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Law

Instructor: Stephan Heidenhain

Credits: 8

• Conveying basic knowledge of East European law based on the studies of three model East European countries: the Russian Federation, Estonia and the Czech Republic.
• Identifying the main sources of law in the model East European countries and conducting research on East European law.
• Acquiring working knowledge of the constitutional law in the model countries.
• Getting acquainted with the legal approach towards political and social developments.
• The goal of the module is not only the conveyance of knowledge of East European law, but also of the skill to process individually legal information and broaden the acquired knowledge of East European law. In a case study students can practice the application of law.
  

• International law and international organizations
• Basic principles of state organization
• Administrative Structure of the Model Countries
• Legislative, executive, and judiciary branches
• Constitutional courts, amendments and review
• European Union law and reform
• Protection of Minorities Rights
  
  

Students will write essays on current law issues, summarize and analyze court decisions, discuss different problems of East European law and compare the law of the three model countries.

Example tasks from the Law Module
Choose one of the following questions and answer it (500 words):
1. How can East European law be defined? Give reasons why you think that it still makes sense to use this term or why the use of this term is not sensible anymore.
2. Pick one of the three constitutions of the model country and describe how this constitution was adopted.

Please submit your answer via the assignment function.

Module abstract
Please find a reading example here: Law.