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2022/2023

Law

Code: 103725 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2502904 Hotel Management FB 1 2

Contact

Name:
Mèrida Iglesias Lucia
Email:
merida.iglesias@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

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites. 

Objectives and Contextualisation

The objectives are to  know:
- The concept of Law. The legal norm and the branches of Law.
- Public intervention in the hotel sector.
- Obligations and contracts: Basic contracts and the hotel sector.
- Legal regime of tourist accommodation activity: Management of hotel activity and management of other tourist accommodation activities.

Competences

  • Analyse labour, tax, and mercantile legislation in the hotel and catering sector.
  • Analyse, formulate and introduce the general strategy of an organisation as well as action policies in the different operational areas of the hotel and catering sector.
  • Demonstrate ethical behaviour is social relations and the ability to adapt to different intercultural situations.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of accommodation and catering in all their dimensions, departments, activities and areas in the context of the tourist sector.
  • Demonstrate responsible behaviour towards the environmental, social and cultural surroundings.
  • Develop a capacity for independent learning.
  • Identify the legal framework that regulates hotel and catering activities, both those related to setting up companies and activities and those relating to the maintenance and normal operation of the premises.
  • Manage and organise time.
  • Manage communication techniques at all levels.
  • Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, persons and situations.
  • Work in teams.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Adapt the management to the regulations applicable in the tourist sector
  2. Analyse the existing legislation to be able to establish steps for action in hotel and catering companies.
  3. Apply the elements of civil and labour law that are found in the tourist sector.
  4. Apply the elements of civil, mercantile and labour law that are found in the tourist sector.
  5. Demonstrate ethical behaviour is social relations and the ability to adapt to different intercultural situations.
  6. Demonstrate responsible behaviour towards the environmental, social and cultural surroundings.
  7. Develop a capacity for independent learning.
  8. Identify the contractual obligations applicable in the sector.
  9. Identify the contractual obligations applicable to the tourist sector.
  10. Identify the different rules governing labour that could affect the organisation of human resources.
  11. Identify the main legal principles in the tourist sector.
  12. Manage and organise time.
  13. Manage communication techniques at all levels.
  14. Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, persons and situations.
  15. Work in teams.

Content

BLOCK I: THE LEGAL ORDER
Unit 1: The legal system and the separation of powers.
Unit 2: The system of legal sources
Unit 3: The tourist legal system - hotel
 
BLOCK II: INTERVENTION AND ORDINATION OF THE TOURIST SCOPE
Unit 4: The administrative activity of promotion: especially tourist promotion.
Unit 5: The administrative activity of providing public services: especially for the provision of tourist services.
Unit 6: The administrative activity of limitation in tourist matter.
Unit 7: The sanctioning administrative activity in tourism.
 
BLOCK III: REGULATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION
Unit 8: General notions of contracting and obligations
Unit 9: Typology of specific contracts in the hotel sector

Methodology

Master class with ICT support and active participation of students.

Annotation: 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate course through questionnaires.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master class 57 2.28 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 13, 11, 10, 8, 9, 14
Type: Supervised      
tutorials 15 0.6 7, 12
Type: Autonomous      
Do and expose practical cases. 15 0.6 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 13, 12, 11, 10, 8, 9, 14, 15

Assessment

The evaluation system is the one indicated in this section. In order to be able to add the mark of the practices to the theoretical mark, the minimum average mark of the theoretical tests is a 4.

If the continuous evaluation is not followed, or is suspended on the official dates established, a final examination of the subject may be carried out. In the re-evaluation tests, the maximum grade to obtain will be 5.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Theoretical test block I 20 1 0.04 1, 2, 7, 12, 11, 9
Theoretical test block II 20 1 0.04 1, 2, 7, 12, 8, 9
Theoretical test block III 20 1 0.04 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 10, 8
do and expose practical cases. 40 60 2.4 1, 2, 6, 5, 7, 13, 12, 11, 8, 9, 14, 15

Bibliography

DIAZ ALABART, S. Dir; REPRESA POLO, MP. Coord. Manual de derecho privado del turismo, ed. Reus, 2017

FERNÁNDEZ RODRIGUEZ, C. Derecho administrativo del turismo, ed. Marcial Pons, 8ª ed., Madrid, 2018.
 
AURIOLES MARTIN, A. Introducción al derecho turístico. Derecho privado del turismo, ed. Tecnos, 2º ed., Madrid, 2005.

AMAT LLOMBART, P. La contratación en el sector turístico. A partir de las nociones de derecho civil, personal y patrimonial, ed. Tirant lo Blanch, València, 2002.

IÑIGUEZ ORTEGA, P. Perspectivas actuales del contrato de gestión hotelera, Investigaciones jurídicas, p. 164-183, 2017.

Software

There isn't.