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Course title Administrative Law
Course code JurZ2010
Credit points (ECTS) 3
Total Hours in Course 81
Number of hours for lectures 16
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes 16
Independent study hours 49
Date of course confirmation 21/06/2018
Responsible Unit Institute of Economics and Finance
 
Course developers
Mg. jur., pasn. Stepans Pokotinskis

Prior knowledge
JurZ2026, Basics of Law
Course abstract
The course familiarizes students with the basic concepts of administrative law. The course examines the institutional system of state administration and the principles of state administration, forms of activity, as well as the types of control of state administration activities. The course gives an introduction to administrative procedural law and covers issues pertaining to administrative procedure in general and the stages of administrative proceedings in an institution. The course also deals with key provisions of administrative liability and administrative violations in an institution.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
Students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the knowledge of the institutional system and forms of state administration. Test.
2. Identify administrative documents, actions and contracts governed by public law. Test. Practicals.
3. Demonstrate the understanding of delegation of tasks of state administration. Test.
4. Demonstrate the knowledge of the substance of administrative procedure and the stages of administrative proceedings in an institution. Test.
5. Demonstrate the understanding of the corpus delicti of an administrative violation and administrative liability consequences. Test.
6. Analyse the consistency of real circumstances with the corpus delicti of an administrative violation and make a legal decision. Practicals.
Course Content(Calendar)
1. Concept and system of administrative law (1 h – lecture, 1 h – practical)
2. Sources of administrative law (1 h – lecture)
3. State administration (1 h – lecture, 2 h – practicals)
Test 1. State administration (1 h)
4. Forms of state administration activities in the field of private law. Legal forms of state administration activities (1 h – lecture, 1 h – practical)
5. Forms of state administration activities in the field of public law. Administrative acts. Real activities. Public law agreement (2 h – lecture, 2 h – practicals)
Test 2. Forms of state administration activities in the field of public law (1 h)
6. Delegation of administrative tasks (2 h – lecture, 2 h – practicals)
7. Cabinet of Ministers. Ministries (2 h – lecture, 1 h – practical)
8. Local governments (2 h – lecture, 1 h – practical)
9. Administrative procedure (2 h – lecture, 1 h – practical)
Test 3. Administrative process in the institution (1 h)
10. Administrative liability and administrative infringement proceedings (2 h – lecture, 2 h – practicals)
11. Internal and external evaluation of public administration activities (2 h – lecture, 1 h – practical)
Requirements for awarding credit points
At least 80% of the classes have to be attended. Students have to submit all the independent assignments and take all the tests. All the tests and assignments have to have a pass mark.
Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work
Homework 1. Forms of state administration activities in the field of public law. Solution of a case. To be submitted electronically.
Homework 2. Delegation of administrative tasks. Solution of a case. To be submitted electronically.
Homework 3. Administrative procedure in an institution. Drawing up an application to an institution. To be submitted electronically.
Homework 4. Administrative violation and the corpus delicti of it; administrative liability consequences. Solution of a case. To be submitted electronically.
Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes
Students’ knowledge is evaluated by means of multiple-choice tests giving a mark. The final mark represents the average mark for the tests.
Compulsory reading
1. Administratīvo pārkāpumu tiesības. Administra -tīvās atbildības likuma skaidrojumi. E. Danovska un G. Kūtra zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga: TNA, 2020., 637 lpp..
2. Administratīvā procesa likuma komentāri A un B daļa. Rīga: TNA, 2013., 1058 lpp.
3. Briede J., Danovskis E., Kovaļevska A. Administratīvās tiesības. Mācību grāmata. Rīga: TNA, 2016., 351 lpp.
4. Načisčionis J. Administratīvās tiesības. Rīga: SIA „Biznesa augstskola „Turība”, 2018., 518 lpp.
Further reading
1. Dišlers K. Ievads administratīvo tiesību zinātnē. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2002., 274 lpp.
2. Vanags E., Vilka I. Pašvaldību darbība un attīstība. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2005., 384 lpp.
3. Stucka A. Administratīvās tiesības. Otrs, pārstrādāts un papildināts izdevums. Rīga: Juridiskā koledža, 2009., 352 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Jurista Vārds: Žurnāls tiesiskai domai un praksei: www.juristavards.lv
2. E-pakalpojumi-Latvijas Tiesu Portāls: hpps://manas.tiesas.lv/eTiesas
3. Latvijas Republikas Augstākā tiesa: www.at.gov.lv
4. Ministru kabinets: https://mk.gov.lv
5. Latvijas Republikas tiesību akti: https://likumi.lv
6. Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija: http://www.varam.gov.lv
Notes
Field theoretical basic course for the ESAF professional Bachelor programme External Relations of Organizations and an elective course for Bachelor programmes of the Faculty of Economics and Social Development and the Faculty of Environment and Civil Engineering.