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Department of Law
Dean:	Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson
Email:	ru@ru.is
Website:	http://www.ru.is/ld
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BA in Law
Semesters:	6
Years:	3
ETCS:	180
About major	Aðaleinkenni laganámsins við HR er hversu verkefnatengt það er. Nemendur læra að tileinka sér sjálfstæð og skipulögð vinnubrögð til að leysa úr álitaefnum með rökstuddum hætti. Nemendur takast á við fjölbreytt og áhugaverð viðfangsefni lögfræðinnar og byggja upp traustan fræðilegan grunn.
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Education cycle	1
Degree title	BA in Law

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	Mandatory course on major		Teaching language
	Optional course on major		Prerequisites for course

Research – theoretical writing – legal argumentation

L-000-UNDB

ECTS 0

Methodology

L-101-ADF1

ECTS 8

Year

1. year

Semester

Fall 2024

Level of course

6. Second cycle, advanced

Type of course

Core

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

Five lectures each week, along with dedicated discussion classes and project work in the middle of the semester.

Lecturer

No lecturer found.

Content

The course will deal in detail with legal sources and their use in solving legal questions and with legal interpretation (construction). Substantial emphasis will be placed on having students acquire an understanding of the nature and importance of individual sources, their interaction and importance for reaching a legal conclusion in individual disputes. Instruction will be based on case law wherever possible to illustrate individual aspects and main emphasis is placed on training students in independent and critical working practices (methods) in using and applying legal sources.

Learning outcome - Objectives

On completion of the course students should: •know the principal characteristics of the Icelandic legal system. •know and understand the various types of legal sources, their importance and interrelation in solving practical problems. •know the materials used for legal interpretation (construction). •know the methods of legal interpretation (construction) and perspectives followed in the interpretation (construction) of law.

Course assessment

Practical assignment (40%), written mid-term examination (20%) and written final examination (40%). Students must obtain a minimum grade of 6,0 to pass this course.

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

Lectures and discussion classes.

Language of instruction

Icelandic

Constitutional Law

L-102-STSR

ECTS 8

Seeking solutions to legal problems

L-106-ÚRÁL

ECTS 6