• learn about the basics of synchronic linguistics,
• get to know some descriptive and analytic tools used in linguistics,
• practice linguistic analyses in the areas of sounds, words, and sentences,
• find out what is of interest to you in linguistics,
• learn to work with English textbooks,
• and learn to accumulate and aggregate information from different sources.

The course gives an introduction to German private law especially for foreign law students. The course begins with an overview of the legal sources of German law. In particular, the special position of the Civil Code and its historical development will be discussed.

Then the most important legal areas of the Civil Code will be worked out on the basis of systematic descriptions and case solutions. By focusing on the law of torts, the law of obligations and the law of property, the working method in German civil law is clarified. Short introductions to inheritance and family law, company law and civil procedural law round off the course through private law.

Structure

- Definition of private law, historical development

- Structure of the BGB

- tort law

- law of obligations

- property law

- Inheritance and Family Law, Company Law and Civil Procedure Law at a Glance

The aim of the course is to ensure that students are familiar with the structures of German civil law by the end of the course and that they are able to handle smaller cases with the knowledge they have acquired.

• Dennis Howitt – Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology, 2018, 6th Edition
• Sandie Taylor – Forensic Psychology: The basis, 2015

The course provides a general introduction to German Constitutional Law i.e. the constitution, its background and contents and methods to work with constitutional legal texts.
The German Grundgesetz (Basic Law) which up to this day forms the formal constitutional document of the Federal Republic of Germany has its roots in the allied occupation of Western Germany after World War II. It has proven to be a reliable foundation for the development of the German democratic system and the federal state. The provision of fundamental rights (Art. 1 – 19) puts the Grundgesetz in the tradition of European and North American human rights thinking. It has had an enormous impact on all German law.
Although experiencing some changes throughout the years – especially during the process of the German reunification – the general structure and main provisions of the Grundgesetz remained unchanged.
The course will cover the structure of the German Grundgesetz and its most important provisions while putting a particular focus on the first chapter containing the fundamental rights provisions. Additionally, students will learn about constitutional law in general, the federal structure and the fundamental constitutional principles of the Federal Republic and its integration in the European Union legal system as well as understand the function of the constitutional organs and the legislative process.

Contents:
•    The German legal system
•    Constitutional Law
•    The Grundgesetz and the European Union
•    Fundamental Rights
•    Fundamental Constitutional Principles
•    The Federal State
•    Constitutional organs
•    Legislative procedure
•    Public administration
•    The judicial system

Learning Target:
Students will be able to understand the basic principles and most important provisions of the Grundgesetz and solve simple cases regarding fundamental rights. They will be familiar with the structure of the federal state and its function as well as its most important constitutional, administrative and judicial organs. Students can assess by way of comparison similarities and dissimilarities in other legal systems.

Literature:
No specific textbook is required. Additional reading recommendations will be given in the lecture.

Examination:
Oral Exam.

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

The lecture gives a systematic overview of the most important characteristics of the social structure of Germany in comparison to other European countries. It focuses on changes and trends in education, employment, population household and family structure as well as social mobility with a special reference to income distributions and the development of the prosperity.

Hradil, S. (2004), Die Sozialstruktur Deutschlands im internationalen Vergleich, VS Verlag.
Mau, S. und Verwiebe, R. (2009) Die Sozialstruktur Europas. Konstanz: UVK
Verlags­gesellschaft
Statistisches Bundes­amt (Hg.), Datenreport 2006, Bonn 2006
(http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Content/Publikationen/Querschnittsveroeffentlichungen/Datenreport/Downloads/Datenreport,property=file.pdf).

• Kenntnisse aktueller Modellierungs­sprachen und Werkzeugen.
• Verständnis für Grundprinzipien und Formalen Grundlagen der Modellierung von Anwendungs­domänen und Prozessen.

• Beschreibung von Domänen und Prozesse einfacher und mittlerer Komplexität mit Hilfe gängiger Sprachen und Werkzeuge

• Verständnis komplexer Zusammenhänge, Arbeiten im Team, Kommunikation von Modellierungs­entscheidungen

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
Schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

• Dennis Howitt – Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology, 2018, 6th Edition
• Sandie Taylor – Forensic Psychology: The basis, 2015

The course provides a general introduction to German Constitutional Law i.e. the constitution, its background and contents and methods to work with constitutional legal texts.
The German Grundgesetz (Basic Law) which up to this day forms the formal constitutional document of the Federal Republic of Germany has its roots in the allied occupation of Western Germany after World War II. It has proven to be a reliable foundation for the development of the German democratic system and the federal state. The provision of fundamental rights (Art. 1 – 19) puts the Grundgesetz in the tradition of European and North American human rights thinking. It has had an enormous impact on all German law.
Although experiencing some changes throughout the years – especially during the process of the German reunification – the general structure and main provisions of the Grundgesetz remained unchanged.
The course will cover the structure of the German Grundgesetz and its most important provisions while putting a particular focus on the first chapter containing the fundamental rights provisions. Additionally, students will learn about constitutional law in general, the federal structure and the fundamental constitutional principles of the Federal Republic and its integration in the European Union legal system as well as understand the function of the constitutional organs and the legislative process.

Contents:
•    The German legal system
•    Constitutional Law
•    The Grundgesetz and the European Union
•    Fundamental Rights
•    Fundamental Constitutional Principles
•    The Federal State
•    Constitutional organs
•    Legislative procedure
•    Public administration
•    The judicial system

Learning Target:
Students will be able to understand the basic principles and most important provisions of the Grundgesetz and solve simple cases regarding fundamental rights. They will be familiar with the structure of the federal state and its function as well as its most important constitutional, administrative and judicial organs. Students can assess by way of comparison similarities and dissimilarities in other legal systems.

Literature:
No specific textbook is required. Additional reading recommendations will be given in the lecture.

Examination:
Oral Exam.

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

• Kenntnisse aktueller Modellierungs­sprachen und Werkzeugen.
• Verständnis für Grundprinzipien und Formalen Grundlagen der Modellierung von Anwendungs­domänen und Prozessen.

• Beschreibung von Domänen und Prozesse einfacher und mittlerer Komplexität mit Hilfe gängiger Sprachen und Werkzeuge

• Verständnis komplexer Zusammenhänge, Arbeiten im Team, Kommunikation von Modellierungs­entscheidungen

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
Schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

• Kenntnisse aktueller Modellierungs­sprachen und Werkzeugen.
• Verständnis für Grundprinzipien und Formalen Grundlagen der Modellierung von Anwendungs­domänen und Prozessen.

• Beschreibung von Domänen und Prozesse einfacher und mittlerer Komplexität mit Hilfe gängiger Sprachen und Werkzeuge

• Verständnis komplexer Zusammenhänge, Arbeiten im Team, Kommunikation von Modellierungs­entscheidungen

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
Schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

• Kenntnisse aktueller Modellierungs­sprachen und Werkzeugen.
• Verständnis für Grundprinzipien und Formalen Grundlagen der Modellierung von Anwendungs­domänen und Prozessen.

• Beschreibung von Domänen und Prozesse einfacher und mittlerer Komplexität mit Hilfe gängiger Sprachen und Werkzeuge

• Verständnis komplexer Zusammenhänge, Arbeiten im Team, Kommunikation von Modellierungs­entscheidungen

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
Schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

• Kenntnisse aktueller Modellierungs­sprachen und Werkzeugen.
• Verständnis für Grundprinzipien und Formalen Grundlagen der Modellierung von Anwendungs­domänen und Prozessen.

• Beschreibung von Domänen und Prozesse einfacher und mittlerer Komplexität mit Hilfe gängiger Sprachen und Werkzeuge

• Verständnis komplexer Zusammenhänge, Arbeiten im Team, Kommunikation von Modellierungs­entscheidungen

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
Schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)