Objectives of general skills

• Acquire the basic knowledge to understand the legal mechanisms in order to understand the concepts, techniques and terminology to express a rigorous legal thought
• Understand the organisation of powers to identify institutions and sources of law
• Have foundation of legal knowledge in order to work with more refined knowledge and legally consider increasingly complex situations
• Develop appropriate strategies to systematically update their legal knowledge
• Use language as a tool of legal thinking to understand the concepts, techniques and terminology to express a rigorous legal thought
• Choose appropriate and accurate legal terminology according to the context
• Express thoughts constructively and rigorously
• Understand referencing rules for documentary sources
• Transform a legal issue in order to apply a pragmatic approach of the law to resolve specific issues
• Understand legal research tools and techniques for effective reading
• Apply the rules of positive law in solving a case study
• Implement the various techniques of interpretation and argumentation in order to apply a pragmatic approach of the law to solve specific issues
• Weigh up the importance given to each source
• Exploit the argumentative value of comparable cases to build legal consistency
• Think critically about legal interpretations proposed in legal literature and case law
• Defend a point of view in order to apply a pragmatic approach of the law to resolve specific issues
• Consolidate legal positions by formulating arguments and reasoned conclusions
• Structure legal reasoning by intelligently and accurately using analogy and syllogism, both orally and in writing
• Assess and demonstrate sound reasoning
• Anticipate conflicting constructions and respond to them in a well-argued and convincing way
• Link law to issues of justice and social purpose in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Learn the different concepts of justice
• Compare these different concepts to legislation in order to interpret and apply it appropriately
• Combine rigorous technique whilst taking into account ethical considerations in their approach
• Consider the practical requirements and needs of a company for which the law can provide solutions
• Understand the development and application of the law in a critical manner in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Identify social and political issues of legal phenomena
• Place rules in a social context to understand the challenges and choices that stakeholders face
• Consider the relationships of power in the development and application of law
• Introduce interdisciplinarity in their analysis and perception of the law in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Question the specifics of a legal approach in relation to other human sciences related to law
• Develop critical thinking skills based on this introduction to humanities
• Foster a transversal approach to law

UE's Learning outcomes

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UE Content

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Prior experience

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Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination