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US legal system

General data

Course ID:	WP-SM-MON-SprSZ(p)
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	US legal system
Name in Polish:	System prawny Stanów Zjednoczonych
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	SM1_W04,SM1_W05, SM1_W06, SM1_U06, SM1_U07, SM1_U08, SM1_U09, SM1_U10, SM1_K05, SM1_K06, SM1_K07, SM1_K08
Short description:	The course will introduce students to the history of the American legal system as it evolved into British case law and gained its own independence in the United States. Particular attention was paid to the separation of powers and the relationship between the federation and the states.
Full description:	During the lecture, students receive knowledge about the functioning of the three branches of state power (President, Congress, Supreme Court), their mutual relations (the rule of control and balance), as well as the details of the most important political processes (passing the law, electing the president), the scope of competences and proceedings in cases of abuse of power (impeachment). The student also receives knowledge in the field of court procedures and court judgments on selected social issues. The student also receives knowledge about the functioning of the party system in the USA.
Bibliography:	Z. Lewicki (red) Ameryka. Polityka, prawo, społeczeństwo. Aspra JR 2017. Wojciech Sokolewicz, red. Instytucje polityczno-prawne Stanów Zjednoczonych Wojciech Sokolewicz, red., Instytucje i doktryny prawno-polityczne Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki Literatura uzupełniajaca: Stanisław Gebert, Kongres Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki Lesław Kanski, Kompetencje Kongresu w zakresie polityki zagranicznej Paweł Laidler, Konstytucja Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki Ryszard Małajny, Pozycja ustrojowa Kongresu USA, vol. I-III Kazimierz Nowak, System prezydencjalny Stanów Zjednoczonych Andrzej Pułło, System konstytucyjny Stanów Zjednoczonych Violetta Siedliska, Sadownictwo amerykanskie w Konstytucji Łukasz Wordliczek, Kształtowanie sie uprawnien prezydenta USA
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The student must attend classes (maximum 2 absences are allowed). For each class, the student must have the paper version of the US Constitution with him. The student must read the source materials selected by the tutor (e.g. Federalist Articles). PASS pass in the form of a test for MS Teams, - after the last classes included in the schedule. The student will receive 20-25 questions
Practical placement:	none

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK_MON W TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Zbigniew Lewicki
Group instructors:	Zbigniew Lewicki
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Monographic lecture - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:	obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) nie dotyczy

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