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In the Assessment Year, there are two distinct paths in the Law curriculum to be aware of: Law I as a Compulsory Subject and Law II as a Core Elective.

 

We distinguish between:
•    Law I as a Compulsory Subject, which is mandatory for all students, and
•    Law II as a Core Elective, which students in the Law specialization in the German track have to complete.

Law I A: Private Law

 

The course focuses on the following main topics:

  • Fundamentals of contract law (e.g., sources of private law, protagonists of contract law, freedom of contract, obligations and their origins, overview of types of contracts)
  • Conclusion of contracts (e.g., offer and acceptance, formal requirements, permissible content of contracts, defects of intent, agency, general terms and conditions)
  • Performance of contracts (e.g., parties to a contract, aspects of valid performance, individual obligations under a contract, conditional obligations)
  • Breach of contract and liability (e.g., non‑performance, bad performance, liability for auxiliary persons, non‑contractual liability for products)
  • Termination of the obligation to perform (e.g., extinction by performance, forfeiture and impossibility, termination of contracts, prescription/statutes of limitations)

Law I B in the English track: Introduction to Constitutional Law and International Law

     

    The course in the English-language track focuses on the following main topics:

    Introduction to Constitutional Law

    • Legal sources and interpretation of Constitutional Law
    • Structural principles of the constitution (rule of law principle, federal state principle, democratic principle, social justice)
    • Swiss system of government and organization of the authorities
    • Fundamental rights
    • Constitutional jurisdiction


    Introduction to International Law

    • Legal sources and subjects of International Law
    • Law of the United Nations
    • International Human Rights Law
    • International Humanitarian Law
    • International Criminal Law
    • International Environmental Law
    • International Economic Law
    • State responsibility and international dispute settlement

     

    Law I B in the German track: Federal Constitutional Law

     

    The course in the German-language track focuses on the following main topics:

     State and constitutionalism

    • Law as the foundation and limitation of state action
    • Federalism
    • Main features of the system of government / political rights
    • Fundamental rights
    • Public authority organization
    • Legislation / constitutional jurisdiction
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