Civil law is a fundamental part of the legal system as it provides the basic elements of legal relations that affect everyone. From birth (and even before) until death (and even after) civil law will govern our lives, regulating the registration of key milestones in the life of people and basic institutions such as the family, the economic regime of marriage, successions and all types of contracts with financial content. It is a good basis on which can rest more specialized branches of law other areas. Given that the law is one of the pillars for the formation of our students, civil law provides a good basis on the right of the individual, the rights of citizens obligations and contracts.



This course includes the basic institutions of civil law: the natural or legal person, real rights - especially the right to property, obligations, liability and contracts. These institutions serve students as a basis for further study of other legal specialties.



There is no need to have prior knowledge, beyond that each person will receive in their general training, but it is important to be in constant contact with today, through the means of prevailing media, broadcast media, print media and social networks, which will serve the student and student to familiarize with the examples of today that are provided in class.

1. Recall immediately certain basic legal information in civil law as part of the law.

It is important that students and student go by a legal acerbo that will allow you to move confidently when speaking of right, because he knows the content of the terms that are handled, data that confer a separate legal general culture of a professional legal world.





2. Define reasoned legal aspects of the law of person taking into account the gender perspective.

The gender perspective has an important place in this subject, do not forget the journey that had the position of women in the last 40 years in the context of civil law, from a position subordinate to her husband, a subject with fullness rights.



3. Find and select materials relating to Civil Law exposing reasonably adequacy public search results.

Finding relevant information is one of the basic parendizajes in today's society, where we have so much information that is difficult to select the relevant from what is not. In the course the student and student trusted internet sites where you can find information about sentences, articles of interest and standard contracts are provided.



4. Interpret immediate reasonably Group in light of the current legislation of subjective rights a reality.

During the course often topical issues that serve in a way as an example of the theoretical issues as well as starting point for discussion and assessment made on current events are discussed, so often associated with the world of law.,



5. Apply properly the existing rules using the specific technical vocabulary for making civil law related documents.

No doubt the language is one of the keys to the development of the person in the real and professional world. Nothing like a successful vocabulary, simple and effective to facilitate development anyone in their daily lives. If further comprising a plus legal knowledge, there is no doubt the advantage in which he positioned with respect to others.

1. Introduction to Civil Law An overview on the legal system, sources and law, from the Preliminary Title of the Civil Code.



2. Physical and legal person's marital status of persons and rights of personality. In legal persons we approach the associations and foundations.



3. The rights, creation and modification extinction within the framework of the legal relationship.



4. Things, property and heritage classification of goods and their characteristics, as an object on which rights fall and contracts.





5. Real rights law and obligation The characteristics of real rights and their classification, with special attention to private property.



6. Liability The obligation to indemnify arising from the production of a tort.





7. Contracts The elements of a contract, classification and effects of contracts. It will last the field of ineffectiveness and invalidity of the contract.extracontractual.

Contratos Los elementos que constituyen un contrato, su clasificación y los efectos de los contratos. Se verá por último el ámbito de la ineficacia e invalidez del contrato.

1. Introduction to Civil Law An overview on the legal system, sources and law, from the Preliminary Title of the Civil Code.



2. Physical and legal person's marital status of persons and rights of personality. In legal persons we approach the associations and foundations.



3. The rights, creation and modification extinction within the framework of the legal relationship.



4. Things, property and heritage classification of goods and their characteristics, as an object on which rights fall and contracts.





5. Real rights law and obligation The characteristics of real rights and their classification, with special attention to private property.



6. Liability The obligation to indemnify arising from the production of a tort.





7. Contracts The elements of a contract, classification and effects of contracts. It will last the field of ineffectiveness and invalidity of the contract.extracontractual.

Contratos Los elementos que constituyen un contrato, su clasificación y los efectos de los contratos. Se verá por último el ámbito de la ineficacia e invalidez del contrato.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 70
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 20
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 10

Continuous assessment of the students have these elements representing a percentage of the total assessment: portfolio of practices in the classroom (30%), the realization of a blog and public defense (20%) and a written test to end of the teaching period (50%). However, students who have not been evaluated continuously be submitted to the global written test convene the center. This test consists of a theoretical part with a rating of 80% containing a test, 20 short questions and a topic of broad development, what a practice that could be worth 20% of the total is added.

Final evaluation.

Students who, for justified reasons (work reasons, victims of gender violence, birth, adoption, foster care or daughters and minor children three years in charge, care of dependent, Students with disability equal or superior to 33%, Sportsman high-level artistic / cultural activities that involve travel or dedication, compatibility with other higher education, compatibility with political office, union, student representation, associations, NGOs, or other) can not participate in the system of continuous assessment, may be credited 26 attaining knowledge and skills inherent in the subject through one final test and this must be configured so comprising 100% of the grade for the course.

-If A / a student initiates the learning process through the system of mixed assessment and, at a given moment, decides to leave or comply with the requirements for that option, there will be no objection to access the system formula final evaluation . For obvious reasons reverse a decision can not be given.



RESIGNATION:

The waiver of notice shall be exercised with the non-appearance at the examination date and time published . In addition , the students may submit his resignation to the call for assessment by a letter to the teacher who teaches the subject within a period not less than ten days before the date of the official examination period , provided that the teaching guide of the subject has not been set a different period .

The resit includes the entire agenda and is written with a value of 8 points and a practice of 2 points adding a total of 10. It is performed on the date marked by the center and approved by the Faculty Board in January.

In either evaluation systems ( mixed or end ) , if a / a student / a decides not to run the final test of the subject , it will de facto renunciation to the call for evaluation and consist as absent

RESIGNATION:

The waiver of notice shall be exercised with the non-appearance at the examination date and time published . In addition , the students may submit his resignation to the call for assessment by a letter to the teacher who teaches the subject within a period not less than ten days before the date of the official examination period , provided that the teaching guide of the subject has not been set a different period .

1. The blog of the subject Civil law in English http://englishmadalen.blogspot.com.es/

2. Spanish Civil Code http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/es/text.jsp?file_id=221319

3. http://www.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Portal/es/servicios-ciudadano/documentacion-publicaciones/publicaciones/traducciones-derecho-espanol. Ministerio de Justicia

Basic bibliography

Sonia Martin Satisteban, Luz Martinez Velancoso, Handbook on Spanish Civil Law , UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA. SERVEI DE PUBLICACIONS, 2013

Yolanda Bergel Sainz de Baranda, Handbook on Spanish Civil Law, Tecnos, Second Edition, 2016.



The Spanish Civil Code http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5996&context=penn_law_review

In-depth bibliography

Randall Lesaffer (author) Jan Arriens (Traductor), European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective: The Civil Law Tradition in Context (Inglés) Cambridge University Press; Edición, 2009.

John Merryman and Rogelio Perez-Perdomo, The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Stanford Univ Pr; Edición: Anniversary, 2007.

VV.AA., The Civil Law in Spain and Spanish-America, Palala Press, 2015.

Journals

In Dret (papers in English)

Web addresses

Legally yours from Spain http://legalspaintrans.com/rob-lunn-legal-tran
Velasco Lawyers http://www.velascolawyers.com/
Oxford Lib Guides http://ox.v1.libguides.com/law-spain
Expatica http://www.expatica.com/es/family-essentials/Getting-a-divorce-in-Spain_102886.html
Practical law http://uk.practicallaw.com/2-571-2381