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Swiss Legal System for Civil Engineering and Architecture
Grundzüge des Rechts für Bauwissenschaften und Architektur
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Abstract
The basics of contract Law (formation of contract and contract performance), tort law (including liability limitation) and litigation.Constitutional and administrative law (organization and duties of the state, sources of law, fundamental rights, procedure of public authorities).
Objective
Introduction to Swiss constitutional and administrative law as well as the law of contracts and torts serving as a basis for further legal courses.
Content
1st Part: Introduction to the Law of Contracts and Torts Contracts: contractual freedom, formation of contracts, formal requirements, breach of contract; Torts; negligence and strict liability, limited liability; litigation: law suits and the role of judges 2nd Part: Introduction to Swiss Constitutional and Administrative Law Constitutional Law: functions and sources of law. Structure and organization of the state. Federal authorities. Principles and legal foundations of the state's activities. Individual rights and liberties. Equality before the law. Administrative Law: relation between administrative bodies and citizens. Administrative decree. Enforcement of administrative law. Particular branches of administrative law. Administrative organization and procedure. International legal community.
Resources
Lecture Notes
- Schwenzer, Ingeborg: Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht, Allgemeiner Teil (4. Auflage, Stämpfli Verlag, 2006). The textbook by Urs Ch. Nef, Obligationenrecht für Ingenieure und Architekten (3. Auflage, NZZ Verlag, 2000) ist out of print, but can be used as a script just in this semester.- Ruch, Alexander: Einführung in das öffentliche Recht, Skriptum zur ETH-Vorlesung Grundzüge des Rechts Teil II, Ausgabe 2006 (Nachdruck)
Literature
- Nef, Urs Ch.: Obligationenrecht für Ingenieure und Architekten, 3d Edition, Zurich 2000 - Dessemontet / Ansay Eds., Introduction to Swiss Law, 3d Edition, The Hague 2004 - Zweigert, Konrad / Kötz Hein, An Introduction to Comparative Law, 3d Edition, Oxford 1998 (translated by Tony Weir) - Aubert, Jean-François: Traité de droit constitutionnel suisse, 2 Bde., Paris/Neuchâtel 1967; Supplément 1967-1982, Neuchâtel 1982 - Häfelin Ulrich / Haller Walter: Schweizerisches Bundesstaatsrecht, Die neue Bundesverfassung, 6., neu bearbeitete Auflage, Zürich 2005 (inkl. Supplement "Bundesgericht und Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit nach der Justizreform, 2006) - Häfelin Ulrich / Müller Georg: Allgemeines Verwaltungsrecht, 4., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage, Zürich 2002 - Knapp, Blaise: Précis de droit administratif, 4e éd., rev. et corr., Bâle/Francfort-sur-le-Main, 1991, deutsche Übersetzung: Grundlagen des Verwaltungsrechts, 2 Bde., Basel/ Frankfurt a.M. 1992/1993
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC , DS
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- written 60 minutes
- Aids
- Hilfsmittel gemäss separatem Merkblatt (www.ruch.ethz.ch)
Course Components
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Grundzüge des Rechts für Bauwissenschaften und Architektur
Beginn am 1.10.2007
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2 h weekly |
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Examination Block 2 (In place of the German course 851-0703-01 Grundzüge des Rechts für Bauwissenschaften students can take the French course 851-0709-00 Droit civil.)
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Examination Block 4 (In place of the German course 851-0703-01 Grundzüge des Rechts für Bauwissenschaften students can take the French course 851-0709-00 Droit civil.)
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Examination Block 3 (In place of the German course 851-0703-01 Grundzüge des Rechts für Bauwissenschaften students can take the French course 851-0709-00 Droit civil.)
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