030287 PUE Introduction to the Case Method in Austrian Private Law (2024S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 30.04.2024 00:01 to Tu 28.05.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 06.06.2024 23:59
Details
max. 46 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
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Thursday
06.06.
13:00 - 17:00
Seminarraum SEM63 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
Friday
07.06.
13:00 - 18:00
Seminarraum SEM42 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This course introduces students to the case method, which is so characteristic of the Germanic legal family and university teaching in German-speaking countries. This method is a necessary prerequisite for passing written exams in Austrian civil law. Experience shows that students who come from a legal system outside the Germanic legal family have great difficulty with this method. The course will provide them with the necessary theoretical tools, including detailed schematic structures, to solve cases at an advanced level (such as FÜM II). At the same time, the course may also be useful for Austrian students who wish to learn the appropriate English terminology for core concepts of Austrian civil law, which is an essential skill when dealing, for example, with clients from abroad.
Assessment and permitted materials
One online exam/term paper or collaboration during the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students must complete an online exam/term paper and actively participate during the course to successfully complete the course. The online exam/term paper will require students to apply the skills they have acquired to solve a case that will be made available online on Moodle.
Students in the course will be graded with a + (positively completed) or - (failed/not completed). To receive a positive grade, students must complete the online exam/term paper or actively participate during the course.
In order to pass the course, students must make a contribution in at least one of two ways (examination/assignment with a positive mark or oral participation). Oral participation is given if at least one significant oral contribution is made. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that their oral participation is properly recorded.
Students in the course will be graded with a + (positively completed) or - (failed/not completed). To receive a positive grade, students must complete the online exam/term paper or actively participate during the course.
In order to pass the course, students must make a contribution in at least one of two ways (examination/assignment with a positive mark or oral participation). Oral participation is given if at least one significant oral contribution is made. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that their oral participation is properly recorded.
Examination topics
Materials provided during the course.
Reading list
For an introduction to Austrian Private Law see:
Koziol/Koziol, Austrian Private Law (2017)
For an English version of the Austrian Civil Code refer to:
Eschig/Pircher-Eschig, Das österreichische ABGB – The Austrian Civil Code (2021)
For contributions from the US, English, German and Austrian legal systems in English see:
Heidinger/Hubalek (Ed), Angloamerikanische Rechtssprache/The Practitioners’ Guide to Applied Comparative Law and Language Vol 1 (2021)
Koziol/Koziol, Austrian Private Law (2017)
For an English version of the Austrian Civil Code refer to:
Eschig/Pircher-Eschig, Das österreichische ABGB – The Austrian Civil Code (2021)
For contributions from the US, English, German and Austrian legal systems in English see:
Heidinger/Hubalek (Ed), Angloamerikanische Rechtssprache/The Practitioners’ Guide to Applied Comparative Law and Language Vol 1 (2021)
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Last modified: Th 16.05.2024 10:25