Contract law: doctrine and legal practice
Course:
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Title
Contract law: doctrine and legal practice
Code
ВБ.01.04.22.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Ability to conduct research at the appropriate level on various issues of contract law; Ability to generate new ideas related to the civil regulation of contract law; Ability to work in an international context on various topical issues of contract law; Ability to apply the principles of the rule of law to solve complex problems and issues, including in situations of legal uncertainty, in solving problems of civil regulation of contract law.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know: features and methods of change and termination of contractual obligations, general characteristics and types of contractual obligations, ways to ensure the fulfillment of obligations, features and grounds for their change and termination, the main legal consequences of breach of obligations and type and extent liability for improper performance or breach of contract
Be able to determine the main features of the conclusion, form and content of real estate transactions, as well as their separation from related legal structures.
Fluent in written and oral state language, correctly using legal terminology; correctly draw up and conclude contracts, including in the field of real estate.
Course content
The following issues are revealed in the study of the discipline according to the principle of architecture: general characteristics of contractual obligations; types of civil law contracts as a basis for the emergence of contractual obligations; ensuring the fulfillment of contractual obligations; general characteristics and types of real estate transactions; features of state registration of real estate transactions.
Acquire knowledge of the emergence, change and termination of contractual obligations in Ukraine and the peculiarities of committing and terminating real estate transactions in the context of reforming and improving civil law.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Bodnar T.V. Fulfillment of Contractual Obligations in Civil Law: Monograph. - Kyiv: Jurinkom Inter, 2005. - 272 p.
Bodnar T.V. Contractual Obligations in Civil Law (general provisions): Textbook. manual. - K .: Justinian, 2007. - 280 p.
Bodnar T.V. Categories "Non-performance", "Improper Performance" and "Impossibility of Performance" in obligatory law of Ukraine // Bulletin of the Odessa Institute of Internal Affairs. - 2004. - № 3 (part 1). - P. 20-28.
Principles of European Contract Law, Editor: Lando O., Beal H.. Part 1: Performance, Non-Performance and Remedies. Dordrecht, 1995.
Contract Law of Ukraine. General part: textbook. manual Bodnar Т.В., Dzera, O.V., Kuznetsova N.S. and others; for ed. Derry O.V. y . - K .: Jurinkom Inter, 2008. - 896 p.
Krat B. Contract Law in the Practice of the Supreme Court. 2021.
URL: https://supreme.court.gov.ua/userfiles/media/new_folder_for_uploads/supreme/2021_12_29_prezent_Krat.pdf
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-studying work of the student on the basis of textbooks, abstracts, methodical recommendations, consultations with the teacher
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment forms: class presentation - from 8 to 12 points; additions to the presentation - from 4 to 8 points; substantive questions to the speakers (discourse) - from 2 to 4 points; reports and research papers - from 5 to 9 points; solving a case - from 5 to 7 points.
The following are subject to evaluation: the level of knowledge demonstrated in the answer; activity in discussing issues; systematic work in class; results of homework.
Students may make up seminars missed for valid reasons.
A student who has not reached the minimum threshold level of assessment (24 points) of those learning outcomes that cannot be assessed during the final control may not be admitted to the final assessment.
Final assessment: written exam or oral exam (with the possible use of information and communication technologies).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Tatyana
Bodnar
Civil Law Department
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Vadim
Tsura
Civil Law Department
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Civil Law Department
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Civil Law Department
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law