The supervised essays of students will be assigned during the semester, when the topic of the essay is tackled in the classroom.

The multiple choice questions as well as the short questions will be the two parts of a final examination.

EVALUATION OF STUDENTS IN JULY (SECOND CHANCE EXAMINATION):

In July Students will be evaluated on the basis of the same criteria and methodologies used in June:

- New short questions about a legal or doctrinal text selected by the teacher on one of the course's topics

- A new multiple choice examination covering most of the course's lessons and concepts.

- Students shall keep the points assigned to them during the semester for exercises and essays (students that did not deliver these essays and exercises during the semester will NOT have a new opportunity to hand them over).

PENALTY FOR COPYING AND PLAGIARISM:

In the event that the teacher detects that a student has copied or plagiarised a part or the whole of an essay or exercise, this student shall be awarded no points for any exercises or essays delivered during the semester.

Any student copying, trying to copy, or letting others copy in an exam will automatically be graded with the lowest possible mark (zero).

STUDENTS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM ATTENDING PRESENTIAL CLASSES (PART-TIME DEDICATION STUDENTS):

These students shall be evauated and graded according to the same criteria as ordinary students. They are expected to follow the indications and messages sent to the whole class or published by the teacher on Moodle (Campus Virtual), so that they are also expected to deliver their essays and exercises under the same deadlines as the rest of their classmates.

It is highly recommended for these students to ask for an appointment with the teacher at the beginning of the course. During this appointment the teacher will give them advice and ideas about the proper way of getting through the course successfully.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
Learning the basic principles and rules of the law of obligations	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8	B1 B2 B3	C4 C5 C6 C7
Being able to understand and interpret correctly the basic legal rules and materials linked to the law of obligations	A5 A9 A10 A11 A12 A14	B6 B7 B8 B9 B10	C1 C2
Becoming aware of the differences and common features of the European private law systems.	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7	B5	C1 C2 C4 C5 C7 C8
Understanding tort law as a basic tool for managing the cost of accidents from a social point of view	A2 A6 A10	B6 B7 B8 B11	C6 C7 C8
Acquiring the skills to assess and resolve problems of tort law with technical competence.	A9 A10 A11	B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B13	C1 C2 C6 C8

Topic	Sub-topic
LESSON 1: THE CONCEPT OF «OBLIGATION» AND THE «LAW OF OBLIGATIONS»	1.Economic private law and its basic rights: obligations and property rights 2.What is an obligation? 3. The sources of obligations (contracts, torts, unjustified enrichment and other sources of obligations) 4.Importance of the Law of obligations within the continental legal systems 5.Where are the rules of the law of obligations in the common law systems?
LESSON 2: LAW OF CONTRACT AND LAW OF OBLIGATIONS	1.The place of contract in private law systems a.Obligations and contract b.Contract and tort c.Contract and property d.General contract rules and specific contracts 2.The principles of contract law: differences between the common law and the continental law a.Contract as an agreement between parties b.The doctrine of consideration and the «cause» of the contract c.The role of the good faith principle d.The meaning of contract freedom e.Drafting contracts in continental and common law. 3.«A contract's life» a.Contract formation: negotiations and lack of negotiations b.Contract conclusion: contract validity and content c.Contract performance.
LESSON 3: OBLIGATIONS IN EUROPEAN LAW: THE LANGUAGE ISSUE. THE DCFR. CONDITIONS AND TIME IN OBLIGATIONS	1. Lack of a common legal vocabulary in the field of the law of obligations 2. DCFR solution for a European model law of obligations 3. Rules regarding conditions and time limits in obligations a. Conditional obligations b. Time limited obligations
LESSON 4: PERFORMANCE AND NON-PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS. REMEDIES FOR NON-PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS	1. Performance, obligation to perform and payment: continental and common law approaches 2. Who has to perform the obligation? Payment by a third person 3. General remedies against non performance in continental systems a. The right to enforce performance b. Specific performance and damages 4. General remedies in common law systems a. Damages b. The problem of specific performance 5. Termination a. Scope of the right to terminate 6. Damages
LESSON 6: PLURALITY OF DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. CHANGE OF PARTIES	1. Obligations with several parties: continental systems and common law systems 2. Joint, several and joint and several liability 3. The model rules of DCFR regarding plurality of debtors and creditors 4. Change of creditor: requirements and effects regarding creditor and debtor 5. Change of debtor: types, requirements and effects 6. Change of a contractual party
LESSON 6: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF LIABILITY	1. What is a tort? 2. The scope and the aim of tort law 3. Tort law and other branches of the legal system (criminal law, contract law, Social Security law). 4. The structure of a tort 4.1. Scope of protected interest a. Protection of the person b. Protection of economic interests: protection against «pure economic loss» 4.2. Causation a. The «Certainty of damages» principle b. Traditional causation theories in the European legal systems c. Burden of proof d. The problem of uncertainty over causation e. Limiting the scope of results: remoteness of damage and «objective zurechnung» 4.3. The reasons behind the right to damage compensation: Strict liability and negligence liability. The «law and economics» approach 4.4. Negligence a. Role of negligence in continental tort law b. Role of the tort of negligence in common law 4.5. Strict liability a. Background of strict liability b. Types of strict liability regimes: liability based on risk and enterprise liability c. Negligence influence on certain strict liability concepts and requirements 4.6. Damages a. Compensation and punishment: the problem of punitive damages b. Types of damages: Economic damages and Personal injuries c. Compensating personal injuries: different approaches 4.7. Defences in Tort Law
LESSON 10: THE DIFFERENT TORT LAW SYSTEMS IN EUROPE	1. The French family system 2. The German system 3. The common law system 4. Towards harmonization of tort law in Europe? a. Different policy approaches and legal cultures b. The EU influence c. The achievements of this century: PETL and DCFR
LESSON 11: SPECIFIC LIABILITY REGIMES AND TORTS	1. Liability for other persons and vicarious liability 2. Liability for risky activities and dangerous goods 3. Defective products 4. Environmental liability 5. Public bodies liability
TEMA 9: Concurrencia de acreedores e insuficiencia do patrimonio do deudor.	1. Nociones generales. 2. Los créditos privilegiados. 3. Concurrencia singular de acreedores. 4. Concurrencia universal de acreedores. 5. Ley Concursal.
TEMA 10: A modificación e a extinción da relación obrigatoria.	1. La novación y sus clases. 2. Novación por cambio del acreedor. 3. Novación por cambio del deudor. 4. Novación por cesión de contrato. 5. Extinción de la relación obligatoria.
TEMA 11: Os cuasicontrantos	1. Los cuasicontratos. 2. El enriquecimiento sin causa. 3. La gestión de negocios ajenos sin mandato. 4. El cobro de lo indebido.
TEMA 12: A responsabilidade civil.	1. Concepto y funciones de la responsabilidad civil. 2. Responsabilidad civil contractual y extracontractual. 3. Responsabilidad civil y responsabilidad penal. 4. Los elementos constitutivos de la responsabilidad civil. 5. Los sujetos de la responsabilidad civil. La responsabilidad por hecho ajeno. 6. La prescripción de la acción de reclamación de daños. 7. El seguro de repsonsabilidad civil.
TEMA 13: As responsabilidades civiles especiais.	1. La responsabilidad civil en la circulación de vehículos a motor. 2. La responsabilidad civil por daños causados por productos defectuosos. 3. La responsabilidad civil médica. 4. La responsabilidad por daños causados por animales y en el ámbito de la caza. 5. Los accidentes de trabajo.
TEMA 14: A responsabilidade pola actuación administrativa	1. Introducción. 2. El régimen jurídico de la responsabilidad de la administración pública. 3. El resarcimiento de la lesión. La indemnización. 4. Los procedimientos de responsabilidad patrimonial.

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Directed discussion	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A14 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B13 B1 B2 B3 B5 C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8	5	5	10
ICT practicals	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A14 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B13 B1 B2 B3 B5 C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8	10	10	20
Short answer questions	A2 A5 A6 A9 A10 A11 B13	1	0	1
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A2 A5 A6 B1 C5 C8	25	65	90
Objective test	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 B6 B7 B8 B9 B1 B2 B3 B5 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8	1	0	1
Supervised projects	A9 A10 A11 B13	0	20	20

Personalized attention		8	0	8

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Directed discussion	Discussions directed by the teacher during the classes to make students think on the topics treated in the classroom.
ICT practicals	Short and quick exercises to facilitate student's participation in the classroom
Short answer questions	Short comments on legal texts about different topics of the syllabus
Guest lecture / keynote speech	Lessons taught by the teacher in the classroom. Student's participation will be encouraged by means of questions and exercises.
Objective test	Multiple choice test with questions from the different lessons of the syllabus.
Supervised projects	Essays or exercises on different courses' topics to deliver within the deadline set by the teacher.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Supervised projects	A9 A10 A11 B13	Essays or exercises assigned to students during the semester to achieve a deeper knowledge of some of the most relevant topics of the course.	10
Short answer questions	A2 A5 A6 A9 A10 A11 B13	Student's skills on legal argumentation. Student's ability to understand a legal text or document and extract its basic constitutive elements. Student's knowledge of the legal context of the issue raised by the question	60
Objective test	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 B6 B7 B8 B9 B1 B2 B3 B5 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8	Multiple choice test. Student's will achive points by answering correctly to que questions posed by the teacher. Wrong answers will cause a small reduction in the student's grade.	30

Assessment comments
The supervised essays of students will be assigned during the semester, when the topic of the essay is tackled in the classroom. The multiple choice questions as well as the short questions will be the two parts of a final examination. EVALUATION OF STUDENTS IN JULY (SECOND CHANCE EXAMINATION): In July Students will be evaluated on the basis of the same criteria and methodologies used in June: - New short questions about a legal or doctrinal text selected by the teacher on one of the course's topics - A new multiple choice examination covering most of the course's lessons and concepts. - Students shall keep the points assigned to them during the semester for exercises and essays (students that did not deliver these essays and exercises during the semester will NOT have a new opportunity to hand them over). PENALTY FOR COPYING AND PLAGIARISM: In the event that the teacher detects that a student has copied or plagiarised a part or the whole of an essay or exercise, this student shall be awarded no points for any exercises or essays delivered during the semester. Any student copying, trying to copy, or letting others copy in an exam will automatically be graded with the lowest possible mark (zero). STUDENTS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM ATTENDING PRESENTIAL CLASSES (PART-TIME DEDICATION STUDENTS): These students shall be evauated and graded according to the same criteria as ordinary students. They are expected to follow the indications and messages sent to the whole class or published by the teacher on Moodle (Campus Virtual), so that they are also expected to deliver their essays and exercises under the same deadlines as the rest of their classmates. It is highly recommended for these students to ask for an appointment with the teacher at the beginning of the course. During this appointment the teacher will give them advice and ideas about the proper way of getting through the course successfully.

Basic
	A) Handbooks: - CARTWRIGHT, JOHN: Contract Law: An Introduction to the English Law of Contract for the Civil Lawyer, Hart Publishing (last edition). - VAN DAM, CEES: European Tort Law, Oxford University Press (last edition). - DCFR (Draft Common Frame of Reference), outline edition:  http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/civil/docs/dcfr_outline_edition_en.pdf - PETL (Principles of European Tort Law): http://www.egtl.org/ B) Recommended readings: Students will be given several papers and judicial decisions to read and analyze along the course. They all will be put at the student’s disposal on Campus Virtual.
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Other comments
It is highly recommended to attend the classes and participate in the classroom discussions. My experience says that those students who try to just pass the examination are much less likely to obtain a good final grade.