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030277 KU Introduction to Spanish law and Spanish legal terminology (2025W)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Mo 09.02. 09:00-14:00 Seminarraum SEM31 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: Spanish

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 16.02. 09:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM41 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Monday 23.02. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM31 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Objective, content and teaching methods

Objective: Students will identify the Spanish legal system and its institutions, using and verbalising the corresponding legal terminology in Spanish.

Content:
Critical analysis of the dogmatic part of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. General knowledge of the legal and political institutions of contemporary Spain.
Updated review of the socio-political and legal reality of the Spanish State.

Teaching methods:
Based on a reading and analytical review of the Spanish Constitution, a general overview of the regulatory content will be given from a legal-political theory perspective, with an eminently reflective approach that will result in the appropriate use of the language and vocabulary of Spanish law.

Assessment and permitted materials

Learning assessment and support resources:

The lecturer will present and analyse the regulatory content, encouraging students to reflect on it.
Students will read the documents provided for the course and participate actively during the sessions in order to demonstrate their understanding of the content. They will also write a five-page analytical essay on one of the topics covered in the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment criteria:

High-quality oral participation in each session of the course.
Submission and presentation of the essay.
Minimum attendance of 80% of the total course.

Examination topics

Examination material

Contents covered in class
Recommended and analysed readings from the bibliography section

Reading list

Bibliography

ATIENZA, Manuel. Tras la justicia. Ariel, Spain, 1995.
CAPELLA, Juan Ramón. Fruta prohibida. Trotta, Spain, 2001.
FREUD, Sigmund; EINSTEIN, Albert. ¿Por qué la guerra? Editorial minúscula, Barcelona-Spain, 2020.
GARCÍA MAYNES, Eduardo. Introducción al Estudio del Derecho. Porrúa, Mexico, 1944.
MUÑOZ MACHADO, Santiago. Diccionario del Español Jurídico. Royal Spanish Academy / General Council of the Judiciary, Spain, 2017.
RAMIRO AVILÉS, Miguel Ángel. Derechos, cine, literatura y cómics. Tirant lo blanch, Spain, 2014. RODRÍGUEZ PALOP, María Eugenia. Keys to Understanding New Human Rights. Catarata, Spain, 2011.
TODOROV, Tzvetan. The Conquest of America. The Problem of the Other. Siglo XXI, Spain, 1982.

SPANISH CONSTITUTION

Association in the course directory

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