Introduction to Law
Code: 106967 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies | FB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Marc Abraham Puig Hernandez
- Email:
- marcabraham.puig@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- Esther Murillo Blasco
Prerequisites
Study the first year of the degree in Gender Studies and basic notions of human rights
Objectives and Contextualisation
In this subject, students are provided with fundamental legal concepts in relation to the rights of women and LGBTI people. It is about providing basic legal knowledge that allows understanding the legal structure of public gender policies and women's rights.
Learning Outcomes
- KM01 (Knowledge) Explain the need for the existence of laws and legal rules in the regulation of social behaviour.
- KM02 (Knowledge) Recognise basic legal information, legal databases, legislation and rulings in order to complete assignments and projects .
- KM03 (Knowledge) Identify the issues related to equality between men and women in legislation and case law.
- KM73 (Knowledge) Identify the basic principles of the legal system and the existing instruments for the prevention of potentially discriminatory situations based on sex and/or gender.
- SM02 (Skill) Use technical and interpretative vocabulary specific to the disciplines required in a given project, presentation or assignment, making use of inclusive language.
Content
1. The concept of law, law and morality and their differences and connections. Functions of law.
2. Law and state. Liberal state, social state of law, neoliberal state
3. The sources of law. International and European law, constitutional law, regional law, local law. Legislation, jurisprudence and customs.
4. Structure and typology of rights: fundamental rights, political, civil, economic and social rights.
5. Notions of equality: formal equality, real equality, equal opportunities, effective equality.
6. Concept of discrimination/subordination. Direct and indirect discrimination.
7. Techniques of anti-discrimination law: positive actions, gender mainstreaming and intersectionality.
8. Legislation against gender discrimination. The Spanish law 3/2007 and the Catalan law
9. LGTBI anti-discrimination rules and Spanish Law 4/2023.
10. Legislation of equal treatment and non-discrimination. Law 19/2020, of December 30, on equal treatment and non-discrimination
Methodology
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 | |||
| Lectures | 25 | 1 | KM01, KM02, KM03, KM73, KM01 |
| Mentoring | 13 | 0.52 | |
| Practical lectures | 25 | 1 | KM01, KM02, KM03, KM73, SM02, KM01 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Individual work | 35 | 1.4 | KM01, KM02, KM03, KM73, SM02, KM01 |
| Team work | 10 | 0.4 | KM02, KM03, KM73, SM02, KM02 |
Assessment
Continuous assessment grade will include:
a) An exam on the compulsory readings (50%) of the grade
b) Individual practices (40%)
c) Group and classroom work (10%)
To pass both the exam and the subject, students must achieve a grade of 5 on the exam. Below this mark, it will be necessary to undergo a re-evaluation.
If the tests cannot be taken in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB's virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and/or exercise discussions through Teams, etc. The teacher will ensure that the student can access it or will offer him alternative means, which are within his reach.
In the event that the student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, regardless of the process, this disciplinary assessment act that may be instructed will be graded with 0. In the event that several irregularities in the same subject occur during the assessment process, the grade for this subject will be 0.
In the case of a single assessment, the calculation of the grade corresponds to the final grade: first activity (25%) + second activity (25%) + final exam (50%).
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class and group work | 10 | 20 | 0.8 | KM01, KM02, SM02 |
| Final exam | 50 | 2 | 0.08 | KM01, KM02, KM03, KM73, SM02 |
| Individual works | 40 | 20 | 0.8 | KM01, KM02, KM03, KM73, SM02 |
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