Basics of Law 2102-L-Z1WSDP

Class 1: Law and the state
1. The essence and concept of law.
2. Relationships between law and the state.
3. Law and other sets of social norms.
4. The concept of the rule of law.
Class 2: Law and legal norms
1. Legal act.
2. Normative acts, individual acts.
3. Legal provision, types of legal provisions.
4. Legal norm and its structure: hypothesis, disposition, sanction.
Class 3: Legal events and legal relations
1. The concept of legal relationship
2. The concept and types of legal events
3. Relationships of legal events and legal relations on selected examples
4. Types of legal relations
5. Elements of a legal relationship
Class 4: Sources of law
1. Understanding the concept of the system of sources of law
2. Legal acts as a source of law
3. The system of sources of law of the Republic of Poland and the system of state bodies
4. Hierarchy of sources of law in the Republic of Poland
Class 5: Making law
1. The concept of a rational legislator and legislative technique
2. Establishing the constitution and its structure
3. Establishing the act and its structure
4. The process of making international law
5. Enacting implementing acts
6. Establishing local law
Class 6: Applicability of Polish law
1. Publication of normative acts
2. validity of Polish law over time
3. validity of Polish law in space
4. validity of Polish law regarding persons
Class 7: The process of establishing Polish and international law
1. The essence of making Polish law
2. Types of legal reasoning
3. Interpretation of law and its types
4. Application of international law in the domestic law system
Class 8: Private law
1. Contract law. General part.
2. Contract law on the example of selected contracts

Term 2023Z:

None

Term 2024Z:

Prerequisites (description)

The subject aims to familiarize the student with basic concepts and terms used in legal sciences, and thus prepare him for the efficient and independent use of legal texts. They will be able to use the acquired knowledge and skills both during classes in other subjects during their studies and in their professional activities. The specificity of legal sciences. Legal disciplines. Law and political science. Research areas in legal sciences. Research methods in legal sciences. "Introduction to law" as a teaching subject. Sources of law – classification criteria. The system of sources of law in Poland. Generally applicable law and internal law of government administration. The constitution and its specificity as a normative act. Scope of statutory regulation. Implementing acts to acts - regulation, resolution of the Council of Ministers and ordinance. Local law. Sources of law in the European Union. International law in the system of sources of Polish law. Normative act and its structure. Creating law. Promulgation of normative acts. Promulgation bodies. Basic principles of legislative technique. The way of formulating legal provisions. Specificity of introductions to acts. General clauses. Legal norm and legal provision – mutual relations. Construction of a legal norm – hypothesis, disposition and sanction. Dispute over the model for building a legal norm. The problem of sanctions as an element of the legal norm. The concept of coupled norms. Classification of legal norms. Legal principles and rules. Conflict rules and their structure. Types of legal provisions. Legal relationship. Establishment, change and termination of a legal relationship. Elements of a legal relationship. Types of legal relations. Interpretation of legal provisions. Interpretation of law – types, method of application. The specificity of legal reasoning. The concept of a rational legislator.

Course coordinators

Marta Balcerek-Kosiarz

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Classroom

Learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE
K_W01 – The student has general knowledge of the relationship between law and political science and recognizes the place of legal sciences in the area of social sciences.
K_W04 – The student knows and understands selected legal phenomena in the Polish dimension, as well as the importance of law for the functioning of the political system in Poland and the evolution of law in relation to the evolution of the state (the role of law in a police state, then in a state of law, then in a democratic state of law).
K_W06 – The student has knowledge of various normative systems and their connections with the system of legal norms, and also understands the impact of social conditions on the way of creating and interpreting legal provisions.
K_W08 – The student knows and understands the basic concepts and principles of intellectual property and copyright protection
SKILLS
K_U04 – The student is able to indicate and explain the principles and values of a democratic state of law as one of the stages of the development of the state and law (from the formal to the material dimension of the rule of law).
K_U07 – The student is able to use legal standards in the area related to public activity.
K_U08 – The student is able to independently acquire knowledge regarding the content of applicable legal provisions and is able to use electronic legal information systems.
COMPETENCES
K_K01 – The student is ready to use knowledge of legal provisions to achieve political goals while actively participating in public life.

Assessment criteria

The exam takes the form of a written test in the form of a test with one correct answer based on a list of questions provided to students.

Practical placement

Not applicable.

Bibliography

Basic literature:
- T. Chauvin, T. Stawecki, P. Winczorek, Wstęp do prawoznawstwa,
Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck, Wyd. 8., Warszawa 2013 i wyd. nast.
- A. Redelbach, Wstęp do prawoznawstwa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM,
Poznań 1993
- A. Redelbach, S. Wronkowska, Z. Ziembiński, Zarys teorii państwa i prawa,
Wydawnictwo Naukowe
- W. Siuda, Elementy prawa dla ekonomistów, Wydawnictwo naukowe
CONTACT, Warszawa 2009
- S. Wronkowska, Z. Ziembiński, Zarys teorii prawa, Przedsiębiorstwo
Wydawnicze Ars boni et aequi, Poznań 1997.

Additional literature:
- J. Jabłońska-Bonca, Wstęp do nauk prawnych, Wydawnicze Ars boni et aequi,
Poznań 1994
- E. Kustra, Wstęp do nauk o państwie i prawie, TNOiK, Toruń 2000 - L.
Morawski, Wstęp do prawoznawstwa, TNOiK, Toruń 1997
- J. Nowacki, Z. Tobor, Wstęp do prawoznawstwa, Uniwersytet Śląski, Katowice
1991
- H. Rot, Wstęp do nauk prawnych, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego,
Wrocław 1994
- G. L. Seidler, H. Groszyk, A Pieniążek, Wprowadzenie do nauki o państwie i
prawie, Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin 2009
- R. Tokarczyk, Współczesne kultury prawne, Zakamycze 2005
- Wstęp do nauk prawnych, pod red. A. Jamroza, Temida 2, Białystok 1993

Term 2023Z:

None

Notes

Term 2024Z:

Not applicable.

Additional information

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