Family and personal legislation

Structure Type: Course
Code: KD07DVOI41
Type: Free choise
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 3.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Salonen, Marja
Teacher Team: Salonen, Marja
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Learning Outcomes

The student knows the essential principles of the Marriage Act and the legal differences between marriage and cohabitation. The student can describe the order of intestate succession and is able to divide an inheritance and calculate inheritance taxes. The student is able to draw up a testament and a marriage settlement. The student can form an opinion on the essential features of the Act on Residential Leases, especially on the rights and obligations of the tenant and the landlord.

Student's Workload

- lectures and legal case exercises 30 h
- independent work 49 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

Contents

- Marriage Act (234/1929)
- cohabitation
- child legislation
- Inheritance Code (40/1965)
- Act on Residential Leases (481/1995)

Recommended or Required Reading

- Aarnio & Kangas: Perhevarallisuusoikeus

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- lectures and case exercises
- independent work

Assessment Criteria

Excellent (5)
The student is able to search for legislation concerning Marital Law and Inheritance Code. S/he is able to explain the order of succession, divide an inheritance and calculate inheritance tax. The student is able to search for and apply in practice the legislation concerning Tenancy Act.
Good (4-3)
The student is able to search for and apply in practice the essential legislation concerning Marital Law and Inheritance Code. S/he is able to explain the essential things of the order of succession, divide an inheritance in common cases and calculate inheritance tax. The student is able to search for and apply in practice the essential legislation concerning Tenancy Act.
Satisfactory (2-1)
The student is able to search for the essential legislation concerning Marital Law and Inheritance Code. S/he is able to explain the order of succession, distribution of an inheritance and inheritance taxation. The student is able to search for information from legal databases concerning the essential rules of the Tenancy Act.

Assessment Methods

- a written exam

Further Information

- during the course a visiting lecturer from working life will lecture on house rent

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