Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university, including at least 90 credits in the social sciences or humanities. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

After the course the student should be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• Describe and familiarize oneself with the Russian legal system, its history and development;
• In a well-informed way describe the organisation and structure of the Russian judicial system.

Competence and skills

• Independently interpret and analyse statutory texts and case law concerning human rights in Russia;
• Independently interpret and analyse statutory texts and case law concerning economic and business activities in Russia;
• Independently identify and analyse basic features of Russian law, including Russian constitutional law, civil law, procedural law and criminal law.

Judgement and approach

• Analyze and critically evaluate the contents and significance of the legal system for the economic, political and social development in Russia as well as in the former Soviet republics;
• Review and problematise Russia's understanding of, approach to and use of international law.

Content

The course starts with an introductory overview of the Russian legal system, its history and development. Following this overview, the various areas of Russian law will be studied separately. Towards the end of the course, there will be exercises, which cover several areas of Russian law. Some attention will paid to questions of legal methodology.

Instruction

Instruction will be in the form of lectures and seminars.

Texts in the Russian language will be used occasionally.

Assessment

Assessment will be done at seminars, by written papers and oral presentations.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator or a decision by the department's working group for study matters.