LAW – PROGRAMME SUBJECT IN PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIALIZATION IN GENERAL STUDIES (RTL1-02)

Basic skills are integrated into the competence aims for this course in areas where they contribute to the development of and are part of the subject competence. In the Law programme subject, basic skills are understood as follows:

Being able to express oneself orally in Law involves discussing legal problems, drawing conclusions, formulating opinions and discussing ethical and political issues that apply to law.

Being able to express oneself in writing in Law involves resolving legal assignments and discussing them in writing. It means expressing oneself clearly and precisely when preparing legal presentations.

Being able to read in Law involves developing good reading strategies for studying theory and other sources of law and understanding the content in a case of law and thus the legal issue at stake. It also involves using bodies of laws, reference works and statistical material and keeping abreast of legal issues in the media.

Numeracy in Law involves using calculations in solving problems, for example in connection with inheritance settlements and the division of estate in separation and divorce cases.

Being able to use digital tools in Law means finding relevant sources on the Internet, using a word processor and using a pocket calculator or spreadsheet to solve assignments. It also involves using presentation tools.