Study:
Code:	31888
ECTS:	6.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Dubravka Hrabar prof. dr. sc. Aleksandra Korać Graovac prof. dr. sc. Irena Majstorović izv. prof. dr. sc. Anica Čulo Margaletić izv. prof. dr. sc. Barbara Preložnjak izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivan Šimović

Literature:

Hrabar, D.; Obiteljsko pravo u sustavu socijalne skrbi; Narodne novine (2019), str Triva, S.; Dika, M.; Građansko parnično procesno pravo; Narodne novine (2004), str. 1-8., 18-23., 51-57., 92-95., 113-206., 246-248., 255-258., 297-318., 343-344., 393-395., 413-415., 440-448., 451-456., 537-538., 579-586., 625-635., 658-676, 715-754., 757-782 Obiteljski zakon; Narodne novine br. 103/2015, 98/2019., str Zakon o privremenom uzdržavanju; Narodne novine, br. 92/2014., str Zakon o pravobranitelju za djecu; Narodne novine br. 73/2017., str Zakon o zaštiti od nasilja u obitelji; Narodne novine br. 70/2017, 126/2019 i 84/2021., str Zakon o životnom partnerstvu osoba istog spola; Narodne novine br. 92/2014, 98/2019, 84/2021., str Zakon o suzbijanju diskriminacije; Narodne novine, br. 85/2008, 112/2012., str Zakon o medicinski pomognutoj oplodnji; Narodne novine br. 86/2012., str

Description:

The course introduces students with the set of legal norms and principles that regulate family relations in the Republic of Croatia, as well as with fundamentals of civil procedural law with regard to the application of selected family law institutes. Course description - Concept and characteristics of family law - Family law relations - Marital law, extramarital and same-sex unions - Relations between parents and children - Adoption - Guardianship - Maintenance - Property relations - Basic civil procedural law - Fundamental principles and specific features of special procedures in family matters

Cognitive Skills:

Knowledge

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- recognise the significance of the most important institutes of family law and civil procedural law in the legal system

- define the most important institutes of family law

- indicate basic principles of family law and civil procedural law regulation

- name types of procedures in family law and recognise their basic characteristics

 

Understanding

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- describe the meaning and scope of individual family law institutes

- group the most important elements and realisations related to individual institutes

- recognise and explain the differences between legal and business capacity and party and procedural capacity

- recognise and explain the roles of the center for social welfare infamily procedures

- recognise and explain basic principles of litigation

- explain the ratio for making family law rules as a manner of regulationg the relations among family members

- identify trends of development of family law and civil procedural law

- summarise basic characterstics of the most important family law institutes

 

Application

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- interpret family law norms

- use available domestic and foreign literature

- apply acquired knowledge about substantive and procedural law regulation of family matters in practice

- demonstrate knowledge and skills gained during the study in practice

- carry out the legislator's intention in practice

 

Analysis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- distinguish between permanent features of institutes and variable ones

- analyse the meaning of an individual legal nortm and its scope

- compare national family law solutions throughout history with the current situation

- compare national family law solutions with foreign and supranational solutions

- indicate key questions which require further improvement of family law

- connect learned elements into a holistic unit

- categorise types of family procedures and the role of the center for social welfare in family law

- examine the justifiability of the high level of burden of centers for social welfare in famiyl procedures and check the possibilities for unburdening them

 

Synthesis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- plan actions in practice with the aim of realising the highest level of efficiency possible, bearing in mind urgency of action as a postulate of resolving status maters

- propose changes of family law de lege ferenda and prepare arguments for supporting the proposals and their explanations

- formulate basic challenges that family law is faced with

- think of new models of functioning of the state bodies in family law matters

- manage procedures for which centers for social welfare are competent

 

Evaluation

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- judge the quality of legislative changes and actions in practice

- assess advantages and disadvantages of the existing family law regulation

- reexamine personal standpoints and standpoints of others from the aspect of tolerance

- evaluate relevant circumstances of each individual case and select the best solution in a concrete legal case in practice

- assess the quality of the existing legal solutions in practice and everyday life

- compare similarities and differences of individual family law institutes and conclude about justifiability and purpose of their differentiation

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfully mastering the course, students gain:

- competence of independent professional work:

- competence to critically assess the most important family law issues

- competence to adapt to a new situation and changes in legislation

- competence to draw argumented conclusions and timely and adequately work in practice

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Forms of testing knowledge

1. Written examination

Written examination is a test of klnowledge with questions of an essay type. Students are expected to know and understand the subject matter well, and to connect the facts and institutes.

2. Oral examination

Oral examination as a rule represents significantly more than exact reproduction of learned facts, so the students are expected to understand the subject matter well, and to connect the facts.

 

Grading criteria

Written examination consists of six open questions of an essay type. The maximum of five points can be earned by each answer, and 50% is required for passing. The written examination is graded according to the following scale:

0-14 points / insufficient (1)

15-18 points / sufficient (2)

19-23 points / good (3)

24-27 points / very good (4)

28-30 points / excellent (5)

 

The oral examination is an interview with the student which requires understanding of the subject matter and connecting the facts.

The final grade is in general an arithmetic mean of the grades earned in the written and oral part of the examination. In cases where one segment was significantly more successful than the other, in general the success in the oral part of the examination, the final grade may be higher.

Consultations schedule:

• prof. dr. sc. Dubravka Hrabar:

  Tuesdays from 10,00

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 27/II
• prof. dr. sc. Aleksandra Korać Graovac:

  Tuesdays 10.30-12 am

  (with prior notice by e-mail)

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 29/II
• prof. dr. sc. Irena Majstorović:

  Thursdays 9-10,30 h, with a previous e-mail agreement

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 28/II
• izv. prof. dr. sc. Barbara Preložnjak:

  Tuesdays 12:00 am

   

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 27/II
• izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivan Šimović:

  Thursday from 16.00 pm

  with prior notice by e-mail

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 301/III