• Know the basics of synchronic linguistics
• Practise linguistic analyses in the areas of sounds, words, and sentences
• Find out what is interesting to you in linguistics
• Learn to work with English textbooks
• Learn to accumulate and aggregate information from different sources

• Know the basics of synchronic linguistics
• Practise linguistic analyses in the areas of sounds, words, and sentences
• Find out what is interesting to you in linguistics
• Learn to work with English textbooks
• Learn to accumulate and aggregate information from different sources

• Know the basics of synchronic linguistics
• Practise linguistic analyses in the areas of sounds, words, and sentences
• Find out what is interesting to you in linguistics
• Learn to work with English textbooks
• 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.

• Cassese, Antonio, ‘International Criminal Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008)
• Cryer, Robert, ‘An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure’ (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010)
• Schabas, William A., ‘The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010)
• Werle, Gerhard, ‘Principles of International Criminal Law’ (The Hague, Asser, 2005)

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.

• model complex business processes based on popular modelling techniques
• discuss the requirements, characteristics and effects of integrated information systems in industrial companies, including complex process interdependencies
• complete basic tasks from different functional areas in a wide-spread integrated information system.

• Klausur
• Prüfungs­zulassung: 50 % der Punkte der Übungen

Exchange students from all departments are welcome to register for this course by using Portal2. We recommend registration before lecture period starts, since this is helpful for gaining access to the reading materials.

1st year course. No prerequisites.

Exchange students from all departments are welcome to register for this course by using Portal2. We recommend registration before lecture period starts, since this is helpful for gaining access to the reading materials.

2nd year course. Basic knowledge in Political Science is helpful.

Exchange students from all departments are welcome to register for this course by using Portal2. We recommend registration before lecture period starts, since this is helpful for gaining access to the reading materials.

No prerequisites required.

Exchange students from all departments are welcome to register for this course by using Portal2. We recommend registration before lecture period starts, since this is helpful for gaining access to the reading materials.

2nd year course. Basic knowledge in Political Science is helpful.

Exchange students from all departments are welcome to register for this course by using Portal2. We recommend registration before lecture period starts, since this is helpful for gaining access to the reading materials.

There are also optional tutorials, please register by using Portal2 as well.

• Cassese, Antonio, ‘International Criminal Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008)
• Cryer, Robert, ‘An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure’ (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010)
• Schabas, William A., ‘The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010)
• Werle, Gerhard, ‘Principles of International Criminal Law’ (The Hague, Asser, 2005)

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.

• Klausur
• Prüfungs­zulassung: 50 % der Punkte der Übungen

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)

Studien­beginn vor HWS 2011:
schriftliche Klausur (90 Minuten)