Advanced Course in Tort Law, 7.5 credits

Avancerad kurs i skadeståndsrätt, 7.5 hp

747A10

Main field of study

Commercial Law

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Single subject and programme course

Examiner

Anders Holm

Course coordinator

Anders Holm

Director of studies or equivalent

Christina Nordin
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Weeks Language Campus ECV
F7MAJ Master Programme in Commercial and Business Law 3 (Autumn 2017) 201734-201738 Swedish Linköping, Valla E
F7MAE Master´s Programme in Commercial and Business Law with focus on Europé 3 (Autumn 2017) 201734-201738 Swedish Linköping, Valla E

Main field of study

Commercial Law

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Master Programme in Commercial and Business Law
  • Master´s Programme in Commercial and Business Law with focus on Europé

Entry requirements

Apart from the general entry requirements, the student is required to satisfy the entry requirements that apply for admission to the Commercial and Business Law Programme or to the Commercial and Business Law Programme with Focus on Europe. In addition, the student should have completed the following courses (or the equivalent); Commercial and Business Law, Theories and Methods of Law and Contract, Tort and Insurance Law, and completed Bachelor Thesis, 15 HE credits, with a passing grade.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to
- account for current tort law issues with certain comparative elements, and the most common argument for justifying damages,
- account for the main functions of damages and the categorisation of different injuries, occurring forms of liability for damages and their characteristics,
- identify, analyse and discuss tort law issues,
- categorise different injury types in a practical way and problematise them,
- analyse, discuss and draw conclusions concerning legal rules and practices in the field with a scientific approach,
- reflect on and evaluate the drawn conclusions,
- demonstrate familiarity with the functions and categorisation of damages and different forms of liability.

Course content

The course includes study and in-depth analysis of the function of damages and its important tort law foundations, such as adequate causality and theories of purpose of protection. Important forms of liability, such as culpa liability, strict responsibility and vicarious liability, will also be addressed as well as studied and analysed more in depth. In connection with this part of the course, general issues concerning the dynamic border between contractual and non-contractual liability for damages will also be covered.

Teaching and working methods

The teaching takes the form of lectures, seminars and practical exercises. Written group assignments or individual written assignments may also be included in the course. The student is also expected to study independently, individually or in groups.

Examination

The course is examined in part through active participation in seminars, and in part through independent and written examination. If written assignments occur, these are included in the examination.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.

Grades

Three-grade scale, U, G, VG

Other information

Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus. The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.

Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus. 

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.

Department

Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

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