Subject

Introduction of Law

  • code 08444
  • course 1
  • term Semester 1
  • type FB
  • credits 6

Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan

Timetable
 Sem.1  TU 10:00 12:00 b503
 Sem.1  FR 08:00 10:00 b503

Teaching staff

Head instructor

Lda. Sílvia REQUENA - srequena@uic.es

Office hours

Friday 12:00 h a 12:30 h

Introduction

The introduction to the law means first, a conceptual rounds as to what law approximation.

It is a first contact of the student with the great philosophical questions that have surrounded and surround the law.

Familiarize students with the legal vocabulary you will encounter throughout the race will be one of the main goals of the course. Vocabulary that will be essential to acquire after more legal expertise.

We examine determinants such as the meaning of the law. The relationships you have with power. The validity of legal norms and the difference to the value thereof.

We will want to focus on the different social functions performed by the law.

We stop at the sources of law, in the structure of the legal rule in the general principles of law, in the various branches of law.

They will also detailed the fundamental individual rights. And in the final section we will delve into the different theories of justice.

Pre-course requirements

No pre-requisites for this course.

Objectives

  • Familiarise the student with the basic components of a legal system:  vocabulary, concepts and institutions, functions, etc.
  • Offer the student the light legal philosophers have shed and their reflections throughout history, providing a complete definition of law and justice.

Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 01 - To acquire the ability to understand main ideas and participate in conferences or professor led lectures in their academic context.
  • 02 - To acquire the ability to understand, analyse and synthesise
  • 03 - To be able to express one's ideas and arguments in an orderly and coherent way both in oral and written form (written and oral techniques)
  • 09 - To develop mechanisms that favour sensitivity towards issues related to fundamental rights as well as respect for other cultures and customs
  • 14 - To be aware of the importance of the Law as a regulatory system for social relationships
  • 16 - To be able to use constitutional principles and values as work tools when interpreting the legal system
  • 18 - To understand the different ways of creating Law within its historical evolution as well as its current state

Learning outcomes of the subject

  • To know and understand the fundamental concepts in law.
  • To have acquired the vocabulary and legal culture necessary for study and legal material.
  • To know and understand the differnt concepts of law and justice.
  • To have acquired basic knowledge on standard theories.
  • To identify the main agents that participate in the elaboration, interpretation and application of law.
  • To have acquired skills for oral and written communication.
  • To have acquired the ability to analyse and sythesise information received in class and from the material provided by the professor.
  • To be able to work autonomously and be able to plan and organise one's own learning.
  • To have acquired the skills that foster reading comprehension. 
  • To use basic legal terminology accurately.
  • To have developed habits for neatness in one's presentations and documents.

 

Syllabus


Chapter 1 OPENING CLASS: THE CONCEPT OF LAW AND THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE
      Material
             tema2.pptx 
             tema1.pptx 

Chapter 2 LAW AND OTHERS REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS
      2. Moral, uses and rules of social treatment
            Material
                   tema3.pptx 

Chapter 3 LAW AND SOCIETY: FUNCTIONS OF LAW
      Material
             tema5.pptx 
      3. Social dimention of Law
      3. Conflict resolution

Chapter 4 LAW, POWER AND STATE
      Material
             tema4.pptx 
            RELACIONES ENTRE DERECHO Y MORAL. LOS JUICIOS DE NUREMBERG nuremberg.pdf 
      4. Article 155 CE

Chapter 5 LEGAL STANDARDS. THEORY AND CLASSES
      Material
             tema6.pptx 

Chapter 6 THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES
      Material
             tema7.pdf 

Chapter 7 SYSTEMATIC OF LAW

Chapter 8 THE SOURCES OF LAW
      Material
             tema82opart.pdf 
             tema81opart.pdf 

Chapter 9 INTERPRETATION OF LAW
      Material
             tema9.pdf 
      9. INTERPRETACIÓN Y APLICACIÓN DEL DERECHO

Chapter 10 THE PERSON AND THE LAW
      Material
             tema10.pdf 

Chapter 11 FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL CONCEPTS. JUSTICE AND LEGAL VALUES
      Material
             tema11.pdf 
             tema12.pdf 

Chapter 12 HUMAN RIGHTS
      Material
            HUMAN RIGHTS ACT cln.pdf 

Chapter 13 THE PROCEDURAL BASIS OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
      Material
            SPANISH CASE LAW tema134.ppt 

Teaching and learning activities

In person

In order to carry out the first part, analysis of the basic concepts through discussion and practical examples will exist in addition professor led lectures in the classroom.  Different reading comprehension exercises taken from a variety of texts will be presented and discussed in the classroom as well.

Outside of the classroom, the student should study basic legal vocabulary, prepare text analysis as well as carry out information searches in legal databases.

TRAINING ACTIVITYCOMPETENCES
Presentación en el aula de los conceptos y su aplicación práctica
01 14 18
Actividades en el aula para el seguimiento de los alumnos (individual y en grupo)
02 03 09 16
Estudio y trabajo independiente del alumno
02 03 11 16 18
Tutorías
02

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person

In the Introduction to Theory of Law course, we will work on the acquisition of legal vocabulary, especially through the teaching of face-to-face classes, reading of legal texts and written works. 

The Evaluation will follow the following System: 

a) The block of assistance, active participation, delivery of work and individual practices. This block will consist of the elaboration and delivery of the students of individual works (oral or written) that will have periodic character and will be related to the matter taught. The punctual delivery and passing of all these practices will have a maximum value of 2 points on the final mark of the subject. 

b) A compulsory partial exam will be done that will serve the students to know their own evolution of the knowledge about the subject. This exam will not release subject matter for the final exam. The date for this exam wil be 8th november 2019. 

c) The remaining 6 points of the evaluation will be obtained from the final mark of the final exam, which will be in writing. 

Attendance in class and collaboration is mandatory. Failure to comply with these ends will result in the loss of assessment points. Three lack of assistance without justification, will automatically lose 2 points in block a). Two unexcused lack of assistance will be penalized with the rest of a block point a).

Identical conditions and punctuation and evaluation requirements will be applicable in second and subsequent calls for suspended students

EVALUATION SYSTEM
Asistencia y participación en clase
Pruebas escritas
Pruebas orales
Trabajos individuales

Bibliography and resources

Bibliografía Básica:

AAVV, Introducción a la Teoría del Derecho, 3ª ed., Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 1997.

Fernández Galiano, Lecciones de Teoría del Derecho y Derecho Natural, Universitas, 1999.

Luis Prieto Sánchís, Apuntes de teoría del derecho. Trotta 2005.

Fco Javier Ansuátegui, Fragmentos de Teoría del Derecho. Dyckinson 2005.

Javier Hervada, Cuatro lecciones de derecho natural: parte especial. Eunsa 1998.


Bibliografía complementaria:

Javier Hervada, Introducción crítica al Derecho natural. Eunsa 1999.

Moreso y Vilajoana, Introducción a la Teoría del Derecho. Marcial y Pons 2004.

Paloma Durán, Notas de Teoría del Derecho. Universitat Jaume I, 2002

AAVV. Teoría y Fundamentos del Derecho. Perspectivas críticas,Tecnos 2011.

Javier Hervada. ¿Qué es el Derecho?, Eunsa

Pérez Royo, Las fuentes del Derecho, Tecnos, temas clave de la Constitución Española

Durany Pich, Objeciones de Conciencia, Instituto Martín de Azpilicueta, 1998


Evaluation period

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

  • E1 21/01/2020 12:00h a302
  • E1 21/01/2020 12:00h a303

Teaching and learning material

      Material
             presentaciovehicleautonom.pptx 
             delconcepturusalatransfiguracio?n.pdf 
             versionclasedemandadeamparoconstitucionalelectoral.pdf 
             examenparcialteoriadeldret20012018uic.docx 
            white slave traffic latratadepersonasyderechoshumanos.pdf 
            OPINION López Burniol documento1.docx 
            Orden aprobando el Acuerdo del Consejo de de Ministros de 21 d'octubre de 2017 leg_ordennum.pra-1034-2017,de27octubre_rcl_2017_1251.pdf 
            Sentencia del Pleno del Tribunal Constitucional sobre la inconstitucionalidad de algunas de las medidadas adoptadas con motivo del art. 155 CE jur_tcplenosentencianum.89-2019de2julio_rtc_2019_891.pdf 
      Websites
             http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder_Judicial 
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