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Administrative Procedure Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:28
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_294 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Theory and History of Rights | Target Audience: | Person and Property Defence | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Juris Zīvarts | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Necessary previous acquisition of the study courses: Legal Theory, Administrative Law and the Latvian State System. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop an understanding of the administrative process at State administration, the procedure for appealing an administrative act before the administrative court. Tasks: 1.To introduce the student to the administrative procedure law as an area of public law; 2.To provide an understanding on the substance of administrative proceedings and enforcement by state administration and courts. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept and the substance of Administrative Procedure Law. The concept of administrative act. Principles of Administrative Procedure. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Administrative proceedings at institutions and courts. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The actions of an institution. Form and component parts of the administrative act. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Types of administrative acts and the appeal and revocation procedures. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | General provisions of legal proceedings, statement of claim, adjudication. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Appeal and cassation proceedings. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Enforcement of administrative acts and court rulings. Indemnity. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept and the substance of Administrative Procedure Law. The concept of administrative act. Principles of Administrative Procedure. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Administrative proceedings at institutions and courts. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The actions of an institution. Form and component parts of the administrative act. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| 4 | Types of administrative acts and the appeal and revocation procedures. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | General provisions of legal proceedings, statement of claim, adjudication. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| 6 | Appeal and cassation proceedings. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| 7 | Enforcement of administrative acts and court rulings. Indemnity. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Homework involving specific assignments; structuring and writing of an essay (the contents of the essay should consists of a problem, the causal relationship of emergence of the problem and its solution) or the drafting of procedural draft documents consistent with the given assignment; to make a presentation for each seminar (according to the lecture plan), be ready to present (the presentation slides should contain theoretical findings and their practical illustrations). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes, written assignments handed in by the set deadlines and completed in proper manner, participation in practical classes, the quality of the answers given at practical classes, individual work - homework, examination - written examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The students will be able to define the concept of the administrative proceedings, describe the administrative proceedings system and concepts. Ability to distinguish administrative acts from other legal acts. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Skills to analyse, synthesize and evaluate the place and the role of the Administrative Procedure Law in practical work, improve research skills. Communication skills - ability to communicate with other students of the study programme on the problems associated with administrative procedure, demonstrate social skills and emotional intelligence. Improvement of argumentation skills and the skills to listen to the opinion of others. Guidance for future learning skills - to independently structure one’s learning, analyse one’s level of knowledge and rationally supplement it, select and evaluate literature sources. Identify and define problems, discover causal relationships, i.e. the “root” of the problem and to offer constructive solutions. Other general skills - take responsibility for one’s decisions and actions, adopt critically weighed decisions, find solutions for previously unpredicted and changing circumstances, adapt to new situations, be open for changes, take leadership and initiative, be responsible for consequences, act in ethical manner, demonstrate comprehensive general knowledge and competences. Improve the skills of listening to different opinion. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to perform specific administrative proceedings- related assignments, ability to use knowledge and skills for professional and personal development. Ability to apply legal norms not only “mechanically”, but consistently with public interests and priorities, therewith synthesizing the skills to join the legislative framework with the understanding of laws. Offer not only formal solutions of administrative law related problem issues but to find solutions that would serve public (local community) interests and priorities and would account for overall improvement of state administration. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | LR likums” Latvijas Republikas Satversme ” ( Latvijas Vēstnesis, 1993.Nr.43 | ||||||||
| 2 | 25.10.2001. likums "Administratīvā procesa likums" ("LV", 164 (2551), 14.11.2001.) [spēkā ar 01.02.2004.] aktuālā redakcija | ||||||||
| 3 | 06.06.2002. likums "Valsts pārvaldes iekārtas likums" ("LV", 94 (2669), 21.06.2002.) [spēkā ar 01.01.2003.] aktuālā redakcija | ||||||||
| 4 | 27.09.2007. likums "Iesniegumu likums" ("LV", 164 (3740), 11.10.2007.) [spēkā ar 01.01.2008.] aktuālā redakcija | ||||||||
| 5 | 15.12.1992. likums „ Par tiesu varu” ( Ziņotājs,1,14.01.1993.)/ spēkā ar 01.01.1993./aktuālā redakcija | ||||||||
| 6 | Administratīvais process tiesā. Autoru kolektīvs Dr.iur. Jautrītes Briedes vispārīgā zinātniskā redakcijā. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2008.g. | ||||||||
| 7 | Administratīvā procesa komentāri. Autoru kolektīvs Dr.iur. Jautrītes Briedes vispārīgā zinātniskā redakcijā. Rīga:TNA,2013.g. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | žurnāls „Jurista Vārds” | ||||||||
| 2 | Laikraksts „Latvijas Vēstnesis” | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Laikraksts „Latvijas Vēstnesis” | ||||||||
