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Conflicts of Interest in Public Sector
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:33
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_345 | 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: | Jānis Baumanis | ||||||||
| 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: | Acquisition of the introductory course to legal theory. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Provide an opportunity to acquire knowledge on preventing and combating conflicts of interest in the work of public officials and to give the possibility to develop and improve skills and competences in practical application of the acquired knowledge and the laws regulating the prevention and combating of conflicts of interest in the work of public officials. Tasks: To give the possibility: 1) to discover the substance of the study course “Conflicts of interest of public officials” and its position among other public study courses; 2) understand the place of institutions in charge of prevention and combating of conflicts of interest of public officials and their role within the entire law enforcement system; 3) acquire the terminology aspects of the conflict of interests of public officials. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General description of the study course “Conflicts of interest of public officials” and position within the system of other public study subjects. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The place of institutions in charge of prevention and combating of conflicts of interest of public officials and their role within the entire law enforcement system. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Conflicts of interests of public officials - terminology. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Prevention of Conflicts of Interest of Public Officials. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Combating of Conflicts of Interest of Public Officials. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General description of the study course “Conflicts of interest of public officials” and position within the system of other public study subjects. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The place of institutions in charge of prevention and combating of conflicts of interest of public officials and their role within the entire law enforcement system. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Conflicts of interests of public officials - terminology. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Prevention of Conflicts of Interest of Public Officials. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Combating of Conflicts of Interest of Public Officials. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with laws and study materials, solve legal cases (including search for normative sources and other literature). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Successfully passed tests, practical work, participation in seminars and discussions. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Acquisition of knowledge on the prevention and combating of conflict of interests in public sector, about criminal law and partially also about criminal procedure legal doctrine, legal regulation and case law on criminal offences in public service. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students acquire general knowledge and skills on how to qualify legal offences in public service related to conflicts of interest. Acquisition of general knowledge and skills that are related to the investigation of the offences falling-under the mentioned categories. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Acquisition of the study course will provide the student with knowledge, skills and competences on the legal offences in public service that are related to conflicts of interests, know the specifics of prevention and elimination of conflicts of interest. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 15.02.1922. likums "Latvijas Republikas Satversme" ("LV", 43, 01.07.1993.) [stājas spēkā 07.11.1922.] | ||||||||
| 2 | 25.04.2002. likums: “Par interešu konflikta novēršanu valsts amatpersonu darbībā” "Latvijas Vēstnesis", 69 (2644), 09.05.2002., "Ziņotājs", 11, 13.06.2002. [Stājas spēkā: 10.05.2002.] | ||||||||
| 3 | 07.12.1984. likums: “Latvijas Administratīvo pārkāpumu kodekss” "Ziņotājs", 51, 20.12.1984. [Stājas spēkā: 01.07.1985.] | ||||||||
| 4 | 17.06.1998. likums: “Krimināllikums”. Publicēts: "Latvijas Vēstnesis", 199/200 (1260/1261), 08.07.1998., "Ziņotājs", 15, 04.08.1998. [Stājas spēkā: 01.04.1999.] | ||||||||
| 5 | 21.04.2005. likums "Kriminālprocesa likums" ("LV", 74 (3232), 11.05.2005.) [stājas spēkā 01.10.2005.] | ||||||||
| 6 | 19.05.1994. likums "Prokuratūras likums" ("LV", 65 (196), 02.06.1994.) [stājas spēkā 01.07.1994.] | ||||||||
| 7 | 18.04.2002. likums "Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas biroja likums" ("LV", 65 (2640), 30.04.2002.) [stājas spēkā 01.05.2002.] | ||||||||
| 8 | 22.03.2005. MK noteikumi Nr.201 "Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas biroja nolikums" ("LV", 50 (3208), 30.03.2005.) [stājas spēkā 31.03.2005.] | ||||||||
| 9 | 15.05.2009. „Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas biroja reglaments” | ||||||||
| 10 | Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas biroja darbības stratēģija [Aktuālo redakciju]. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Streļčenoks, J. Valsts amatpersonām noteiktie ierobežojumi un aizliegumi shēmās. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2011. 208 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Augstākās tiesas judikatūra. | ||||||||
| 2 | Pieejama: http://at.gov.lv/lv | ||||||||
| 3 | GRECO. Valstu grupa pret korupciju. Publisks: Greco RC-III (2010) 6E. Atbilstības ziņojums par Latviju. Pieņēmusi GRECO savā 48. Plenārsēdē (Strasbūra, 2010.gada 27.septembris – 1.oktobris) | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/greco/evaluations/roun… | ||||||||
| 5 | Likumprojektu pamatojums. | ||||||||
| 6 | Pieejams: http://www.saeima.lv/lv/likumdosana/likumdosanas-datu-baze | ||||||||
| 7 | Amatpersonu interešu konflikta novēršanas un apkarošanas aktualitāte. | ||||||||
| 8 | http://www.knab.gov.lv/ | ||||||||
| 9 | KNAB ziņas // http://knab.gov.lv/uploads/free/knagis/e-zina_i_maijs_2012… | ||||||||
| 10 | KNAB 10 gadi // http://knab.gov.lv/lv/prevention/publicevents/article.php?i… | ||||||||
| 11 | http://www.lrp.gov.lv/ | ||||||||
| 12 | http://www.prokuratura.gov.lv/ | ||||||||
| 13 | Surmounting State Capture: Latvia's Anti-Corruption Agency Spurs Reforms, 2002 - 2011 // | ||||||||
| 14 | http://www.princeton.edu/successfulsocieties/content/ superfocusareas/traps/RT/policynotes/view.xml?id=215 | ||||||||
