pb405 - Casebook Constitutional Law: Explanations of the German Fundamental Rights Catalog (Complete module description)

pb405 - Casebook Constitutional Law: Explanations of the German Fundamental Rights Catalog (Complete module description)

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Module label Casebook Constitutional Law: Explanations of the German Fundamental Rights Catalog
Modulkürzel pb405
Credit points 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Institute directory Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law
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Zuständige Personen
  • Boehme-Nessler, Volker (module responsibility)
  • Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Ziemer, Sebastian (Module counselling)
Prerequisites
keine
Skills to be acquired in this module
The students
  • have basic knowledge as well as deeper exemplary knowledge of the constitutional law in relation to the basic rights catalog of the German Grundgesetz
  • have critically examined the most important leading decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court
  • are able to place the constitutional law, respectively the Basic Law in the historical, political and social contexts
  • have mastered the competence to deal independently with current problems and questions from the sphere of influence of the German Basic Law
Module contents
The lecture will cover the following content:
  • Article 1: Human dignity
  • Article 2: Freedom of personality
  • Article 3: Equality rights
  • Article 5: Freedom of speech
  • Article 6: Marriage and family protection
  • Article 8: Freedom of assembly
  • Article 9: Freedom of association and coalition
  • Article 12: Freedom of profession
  • Article 14: Freedom of property
  • Article 19: Limitation of fundamental rights, fundamental rights holders & legal protection
  • Article 20: Rule of Law
  • Guest lectures on current topics
Literaturempfehlungen
Stein, Ekkehart & Frank, Götz (2010). Staatsrecht. 21 Auflage. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag. 
Epping, Volker (2019). Grundrechte. 8. Auflage. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Ipsen, Jörn (2020). Staatsrecht II: Grundrechte. 23. Auflage. München: Vahlen Verlag.
Hufen, Friedhelm (2016). Staatsrecht II: Grundrechte. 5. Auflage. München: Beck Verlag.
Morlok, Michael (2017). Grundrechte. 6. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag
Links
https://uol.de/oeffrecht
Language of instruction German
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency jährlich
Module capacity unrestricted
Type of module Ergänzung/Professionalisierung
Module level PB (Professionalisierungsbereich / Professionalization)
Teaching/Learning method The lecture is hold in a podcast
format together with further learning content, provided
via Stud.IP. In addition, there will be block seminars
spread over the semester online via BBB.
Previous knowledge -
Lehrveranstaltungsform Comment SWS Frequency Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture -- 0
Seminar -- 0
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt 0 h
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
Portfolio (max. 5 Leistungen)