Lehrende/r: Pascal Kowalski; Brigitte Oberle
Veranstaltungsart: Kurs
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Privatr ausl. Stud.
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 20
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: The course is taught in English. It is offered from the Gutenberg School of Law and the Gutenberg International School and is open for all Exchange students at Johannes Gutenberg University. Registration for Exchange students in the Gutenberg School of Law: Please add the course to the specific course registration form for law students. Registration for Exchange students from other departments: Please add the course to the general course registration form for Exchange students from GIS and send it to erasmus-jura@uni-mainz.de. The aim of the course is to give students a general overview to German Private Law.
Inhalt: The course is designed to give a general overview of the German Civil Code ("Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch", BGB)). All main chapters of the Civil Code, the so-called „books" („Bücher"), and the respective doctrines of German private law will be addressed. This includes: I. the book of general provisions of the German civil code (first book) II. the law of obligations (second book) III. the law of things (third book) IV. family law (fourth book) V. law of succession (fifth book) Furthermore, the course will provide the basic knowledge of the Code of Civil Procedure („Zivilprozessordnung" (ZPO)) and the Commercial Code („Handelsgesetzbuch", HGB) which is needed to understand the respective links to the Civil Code. As the title of the course indicates, students should have a basic understanding of German private law after completion of the course which may qualify them to enlarge their knowledge of specific fields of German private law. Prior knowledge of private law would be beneficial but is not necessary for a successful completion of the course.
Zusätzliche Informationen: Students can pass an exam at the end of the semester to get a grade. Students who pass the exam will receive 4 ECTS.
