Family Law, basic course, 7.5 credits

Main field of study

Course level

Advancement level

Entry requirements

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Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student be able to
- account for economic family law.

Course content

The course covers the structure of the legal system and economic family law. Economic family law includes the economically oriented parts of marital law, parental law and inheritance law, i.e. the legal rules concerning the economic relations of spouses, cohabitants and minors, during and after different cohabitation relationships and in case of death. Further, inheritance and gift taxes are covered, as well as the conflict-of-law rules in family law within international civil law.

Teaching and working methods

The teaching takes the form of lectures and exercises. In connection with the teaching, compulsory written assignments may occur. The students should also study independently.

Examination

The course is examined through a written independent examination. If compulsory 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

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.

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