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Introduction to Law
FBW114
Description
Fundamentals and systematics of law

  • Functions of law, differentiation of law from custom, morality and ethics
  • Bifurcation of law into public law and civil law (private law)
  • Theory of sources of law (origin of law)
  • Classifications of law (objective and subjective law/formal and substantive law) right/enforcing and yielding right)
  • Overview of state and state organization law, including fundamental rights
  • Overview of the law of the European Union (EU)

Introduction to private commercial law

  • Overview of the legal areas of private commercial law
  • Structure and systematics of the German Civil Code (BGB)
  • Natural and legal persons
  • Legal objects
  • Legal transaction, declaration of intent, debt relationship
  • Formation of contracts
  • Right of representation
  • Deadlines and dates
  • Limitation
  • Freedom of contract (private autonomy) and limits (obligation to contract)
  • Overview of contractual obligations, with special emphasis on the law of sales contracts
  • Overview of the performance problems (delay, impossibility)
  • Defects of quality and title in sales contract law
  • Overview of the law governing general terms and conditions (GTC)
  • Overview of the contract types of the BGB
  • Overview of the law of torts (tort law)
  • Overview of producer and product responsibility                                                           

Methodology of jurisprudence

  • Structure of the legal sentence
  • Interpretation of the legal sentence
  • Subsumption and syllogism

ECTS credits
5
Teaching Language
Deutsch
Exam Language
Deutsch
Support Materials Language
Deutsch
Basic Learning Outcomes
  • Basic of business and management knowledge of enterprise, institutional and juridical framework of enterprises, legislation and management of companies.
    (AE4 - IEB - Basic of business and management knowledge of enterprise, institutional and juridical framework of enterprises, legislation and management of companies.)
  • Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
    (AL2 - IEB - Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts)
  • Apply management techniques and environmental legislation to identify and evaluate problems in the industrial sector. 
    (CE11 - IEB - Apply management techniques and environmental legislation to identify and evaluate problems in the industrial sector. )
Final Learning Outcomes
Course categorized
Managing Entity (faculty)