Identifying Data 2024/25
Subject (*) Succession Law Code 612G01034
Study programme
Grao en Dereito
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
First and Second Cycle 1st four-month period
Fourth Obligatory 6
Language
Spanish
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Dereito Privado
Coordinador
Colina Garea, Rafael
E-mail
rafael.colina@udc.es
Lecturers
Colina Garea, Rafael
Díaz Teijeiro, Carlos María
Lopez Suarez, Marcos A.
Pérez Dios, Carmen
Rovira Sueiro, Maria Esther
Sánchez Fuentes, Sara
E-mail
rafael.colina@udc.es
carlos.diaz.teijeiro@udc.es
marcos.lopezs@udc.es
carmen.perez.dios@udc.es
maria.rovira@udc.es
sara.sanchez2@gmail.com
Web
General description A través desta materia preténdese que os alumnos adquiran o coñecemento do Dereito de sucesións.

Competencies / Study results
Code Study programme competences / results
A1 Knowledge of the main legal institutions
A3 Grasping the systematic nature of the legal system
A4 Appreciating the interdisciplinary nature of legal problems
A8 Basic knowledge of legal argumentation.
A9 Ability to handle legal sources (legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal).
A10 Ability to interpret and critically assess the legal system.
A11 Ability to understand and write legal documents.
A12 Management of legal oratory (ability to express themselves properly in public).
A13 Mastering new technologies applied to law.
B2 Ability to know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
B3 Ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgments that include a reflection on social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
B4 Ability to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized public.
B6 Learning to learn.
B7 Effective problem solving.
B8 Critical, logical, and creative thinking.
B9 Working autonomously on own initiative with a lifelong learning approach.
B10 Teamwork and collaboration.
B11 Ethical and social responsibility.
C4 Exercising an open, educated, critical, committed, democratic and supportive citizenship for the sake of the common good.
C7 Assume as a professional and citizen the importance of lifelong learning.
C8 Valuing the importance of research, innovation and technological development for the socioeconomic and cultural progress of society.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences / results
Knowledge of the main legal institutions A1
Perception of the systematic nature of the legal system A3
Perception of the interdisciplinary nature of legal problems A4
Basic knowledge of legal argumentation A8
Ability to handle legal sources (legal, case law and doctrinal) A9
Ability to interpret and critically analyse the legal system A10
Ability to understand and draft legal documents A11
Handling legal oratory A12
Proficiency in new technologies applied to Law A13
Effective problem solving B7
Applying critical, logical and creative thinking B8
B2
B3
B4
C4
C7
C8
Working independently with initiative and in a collaborative way B6
B9
B10
B11

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
TEMA I. A SUCESIÓN POR CAUSA DE MORTE 1. O dereito de sucesións. 2. As etapas de sucesión. 3. O dereito hereditario. 4. Herdeiro e legatario. 5. A herdanza xacente. 6. A transmisión da herdanza. 7. A acción de petición de herdanza.
TEMA II. A DELACIÓN 1. Réxime xurídico. 2. O dereito de representación sucesoria. 3. O dereito de acrecer. 4. Capacidade para ser herdeiro.
TEMA III. ACEPTACIÓN E REXEITE DA HERDANZA 1. Aceptación e rexeite. 2. Formas de aceptación. 3. O beneficio de inventario. 4. O rexeite da herdanza.
TEMA IV. EFECTOS DA ACEPTACIÓN 1. A cualidade de herdeiro. 2. Os efeitos da aceptación pura e simple. 3. Os efeitos da aceptación a beneficio de inventario. 4. A liquidación da herdanza. 5. A comunidade na herdanza.
TEMA V. PARTILLA E COLACIÓN 1. A partilla: conceito, lexitimación, tipos, efectos, ineficacia e eficacia, complemento, suspesión. 2. Colación: conceito, presupostos, dispensa e procedemento.
TEMA VI. O TESTAMENTO 1. Os negocios xurídicos por causa de morte. 2. Conceito e elementos esenciais do testamento. 3. Clases de testamentos. 4. Contido do testamento. 5. Interpretación do testamento. 6. O albacea. 7. Eficacia e ineficacia do testamento. 8. A Sucesión contractual.
TEMA VII. AS SUSTITUCIÓNS 1. A sustitución vulgar. 2. A sustitución fideicomisaria.
TEMA VIII. OS LEGADOS 1. Conceito e carateres. 2. Suxeitos e obxecto. 3. Adquisición do legado. 4. Garantías a favor do legatario. 5. Pago dos legados. 6. Responsabilidade do legatario. 7. Ineficacia dos legados. 8. Tipos de legados regulados no CC.
TEMA IX. LEXITIMAS E RESERVAS 1. As lexítimas: conceito, os lexitimarios, as cuotas lexitimarias, a proteción da lexítima, o pago en metálico da lexítima, a mellora, a desheredación. 2. As reservas: concepto, a reserva vidual e a reserva lineal.
TEMA X. A SUCESIÓN INTESTADA 1. A sucesión intestada en xeral. 2. Supostos nos que ten lugar. 3. A orden de suceder ab intestado. 4. A sucesión do Estado e das CCAA.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies / Results Teaching hours (in-person & virtual) Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 A3 A4 A9 A10 45 21 66
Case study A1 A3 A4 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B2 B3 B4 C4 C7 C8 21 42 63
Objective test A1 4 0 4
 
Personalized attention 17 0 17
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech It will consist of the presentation of the fundamental aspects of the topics that make up the syllabus of the subject.
Case study It will consist of the analysis of practical cases.
Objective test Exam of the theoretical and practical contents of the subject included in the syllabus.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Case study
Description
For the study of cases, in addition to the general indications, the students will receive, individually or in work groups, the guidelines that are necessary for the correct preparation of their work.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies / Results Description Qualification
Case study A1 A3 A4 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B2 B3 B4 C4 C7 C8 A critical study of different case studies. 10
Objective test A1 The exam will consist of multiple-choice questions about the contents of the subject and the readings related with the different topics. 90
 
Assessment comments

It is essential to attend and participate in classes in order to know the whole content of the subject and
the main points.



















It will be necessary to prepare a presentation or dissertation about
some aspects of the syllabus
and to solve some cases. These activities -attending classes, preparing a
dissertation and the cases- will count for 30% of the final mark.

A final exam –multiple-choice– will be taken.
It will count for 70% of the final mark. It is necessary to obtain a mark of 3.5 in the final exam to add the mark obtained from the activities.



Part-time students will be able to take the exam over 10 points.

For the second opportunity, the evaluation system will be the same as for the first opportunity, without the possibility of redoing the activities of the continuous evaluation.

In the event that cheating, plagiarism, or copying, the case study or examination affected shall be graded with a zero "0" and the academic regulations of the UDC will be applied.


Sources of information
Basic Cámara Lapuente; Martínez de Aguirre Aldaz; De Pablo Contreras (2022). Curso de Derecho civil (V) Derecho de sucesiones. Edisofer
Rodrigo Bercovitz et al. (2024). Manual de Derecho Civil. Sucesiones. Bercal
Legerén Molina; López Suárez; Pérez Dios; Rovira Sueiro (2022). Spanish Succession Law. Colex

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Person's Law/612G01007
Family Law/612G01013
Obligations and Tort Law/612G01016
Contract Law/612G01024
Property Law/612G01027

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)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.