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LAW2108 Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

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Code

LAW2108

Title

Civil Law of Kazakhstan: General Part

Prerequisites

Theory of State and Law

Credits

3

Description

This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and principles of civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The course deals in particular with the following major issues: (1) foundations of civil law in Kazakhstan, focusing upon application and interpretation of civil legislation, the exercise of civil rights and protection of freedom of entrepreneurship; (2) the law governing persons, including natural persons (especially their legal and deed capacity as well as entrepreneurial activities) and legal entities (in particular their types and forms, issues related to their foundation documents, legal capacity, liability, reorganization, etc.); (3) the law of transactions with particular emphasis on the rules related to the execution, termination and invalidation of contracts; (4) the property law covering acquisition and protection of the right of ownership, legal issues related to immovable property, state ownership, etc.; and (5) the law of obligations, including execution of obligations, methods of securing the execution of obligations, replacing persons in obligations and responsibility for violating obligations.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1 Knowledge outcomes • Distinguish legal norms applied to different legal entities • Identify the rights and responsibilities of participants of civil relations in the process of acquiring and exercising civil rights • Describe the process of formation of a civil law contract • Give examples of types of objects of civil relations and their classification 2 Skills outcomes • Resolve civil law cases • Give a competent legal opinion on civil law cases

Assessment

60 % -first and second assessments
40 % -final assessment