Liabilities for damages

Course: «Еducational and Professional Program Law»

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Law

Title
Liabilities for damages
Code
ВБ.01.02.02
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Students' achievement of such competencies as: the ability to think abstractly, analyze and synthesize through the prism of the provisions and knowledge of the law of obligations regarding the infliction of harm; ability to apply general and special knowledge of the theory of tort liabilities; knowledge and understanding of international standards of compensation for unlawful damage, the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as the approaches of the European Court of Human Rights to compensation for unlawful damage; knowledge and understanding of the peculiarities of real.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know the main aspects of the historical formation and development of inalienable rights and tortious obligations in Ukraine, the concept and classification of inalienable rights, the legal nature of tortious obligations, literature sources on inalienable rights and tortious obligations, acts of civil law of Ukraine governing inalienable rights and tortious obligations, and current judicial practice of resolving civil disputes in non-contractual areas. Be able to assess and determine the role and objectives of non-contractual obligations, distinguish non-contractual obligations from other types of civil obligations, give them a legal description. Have basic skills in working with educational and legal literature, application of scientific methods of knowledge and legal methods of resolving controversial practical situations in the field of non-contractual obligations, to be guided by the practice of Ukrainian courts and the European Court of Human Rights.
Course content
Forms of teaching and teaching methods of this discipline are aimed at conducting a legal analysis of the problems of legal regulation of non-property relations and tort obligations in the civil law of Ukraine. Within the framework of the discipline the basic doctrinal approaches to the definition of the concepts of non-property rights and the legal nature of tort obligations, their doctrinal classification are studied. Particular attention is paid to current issues of application of current legislation of Ukraine governing civil law protection of non-property rights and tortious obligations by national courts.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Glannon JW. Examples&Explanations for The Law of Torts (6th ed.). Wolters Kluwer; 2020. 2. Mulheron, R. Principles of Tort Law (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2020. 3. Hughes-Davies, T., & Tamblyn, N. Tort Law (1st ed.). Routledge; 2019 4. Kaur Dua, S., & Turner, C. Unlocking Torts (5th ed.). Routledge; 2019. 6. Відповідальність у приватному праві: Монографія / [І. Безклубий, Н. Кузнєцова, Р. Майданик та ін.]; за заг. ред. І. Безклубого. –К.: Грамота, 2014. – 416 с. – (Серія “Про українське право). 5. Prytyka Yu., Khomenko M., Bulat Ie. The reform of Civil Legislation on Legal Liability. Global Journal of Comparative Law. 10 (2021). P. 105-122. 6. Principles of European Tort Law (PETL). URL: http://www.egtl.org/PETLEnglish.html.
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
Speech at the class - from 5 to 7 points; . supplementing the speech - from 1 to 4 points; reports and research papers - from 5 to 7 points; solving a case - from 2 to 5 points; two final (module) works - from 5 to 7 points each (total: from 10 to 14 points) The following are subject to evaluation: the level of knowledge demonstrated in the answer; activity in discussing issues; systematic work in the classroom; results of homework. Students can make up for seminars missed for valid reasons during extracurricular time (teacher's consultation time) by oral questioning, testing, and preparing a research report. 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 allowed to take the final assessment. The final assessment of student knowledge takes place during the written test (maximum score - 60).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Mykhailo Khomenko
Civil Law Department
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law
Oksana Zalizko
Civil Law Department
Educational and Scientific Institute of Law