Administration in International Organizations 2018/19 LEGAL LANGUAGE
Topics for the exam
1. The concept of law. Main layers of the legal order.
2. Social functions of law
3. Basic types of legal system. Domestic law, international law, supranational law.
4. Characteristics of public and private law.
5. Collisions in a legal system and collision rules.
6. The concept of legal family and main legal families of the world.
7. Basic differences between common law and civil law 8. Structure of a legal norm.
9. Legal subjects; physical persons and legal persons 10. Various types of legal principles.
11. Role of legal principles in the legal system and application of law 12. Main methods of interpretation of legal texts (statutory law) 13. Relations between various methods of interpretation
14. Interpretation and application of precedents. Distinguishing and overruling.
15. Forms of law applying
16. Judicial application of law; judiciary system and fundaments of judicial proceedings 17. Basic forms of law-making.
18. Universally binding laws and internal laws
19. Sources of law in the EU law and in public international law 20. Basic types of norms and provisions
Dr. Maciej Pichlak maciej.pichlak@uwr.edu.pl