JU6-6000 Family Law, Law on Succession

Contents and structure

Family law deals with the legal relationship between spouses, both during the marriage and upon dissolution of the marriage. Central topics are the financial legal effects of entering into marriage and the division of property in the event of separation and divorce.

Inheritance law is about the rules regarding the distribution of a deceased person's financial assets. Important elements are imheretence based on law and inheretence based on a will, and the right for the longest living spouse to remain in undivided estate.

Entry requirements

None

Recommended previous knowledge

It is recommended that the student has taken the subject "examen facultatum".

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, working groups, solving problems, and self-study.

Compulsory learning activities

At least 80% participation in seminars and guidance in small groups. Oral presentation of a seminar paper at a seminar (group work). Up to three written practice assignments (individual work), including submission of draft answers to assignments. You may also have to give constructive comments on other students' answers to assignments.

All work requirements must be approved before you can appear for the exam.

A work requirement is valid for the two following semesters.

Assessment

4 hours school exam, letter grade A-F

Examination support material

Lovdata pro in exam mode, (with the incorporations that are permitted, and with access to all laws, preparatory work, regulations, case law from the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal", unless the course supervisor has decided otherwise), bokmål/nynorsk internet-dictionary and internet calculator.

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