Introduction to Law
Code: 103499 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500257 Criminology | FB | 1 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Adrian Pascale Pascale
- Email:
- AdrianAlberto.Pascale@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Paula Arce Becerra
- Adrian Pascale Pascale
External teachers
- Begoņa Casado
Prerequisites
None
Objectives and Contextualisation
To provide the students with the basic tools for the understanding of the legal domain.
Competences
- Ability to analyse and summarise.
- Drawing up an academic text.
- Properly using the legal, psychological, pedagogical and sociological language.
- Respectfully interacting with other people.
- Students must demonstrate they know the legal framework and operating model of the crime control agents.
- Students must demonstrate they know the legal/penal response framework to criminality (constitutional law, police law, procedural law and criminal law).
- Verbally transmitting ideas to an audience.
- Working autonomously.
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to analyse and summarise.
- Drawing up an academic text.
- Drawing up legal texts using specific language.
- Explaining the latest functionality criteria in the application of constitutional law to the criminal act.
- Knowing the legal vocabulary.
- Matching the criminal law corpus with its implementation in the criminological field.
- Respectfully interacting with other people.
- Verbally transmitting ideas to an audience.
- Working autonomously.
Content
INTRODUCTION TO LAW
1. The concept of law.
2. Law and other normative systems.
3. Law and the state.
4. Law and society.
5. Human rights, justice and other values.
6. Legal norms.
7. Legal systems.
8. Interpreting and applying the law.
9. Sources of law.
Methodology
Statement
(i) Teaching will be mixed: lectures will be online and seminars face-to-face.
(ii) Teaching and assessment methods may be submitted to change in case health authorities impose restrictions to access to campus.
(iii) The contents of the course will be developed in the lectures and in the seminars, in which students will have to prepare, based on different materials provided before by the professor, different topics, and then present them both orally and in writing. At the beginning of the course, the professor will provide a specific seminar agenda including a schedule of all the seminar sessions and training materials foreseen for the course.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 19.5 | 0.78 | 5, 6, 4 |
| Seminars | 19.5 | 0.78 | 5, 6, 4, 3, 7, 1, 8 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Preparatory work for seminar exercices | 31 | 1.24 | 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 9 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Group research project | 30 | 1.2 | 6, 3, 2, 7 |
| Preparing for tests | 50 | 2 | 5, 2, 1, 9 |
Assessment
1. Model of evaluation.
The evaluation consists in: an exam (50%), essays (40%), and regular attendance and participation in class (10%).
2. Exam.
The exam will consist of two exercises:
- Multiple choice. The minimum grade in this part is 5/10.
-Open question. The minimum grade in this part is 3/10.
That is, only those students that obtain this minimum in each part will pass the exam. To pass the exam the final grade of the test must be of at least 5.
The final grade will be obtained from the mean of the two exercises.
3. Second chance exam.
There will be a second exam, with the same conditions, for those students that fail the test the first time.
4.Consequences of fraud.
A student that cheats or attempts to cheat in the exam will get a 0, losing the right to a second chance. Plagiarism will conduct a fail of the essay and, in case of recidivism the student will receive a fail mark, losing the right of being reassessed.
5. Punctuality.
Classes start on time. Late arrival is not admitted.
6. Essays.
Students will have to submit two essays:
- First, an essay on one of the subjects addressed in the different seminars, in which the student must apply the knowledge acquired in the theoretical classes. (Individual essay)
-Second, the conclusions of the debate that will be conducted in class. (group essay)
Those essays in which there is a wrong use of references and texts from other authors will be graded with a 0/10.
Students that fail the essay will have the opportunity to answer a practical question in the final test on one of the topics of the seminars.
7. Attendance.
Attendance is mandatory in this course. Therefore, in order to obtain the 3 points of this section students must:
- attend all sessions, except in case of justifiable absence.
- participate actively in the classes.
Following the Degree's norms, students that are found copying in the exam will be evaluated with 0/10 and lose the opportunity to take the exam in the second chance.
8. Schedule of activities.
A schedule of lectures and practical activities will be available for the students in the Virtual Campus
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and participation in class | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5, 3, 2, 7, 1, 8, 9 |
| Exam | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 8, 9 |
| Papers | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5, 7, 1, 8, 9 |
Bibliography
Mandatory Bibliography:
De Lucas, J. (1997). Introducció a la Teoria del Dret. Valencia:Tirant Lo Blanch.
Complementary Bibliography:
Casanovas, P. (1996). Gènesi del pensament jurídic contemporani. Barcelona: Proa.
Freeman, M. (2014). Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence. New York: Sweet & Maxwell.
Sandel, M. (2011). Justicia, ¿hacemos lo que debemos?. Barcelona: Ed. Debate.
Ridall, J. G. (1999). Teoría del derecho. Barcelona: Gedisa.