Civil/Private Law - course description

General information

Course name	Civil/Private Law
Course ID	10.3-WX-E-CPL- 16
Faculty	Faculty of Law and Administration
Field of study	WPiA - oferta ERASMUS
Education profile	-
Level of studies	Erasmus programme
Beginning semester	winter term 2020/2021

Course information

Semester	1
ECTS credits to win	6
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	english
Author of syllabus	dr Witold Sawicz

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Tutorial	15	1	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The Polish Civil Law governs the civil law relations between natural and legal persons. It consists substantive law and procedural law. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the general principles of the Polish Civil Law and with the provisions of “The Civil Code” (substantive law). The objective of the lecture is to introduce foreign students to the structure and the institutions of the Polish Civil Law. The course also aims at providing foreign students with some practical information they will need, if and when they deal with Polish law in the professional context of providing legal advice to their foreign clients, and when they cooperate with their Polish counsel.

Prerequisites

Requisite and incompatibility

General knowledge in the scope of principles of the Polish Civil Law, in particular – “The Civil Code”.

Scope

Learning Outcomes:

General Provisions

Natural persons
Legal persons (legal personality, organization of legal persons, functions of bodies, effects of no authorization)
Entrepreneurs and their designations (concept of entrepreneur, distinction of business name)
Legal capacity a capacity for legal acts (age of majority, full capacity for legal acts, no capacity for legal acts, full legal incapacitation, limited capacity for legal acts)
Protection of personal interests and means of protection
Domicile of a natural person
Property (concept, thing, real estate, agricultural real estate, concept of enterprise, acts regarding enterprises, acquirer’s liability for obligations
Legal acts (form of legal acts, defects of declaration of intentions, condition)
Representation (concept, form, basis of authorization, types of power of attorney, concept of commercial proxy, form, joint commercial proxy, branch commercial proxy, expiry of commercial proxy)
Period (period in days, months, calculation of month, year,
Limitation of claim (concept, periods, no changed, suspension, interruption, periods after court decision)

Ownership and other rights (outline)

Ownership
Perpetual usufruct
Limited real rights
possession

Obligations (outline)

General provisions on contractual obligation
Unjust enrichment
Tort
Performance of obligations and effects of non-performance

Succession (outline)

Statutory succession
Dispositions mortis causa
Legitim
Acceptance and rejection of succession

Teaching methods

Workload:

Forms of study: self-study, lecture, discussion sessions, case study; regular lecture will not be provided.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Examination

Students will work on a task to solve a particular legal problem concerning Polish Civil Law, as described by the teacher.

Notes

Modified by dr Justyna Michalska (last modification: 17-11-2020 13:33)

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