From the general part of civil law to family law.
The Civil Law Chair team teaches courses in the key areas of substantive civil law, showing their significance in legal practice and case law.
The Chair's teaching offer includes both core courses that form the foundation of legal education and specialised courses devoted to selected institutions of private law. Classes take the form of lectures, exercises, workshops, conversation classes and seminars. Detailed information about the currently taught courses is available in the USOS catalogue.
Teaching areas
General part of civil law
Basic concepts and institutions of civil law: subjects of law, legal acts, representation, time limits and prescription. Classes show how the constructions of the general part operate throughout the system of private law.
Property law
Ownership, perpetual usufruct, limited property rights, possession, land registers and mortgages. The institutions of property law are discussed through the prism of the protection of rights to things, real estate transactions and court practice.
Obligations
General and special parts of the law of obligations: contracts, contractual and tort liability, unjust enrichment and performance of obligations. Classes focus on the functioning of institutions in legal practice.
Succession law
Statutory and testamentary succession, reserved share, liability for inheritance debts and division of estate. Classes cover both code constructions and practical problems of universal succession.
Family and guardianship law
Marriage, matrimonial property regimes, kinship, parental authority, guardianship and curatorship. Classes address family relations from the perspective of the protection of close persons, responsibility and the property consequences of family ties.
Master's and doctoral seminars
Seminars held at the Chair serve in-depth work on selected problems of private law. Students and doctoral researchers develop research topics under the supervision of the Chair's professors and habilitated doctors.
How we teach
The teaching conducted at the Chair focuses on understanding the institutions of civil law, not merely on knowing the provisions. For this reason, classes combine analysis of legal regulations with the achievements of doctrine, the case law of the Supreme Court and common courts, and the discussion of factual states.
Course catalogue
The current teaching offer and detailed syllabi are available in the USOS system of the University of Warsaw.
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