

recommended further reading (optional):
Herbert Hausmaninger, The Austrian Legal System, 4. Auflage (2011)
Manfred Stelzer, The Constitution of the Republic of Austria, 2nd edition (2022)

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 25.11.2024 13:25