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FacultyFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Programme Duration3 years
Programme Workload180 ECTS
Admission RequirementsGeneral secondary or vocational secondary education
Obtainable DegreeBachelor of Social Sciences in Law
Place of the Programme ImplementationDaugavpils University, 1 Parādes Street
Forms of the Programme Implementationfull-time studies
Programme DirectorAssociated professor, Dr. iur. Anatolijs Kriviņš
Study course descriptionsStudy course descriptions

Aim of the study programme

To provide high quality, law-based academic studies, which will result in students being able to carry out activities necessary for the branch in accordance with international, European Union and Latvian legislation.

Results of the study programme

Upon completion of the study programme, students will acquire and be able to demonstrate:

Knowledge:

  1. of the structure of the state and the organisation of law enforcement institutions;
  2. of theory of law and history of its development;
  3. of respect for human rights and regulation of the European institutions’ operation;
  4. of the analysis of the concepts of civil tort, administrative offence and crime;
  5. of substantive and procedure law in various branches of legal science;
  6. of the branch of information technology;
  7. of professional ethics and issues of communication.

Skills:

  1. to orientate oneself freely in the Latvian and international legal systems;
  2. to accurately identify legal issues and the facts relevant to solving them;
  3. to select theoretical material and sources of case law in legal research;
  4. to use various research methods for detection and solution of issues in the branch;
  5. to use software and other information technologies.

Competencies:

  1. orientating oneself in political, social and cultural issues in the region, the state and the world;
  2. preparing, organising and carrying out actions in the branch of substantive and procedure law required to solve legal issues;
  3. conducting research and processing of empirical data in various sub-branches of law