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Fundamentals of law

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Fundamentals of law
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
International Tourism-Management, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2008
Module code: BAITM-130
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
6V (6 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written examination

[updated 20.03.2010]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BAITM-130 International Tourism-Management, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2008 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
90 class hours (= 67.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 112.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
BAITM-230 Business law
BAITM-420 International contract law and law for managers in the tourism industry


[updated 07.04.2011]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
Prof. Dr. Sybille Neumann


[updated 19.07.2012]
Learning outcomes:
Participants will be given a sound overview of those fundamentals of German civil law that are of relevance to students of business administration. Students will gain a basic understanding of the function and mechanisms of civil law, and will become acquainted with the major provisions of the first (general) part of the German Civil Code, general contract law, general law of obligations (particularly contract law) and with the most important types of contracts used in business environments. By receiving practical examples throughout the course, students will learn the correct way to incorporate statutory requirements into their later professional activities. To encourage the practical application of the knowledge gained in the course, a separate tutorial class is offered in which civil law cases will be studied.

[updated 20.03.2010]
Module content:
- Private autonomy, transactions under contract and transactions in law, freedom of contract as central elements of private law
- The conclusion of contracts (including such aspects as contractual capacity, the incorporation of general terms and conditions, contract form, contractual conditions and time limits, agency)
- Performance of contracts
- Limitation
- Defaulting and defective performance
- Important types of commercial contracts
- Methods of resolving issues in civil law

[updated 20.03.2010]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lectures based on selected cases, exercises in solving cases in civil law

[updated 20.03.2010]
Recommended or required reading:
Klunzinger, Eugen: Einführung in das Bürgerliche Recht, 12. Auflage, Vahlen München 2004
Führich, Ernst: Wirtschaftsprivatrecht, 7. Auflage, Vahlen München 2004.2002.
Eisenmann/Gnauk/Quittnat: Rechtsfälle im Wirtschaftsprivatrecht, 6. Auflage, UTB Taschenbuch (C.F. Müller) Heidelberg 2002
Hirsch, Christoph: Der Allgemeine Teil des BGB, 5. Auflage, Heymanns Köln u.a. 2004
Hirsch, Christoph: Allgemeines Schuldrecht, 5. Auflage, Heymanns Köln u.a. 2004
Brox, Hans u. Walker, Wolf-D.: Allgemeines Schuldrecht, 30. Auflage, Beck München 2004
Michalsky, Lutz: Einführende Übungen zum Zivilrecht I. 3. Auflage, Heymanns Köln u.a. 2003

[updated 20.03.2010]
 
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