MV617K Comparison of German and Swiss Systems of Procedural Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Eva Šrámková (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Tauchen, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Eva Šrámková
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Magdalena Kunzová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV617K/01: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. Wed 8:00–9:30 025, J. Tauchen
MV617K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
! MV617Zk Comparison of Procedural Law
Basic requirements "German for Lawyers" examination or equivalent command of legal German.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The seminar is an introduction to procedural law in Switzerland. It offers insight into the system of courts at canton and federal levels. The system of courts is explained. Apart from this, civil and criminal procedure at canton and federal levels are discussed. Swiss and German systems of procedural law are compared.
Syllabus
  • 1. System of courts 2. System of the execution of judicial power at canton level 3. System of the execution of judicial power at federal level 4. Civil procedure at canton level 5. Specialised courts 6. Civil procedure at federal level 7. Criminal procedure at canton level 8. Criminal procedure at federal level 9. Remedies 10. Specialised criminal courts
Literature
  • Schmid, Niklaus. Strafprozessrecht. 3. Aufl. Zürich 1997. ISBN 3-7255-3655-4.
  • URL://www.bger.ch
  • Spühler, Karl/Reetz, Peter/Vock, Dominik/Graham-Siegenthaler, Barbara. Neuerungen im Zivilprozessrecht. Zürich 2000. ISBN 3-7255-4042-X.
  • Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch : mit Einführungsgesetz, Beurkundungsgesetz, AGB-Gesetz, Verbraucherkreditgesetz, Gesetz über den Widerruf von Haustürgeschäften, Produkthaftungsgesetz, Wohnungseigentumsgesetz, Ehegesetz und Hausratsverordnung. Edited by Helmut Köhler. 40. überarb. Aufl. München: dtv, 1997, xxx, 676 s. ISBN 3-423-05001-2. info
Assessment methods
Colloquim in oral form
Language of instruction
German
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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