JUR 3480 Legal Method and EEA Law
JUR 3480 Legal Method and EEA Law
Legal method and EEA law is a program course for the Bachelor's degree in economics and business law and is adapted to the learning objectives set for this degree. The course is divided into two main subjects:
- Legal method
- EEA law
During the course, students must have acquired:
- Good knowledge of legal method and the Norwegian legal system
- Good knowledge of the EEA rules' significance for Norwegian rules
- Good knowledge of the institutional conditions in EU and EEA cooperation
After completing the course, the student must:
- Be able to apply the legal method, both in light of Norwegian and international sources of law, and be able to use relevant digital tools in this work.
- This involves being able to identify legal issues in a case, as well as finding, analyzing and compiling legal source factors with the aim of determining the applicable law and solving specific legal issues
- Be able to formulate and convey knowledge about EEA legal issues, as well as solve legal questions based on the EEA legal method
The student shall:
- Develop the ability for critical thinking and ethical reflection, through training in the use of legal methods. They must have a conscious relationship with the gray area between legal standards, clearly defined rules and ethical principles
- Be able to work in international environments, as well as having an understanding of sources of law with international origins
Legal method:
- Central legal basic concepts, such as the concepts of law, rule of law, source of law, right, application of law, discretion, duty (injunction, prohibition), competence
- The relationship between legal and other normative basic concepts, such as power, morality, justice
- The distinction between written (statutory) and unwritten (non-statutory) law, including the principle of legality
- The principles of legal sources, including the distinction between questions of relevance, inference and emphasis
- The legislative process
- The Constitution's special legal status
- Main principles for interpretation of law, including the distinction between clarifying, limiting, expanding, analogical and antithetical legal interpretation
- Main principles for understanding/interpreting and using legal drafting and case law as a source of law
- The structure of the judicial system
- The relationship between general legal rules and individual norms, for example those provided by agreement
- Resolution of rule conflicts, including on the lex principles
EEA law
- The requirements for the implementation of EEA rules in Norwegian law
- The meaning of the EEA rules in Norwegian law
- The main features of EU law and EEA law
- Institutions and decision-making processes in the EU and EEA
- The main features of the prohibitions against obstacles to the movement of goods, people, services and capital across national borders, and the modifications to these prohibitions (the four freedoms)
The course is carried out using varied learning activities, in a combination of traditional lectures, various digital offers, guidance and self-study. The main emphasis of the arranged teaching is on lectures and problem solving. Various online learning activities are also offered in the form of e.g. webinars, quizzes, videos and digital discussion forums.
At the start of the course, students will receive a semester plan with an overview of all learning activities. For a good learning outcome, students are expected to participate in all activities.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
No particular prerequisites are required.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: School Exam Form of assessment: Written School Exam - digital Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 5 Hour(s) Exam code: JUR 34801 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Teaching | 40 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 40 Hour(s) | |
Group work / Assignments | 40 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 75 Hour(s) | |
Examination | 5 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.