The course is divided into two parts, part 1 and part 2. The course provides an overview of certain central parts of the Swedish legal system and a certain understanding of the function of law in society. The course provides a general legal education and forms a good basis for further studies in law. The course begins with an orientation in the structure of the Swedish legal system and basic sources of law. The various subject areas listed below are dealt with one after the other. As a rule, one lecture with subsequent seminars/group exercises in the same subject area is held per week. At the seminars/group exercises, mainly various application problems will be discussed. The emphasis is on an overview of basic rules regarding:
- Rules regarding legal capacity and guardianship
- Contract law (contract conclusion, power of attorney and invalidity
- Law on Purchase of movable property (right to purchase, contract and consumer rights)
- Law on Payment and Debt Instruments (Accounts receivable and promissory note law
- Property rights (including pledge, surety and other security rights)
- Real Estate Law
- Tort Law
- Family Law with Inheritance Law (special focus on property division and inheritance law issues)
- Intellectual Property Law
- Labor Law
- The Law of Business Organizations
- Market law (including Competition Law)
- Administrative law including Constitutional Law
- Procedural Law including bankruptcy, distress, general courts and administrative courts
- Criminal Law
- Insolvency Law (such as corporate restructuring and debt restructuring)
- European Union Law