Legal Theory (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Law as a way of organising and as a system of rules. The science of law. Legal theory: legal regulations and the legal system. Interpretation and application of the law. Fundamental legal concepts. The problems of just laws and the efficiency of the law.
Constitutional Law I (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The Constitution and the legal system. Constitutional organization of the State. The Constitutional Court. The autonomous State.
Subject syllabus:
Constitutional Law I
Constitutional Law II (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. Rights and freedoms: general and special. Practicum.
Roman Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The Law in Rome and its reception in Europe.
Subject syllabus: Roman Law
Penal Law I (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The penal system: the theory of crime and the theory of sentencing. Criminal responsibility.
Public International Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The international community and the legal statute of subjects. Creation and application of international regulations. Competences. International responsibility, peaceful solutions to international conflicts and controversies. Practicum.
Subject syllabus: International Public Law
Administrative Law I (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The administrative system. Structure and basic rules of public administrations. Position of administered persons and their jurisdictional rights. Practicum.
Administrative Law II (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Consideration of the means, resources and performance of public administrations, with special reference to the various areas of administrative intervention. Administrative law of Catalonia.
Private International Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Techniques of regulations and rules. Judicial competence and law applicable to private international relations. Extraterritorial effectiveness of foreign actions and decisions. Practicum.
Labour and Social Security Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Labour relations. Labour contracts. Collective agreements. Trade-union law. Collective conflicts. Labour jurisdiction. Social security law. Practicum.
Introduction to Procedural Law (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Jurisdictional function. Judicial organisation. Process and its guiding principles.
Procedural Law I (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Civil processes. Special procedures. Execution of judgements. Private arbitration. Practicum.
Procedural Law II (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The penal process
Finance and Tax Law I (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Public finances. Budgetary law. Tax law. Public expenditure law.
Finance and Tax Law II (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Tax law. Practicum.
State Ecclesiastical Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The protection of religious freedom in Spanish and comparative law. Legal effects (education, marriage, religious assistance, conscientious objection). Legal system of the relations between the State and the Churches and religious confessions.
Subject syllabus: State Ecclesiastical Law
Institutions of Community Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Community legislation. Relations with legislative systems of Member States. Structure, bodies and powers of the Community. Legal guarantees of rights.
History of Spanish Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Basic structures and evolution of Spanish Law
Subject syllabus: History of Spanish Law
Philosophy of Law (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Legal phenomena. Legal ontology and axiology. Basic philosophical problems of the law.
Subject syllabus: Philosophy of Law
History of Constitutions and Codification (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Study of the various Spanish constitutions of the 19th century. The Constitution of 1812. The codification process in Spain. Special study of penal codification.
Legal Argumentation (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Language and argumentation. Argumentation and logic. Fallacies. Legal interpretation and argumentation. Difficult cases. Legal arguments.
Nationality, EU Citizenship and Alien Status (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Principles of international law. Acquisition and loss of Spanish nationality. European citizenship. Legal system for aliens in Spain.
European Legal Tradition I (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Roman law and Romanic tradition regarding inheritance law, with special reference to the Catalan jurists of the ius commune (13th to 18th centuries).
Subject syllabus: European Legal Tradition I
European and Comparative Private Law I (Systems) (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Concepts, objectives and methodology of European and comparative private law. The legal systems. Continental and Anglo-American legal cultures.
Subject syllabus: European and Comparative Private Law I
European and Comparative Private Law II (Tort Law) (2nd semester) * |
DESCRIPTION: Europeanisation of tort law. European principles of civil law. Tort law.
Subject syllabus: European and Comparative Private Law II
*This subject will be taught in English.
Matrimonial and Procedural Canon Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Marriage and canon law. Capacity of the parties and consent. Canonical form of marriage. Canonical marriage procedures: ordinary annulment procedure, documentary procedure, separation procedure, procedure for the dispensation of an unconsummated marriage, procedure for the presumption of death of a spouse and procedure for the dissolution of the union in favour of the faith.
Subject syllabus: Matrimonial and Procedural Canon Law
Social Security and Occupational Health Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Work, health and workplace environment. Occupational risk prevention. Rights and obligations regarding prevention. Legal responsibilities.
Social Protection Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Concepts and principles. Historic formation. Spanish social security systems. General system. Special systems.
Penal Procedural Training (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Training in the most frequent penal procedures. Minor offence trials; abbreviated procedures; so-called fast-track trials; habeas corpus procedures; procedures regarding slander and libel.
Civil Procedural Training I (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Training in the most frequent civil procedures in the civil legal praxis. Ordinary procedures; verbal procedures; execution procedures; admonition procedures; collection procedures.
International Organisations (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: General notions of international organisations. International organisation law. International organisations of a universal character. The United Nations Organisation. Specialised organisations. Regional international organisations: European and non European.
Subject syllabus: International Organisations
DESCRIPTION: Systems of liability. Fault liability. No fault liability. Special systems of liability.
Subject syllabus: Tort Law
Offences Subject to Trial by Jury (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Analysis of offences subject to trial by jury and development of the practical aspects that characterise the process.
Criminology (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Criminological theories, penal institutions and current problems.
European Social Law (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Free circulation of workers and social rights in the European Union.
Proof and its Evaluation (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Types of facts. General concept of proof. Legal proof. Proof as a means, as an activity and as a result. Legally relevant facts. Concept of a proven fact. Proof: belief, conviction, knowledge. Justification of judicial decisions. Reasons for judicial decisions.
Consumer Law (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Consumer law and protection. Protection of health, security and economic and social interests. Right to information. Consumer contracts. Responsibilities.
Subject syllabus: Consumer Law
The Collective Security System of the Charter of the United Nations and its Practical Applications (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Analysis of the proposals of the Charter of the United Nations. Collective security system from Chapters VII and VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. Practical applications: the Korean War, the Persian Gulf conflict, Ruanda, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.
Local Taxation (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Analysis of various local tax resources. Material and management aspects.
Criminal Psychology (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Individual (delinquents, police, judges) and collective (courts and juries) decision making. Psychology of witnesses. Psychological evaluation.
Subject syllabus: Criminal Psychology
Sociology of Law (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Sociological analysis of law. Institutions of social control. Sociology of legal operators.
Techniques of Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Criminology (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Data in Criminology. Data analysis.
Principles of Penal Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: General introduction to Penal Law. Theory of sources in Penal Law.
Introduction to the Penal System (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Legal theory of offences. Offences in particular.
Subject syllabus: Introduction to the Penal System
DESCRIPTION: Penology and Penitentiary Law. Sentencing systems. Imposing freedom depriving sentences.
Subject syllabus: Penology
Juveniles and the Penal System (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Juveniles and their contact with the penal system. Juveniles as delinquents and as victims. Broader and deeper views of aspects related with criminality among juveniles. Youth gangs. The impact of the workings of the penal system on juveniles. Minors, family and violence.
Women and the Penal System (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Women as victims and the criminality of women. The impact of the workings of the penal system on women.
Research Methods in the Social Sciences (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Introduction to scientific research.
Subject syllabus: Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Organised Crime (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Analysis of the various forms of organised crime and of the policies and practices that constitute social and state responses.
Subject syllabus: Organised Crime
Penitentiary Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Systematic analysis of the imposition of sentences and, more specifically, of penitentiary legislation. Rights of inmates, penitentiary systems, classification, treatment, permits and benefits, probation, sanctions and procedures, the Penitentiary Judge.
Victimology (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Theories of victimisation. Types of victims and offences. Relation between victims and the justice system. Victim assistance services. Effects of the offence on the victim. Victim compensation systems.
Police and Society (2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The role and functioning of the police in contemporary society. Relations with the State and society.
Subject syllabus: Police and Society
European Constitutional Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The constitutionalisation process of Community treaties. Principles that guide Community legislation. Relations between Community legislation and internal legislation. Rights and the European Union; the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Drafting the European Constitution.
European Economic Policies (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: The customs union. Consolidation of the domestic market. Economic and monetary union. Policies of the EU. Structural funds.
Social Theory (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Basic concepts of sociological analysis. Sociological methods and techniques. Sociology of organisations. Social structure of Spain.
Subject syllabus: Social Theory
Theory of Labour Relations (1st and 2nd semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Theories and analytical models of the systems of labour relations. Labour conflict, social conflict and labour relations. Labour relation systems in Spain: development and essential elements. Labour relation systems and diversity factors. Comparative perspective.
Community Social Law (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Social rules of the European Union. Social policy and free circulation. Labour rights and responsibilities at the Community level.
Tax Regulations for Workers and Companies (1st semester) |
DESCRIPTION: Spanish taxation system. Earned income and unearned income in the income tax of individuals. Fiscal incentives for the promotion of employment.
Subject syllabus: Tax Regulations for Workers and Companies
Entrance to the Faculty of Law, Secretary’s Office at the rear
The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is recognised by European universities as a measure of student learning. The system provides a means for students to complete part of their studies in other countries, with the guarantee that those credits will be recognised in the rest of the European Union.
The equivalents between ECTS grades and those of the UdG are the following:
ECTS | Local - UdG grade
|
A | Excellent | 9-10 |
B | Very good | 8-8.5 |
C | Good | 7-7.5 |
D | Satisfactory | 6-6.5 |
E | Sufficient | 5-5.5 |
F | Fail | 4-4.5 |
FX | Fail | 1-3.5 |
Syllabus
The subjects are divided into obligatory and optional ones.
- The obligatory subjects are determined by royal decree and are the same for all the syllabi of all the Law Degrees in Spain.
- The optional subjects are freely determined by each faculty.
Teaching
Each subject has theoretical and practical credits. The theoretical credits are completed in class and the practical credits, for the most part, are taken in seminars, at lectures, doing legal case studies, etc.
LAW DEGREE SYLLABUS
FIRST CYCLE
First year
First semester Second semester
Legal Theory
Constitutional Law I
Roman Law
History of Spanish Law
Political Economy and Public Finance | | | Civil Law I
Constitutional Law I
Roman Law
History of Spanish Law
Political Economy and Public Finance | | |
Second Year
First semester Second semester
Penal Law I
Civil Law II
Public International Law Constitutional Law II | UdG
6
4.5
4.5
4.5
| |
Penal Law I
Civil Law II
Public International Law Constitutional Law II
Introduction to Procedural Law | UdG
6
4.5
4.5
4.5
6
|
ECTS
|
Third year
First semester Second semester
Administrative Law I
Institutions of Community Law
Penal Law II Civil Law III | UdG
6
4.5
4.5
4.5 |
ECTS
7.5
6
6
6
|
Administrative Law I
Institutions of Community Law
Penal Law III Civil Law III | UdG
6
4.5
4.5
4.5 |
ECTS
7.5
6
6
6
|
SECOND CYCLE
Fourth year
First semester Second semester
Administrative Law II
Finance and Tax Law I
Labour and Social Security Law
Civil law IV Procedural Law I Mercantile Law I | UdG
4.5
6
4.5
4.5
4.5
6 | ECTS
6
7.5
6
6
6
7.5 |
Administrative Law II
Finance and Tax Law I
Labour and Social Security Law
Civil Law IV Procedural Law I Mercantile Law I | UdG
4.5
6
4.5
4.5
4.5
6 | ECTS
6
7.5
6
6
6
7.5 |
Fifth year
First semester Second semester
State Ecclesiastical Law
Procedural Law II
Finance and Tax Law II
Private International Law
Mercantile Law II | UdG
6
6
4.5
4.5
4.5
| ECTS
7.5
7.5
6
6
6
|
Philosophy of Law
Finance and Tax Law II
Private International Law Mercantile Law II | UdG
6
4.5
4.5
4.5 | ECTS
7.5
6
6
6 |
The ETCS credits are not equivalent to credits from the University of Girona
4. SERVICES OF THE FACULTY OF LAW
The services are easily located and offer everything students will need: public transport every 30 minutes (line 8: Bus Station-Montilivi Campus), University services, public telephones, nearby restaurants, etc.
The library is a part of the University libraries. With the student card you will be given at registration, you will not only have access to all the library resources in the Law section but also to those in other sections and libraries.
Library
The European Documentation Centre (CDE)As a service specialised in providing information about and documentation concerning the European Union, the CDE contains a significant number of official publications, as well as videos, magazines, books and all kinds of information related with European institutions.
4.2 HOURS
FACULTY: Monday to Friday 8:00-22:00
SECRETARY’S OFFICE: Monday to Thursday 9:30-13:30, 15:30-16:30
Friday: 9:30-13:30
COMPUTER LABS: de dilluns a divendres: 8:00-21:30
LIBRARY: Monday to Friday 8:00-21:30
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 9:00-20:45
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTATION CENTRE
Mornings: Monday to Friday 9:30-13:30
Afternoons: Monday and Wednesday 15:30-17:30
PHOTOCOPY SERVICE: Monday to Friday 8:45-14:00, 15:45-19:00
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