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Faculty of Law
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Grao en Dereito
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Identifying Data 2020/21
Subject (*) Jurisprudence Code 612G01006
Study programme
Grao en Dereito
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 1st four-month period
First Basic training 6
Language
Spanish
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Dereito Privado
Coordinador
Serna Bermudez, Pedro
E-mail
pedro.serna@udc.es
Lecturers
Crego Blanco, Jorge
Serna Bermudez, Pedro
E-mail
jorge.crego@udc.es
pedro.serna@udc.es
Web
General description The aim of this course is to provide students with a global vision of the world of law, both in terms of certain general content and in terms of the skills and competences of the lawyer. Normally we will not speak of "lawyer" but of "jurist", because the latter term designates the legal professional, while the former only mentions one of the possible law-related professions, not precisely the most characteristic, although perhaps the best known and, of course, the most widespread numerically. The general contents are a priority in this course, while the skills or competences must be acquired by the law student throughout his/her career and then in the professional practice and postgraduate training. From the point of view of knowledge or content, the aim is firstly for the student to acquire a detailed knowledge of the main dynamic processes that make up the life of the Law and the concepts that allow them to be understood, as well as the structural elements of the legal order. Secondly, it is intended that the student acquires a global vision of the Law as a social practice, of the elements that make up this practice and of its most outstanding characteristics. In other words, as far as the contents are concerned, this course will try to answer two fundamental questions: a) What is Law? b) How is legal life structured, what dynamic processes normally take place within it, how do these processes develop and what concepts allow an adequate understanding of them. In this course we will deal with concepts and notions used or presupposed in practically all branches of Law and Legal Science. With some exceptions, this course will not analyse specific aspects of Spanish Law, but those notions, structures and processes that are generally shared by all sectors or branches of Law, even by orders or legal systems belonging to other countries and/or other times. It remains now to say something about the skills or competences that are sought to be developed in this course. The Law is part of social life, but the Science of Law is not exactly a social science, because the jurist faces the unique and concrete social questions and problems, not general ones, as would be the case of the political scientist, the economist or the sociologist. Moreover, and above all, the main instrument of the jurist is the texts: his contact with social reality is mediated by the handling of written texts of different nature: legislation, case-law and dogmatic or scientific texts. Moreover, the facts that constitute a legal case must not only be analyzed and evaluated in the light of the texts just mentioned, but they themselves must be told in an orderly fashion (thus adopting the form of a text or narrative) in order to be addressed and resolved. Therefore, from the point of view of skills or competences, the object of the course is to initiate and advance students in the following specific competences, which they will have to develop throughout the degree program: a) Reading and understanding of legal texts ( scholarly, legislative and case-law). b) Capacity for critical analysis of established law. c) Capacity for oral and written expression. d) Capacity for legal argumentation and familiarity with the way of reasoning characteristic of jurists. In addition, it is reasonable to think that the work on this subject will strengthen the development of other more generic skills or competencies, but no less important: a) Analysis and synthesis ability. b) Problem-solving ability. c) Information management ability. d) Ability to work autonomously and in teams, and to make organizational decisions in this regard. In order to develop the previous competences, the course has been designed so that the students work on it every day or, at least, every week, with different intensity and dedication according to the topics. The constant personal work of the students and, to a lesser extent, the team work, are decisive to overcome the course successfully. Finally, this course also aims, but indirectly, to raise certain attitudes in students, both intellectual and ethical: a) The sense of justice, in connection with the idea that the law exists to achieve certain purposes. b) The critical attitude. c) The sense of conceptual rigour and of reasoning.
Contingency plan 1. Modifications to the contents No changes will be made. Only those contents actually developed in the lectures or in the small group sessions will be subject to evaluation. 2. Methodologies *Teaching methodologies that are maintained All planned methodologies are maintained. Only the performance mode will be changed, going from the face-to-face to the online mode. *Teaching methodologies that are modified Lectures and seminars will be held online through Teams. An essay test will be added to reduce the value of the final oral test and to assess through this test the acquisition of some of the learning outcomes and competences of the subject. 3. Mechanisms for personalized attention to students a) Moodle. It will be used to make (enriched) presentations of the contents of each topic available to students. This will have been done from the very beginning of the course. It will also be used for general communication with students. It will be assumed that all students are informed of what teachers have published in Moodle. In addition, links to the recordings of the online lectures will be uploaded weekly. Finally, it will be used for the completion and delivery of the written test. b) Teams. It will be used every week for the lectures (2 hours for each turn, except for the weeks when more classes are scheduled). These lectures will be recorded and a link to them will be included in Moodle so that students can watch them if they are unable to connect, or watch them again if there is something they wish to clarify. It will also be used for small group sessions (1 hour per week per small group,). These sessions will not be recorded, in principle. They can also be used for individual and group tutoring sessions with students (as necessary, according to demand, up to a maximum of 6 hours per week). Finally, they will be used for oral exams, which will be recorded, as well as their respective revisions. c) E-mail. It is used for the resolution of any doubts and individual tutoring with students and for communication with their representatives. We will try to respond as soon as possible, in any case within a maximum of one week. 4. Modifications in the evaluation The final exam will be worth 50% of the final grade. It will consist of an oral test through Teams, which will be recorded. Three or four questions will be formulated, chosen from a list that will be given to the students in advance to facilitate the preparation of the test. A mixed written test will be added, which will be worth 20% of the final grade. A set of questions related to a part of the contents of the course will have to be answered, which will be indicated by the professor, in which the contents learned will have to be applied. Seminars. Neither its relative value in the final grade of the course (30%) nor the assessment criteria will be modified. *Evaluation observations: Students who have difficulties in making their presentations in the seminars by connecting through Teams can, after communicating with the professor responsible for their small group, follow the system provided in the teaching guide for students with dispensation from attendance at classes. If they have already participated assiduously throughout the course and the difficulty in making their intervention in the form of a question or comment is occasional, they can make it through the Teams chat or send it by e-mail to the professor. Those who do not pass the part of the seminars in May must present themselves in July, carrying out the tasks foreseen in the teacher's guide for students who are dispensed from attending classes. The students of the Simultaneous Program of the Degree in Business Administration and Degree in Law will take the course in the second four-month period. Those who have to attend the July opportunity, if they have the seminar part due, will have to do the tasks foreseen for the students with dispensation to attend classes. If they have the theoretical part pending, they will have to carry out the evaluation activities in the form foreseen for them that is in force when they are to be held (in person or online). 5. Modifications to the bibliography or webgraphy There will be no significant changes. You can study the whole course with the PowerPoint presentations that the lecturers will leave in Moodle, but these presentations are not enough on their own: they have to be completed with the notes taken in the lecture classes.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.
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