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).
