VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI SCHOOL OF LAW - - SPECIFICATIONS OF BACHELOR LEVEL PROGRAM ON LAW (HONORS PROGRAM) Hanoi, September 2015 I BASIC INFORMATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM Awarding institution Teaching institution Accreditating institution Degree title Major title Program objectives Output standards Vietnam National University, Hanoi VNU School of Laws Vietnam National University, Hanoi (The Program was rated at the program-level for its quality according to the AUN-QA criteria in December 2015) The Degree of Bachelor in Law (Honors Program) Law Code: 52380101 The graduates from the Bachelor-level Program on Law (Honors Program) will have appropriate knowledge, skills, and professional ethics to research, make and implement law in state agencies, political, socio-political, and economic organizations both domestic and international, and pursue graduate education and higher, accumulated experience to become legal experts Knowledge and professional competences The Program’s graduates will be able to: - Understand and initiative-creativity apply MaxismLeninsim basic principles; Ho Chi Minh’s ideological, moral and cultural values; and basic contents of the Revolutionary lines of Vietnamese Communist Party which then help them to formulate worldviews and methodologies when approaching and reasoning contemporary issues of state and law; - Creativity apply the background knowledge of social and natural sciences in addressing relevant theoretical and practical issues; - Creativity apply the knowledge learnt from the basic courses under the program on theory and history of state and law as well as some other social-humanitarian sciences in addressing relevant theoretical and practical problems; - Creativity apply the background knowledge of legal science as provided by the general and specialized courses on constitutional law, administrative law, administrative procedure law, civil law, civil procedure law, criminal law, criminal procedure law, trade law, labor law, land-environment law, finance-banking law, public international law… in understanding and solving professional problems in practical work; - Analysis, synthesis, evaluation in-depth knowledge of law fields in analyzing, synthetizing and solving concrete problems; - Use common information processing tools (e.g.: operating systems, soft wares, Internet…) Understand and apply basic knowledge of retional database, retional database management systems; - Apply practical knowledge in learning about future jobs, able to self-orientation and adaptation in different working settings - Master skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing a foreign language equivelant to level on the scale foreign languages framework for Vietnamese - Lead in the professional work as being trained; have initiatives when performing assignments; self-study, accommulate knowledge and experience for professional development; make plans, coordinate and promote collective intellectuality Skills 2.1 Hard skills The graduates from the Program will be able to: - Fulfill complicated tasks that require theoretical and practical skills as being trained in varied contexts; have skills to analyze, synthetize, and assess data, information and collective opinions; - Capable of scientific research, Search for legal documents, analyze law, select and apply legislative regulations in solving practical problems arising in reality; - Think, perceive, analyze, and assess legal issues in a systematical manner; - Approach problems in vastly changing social contexts, develop skills of critical detection, analysis, assessment, and consultation on legal issues following the scientific basis of the training program; - Self-study, reason and apply knowledge and skills in understanding and solving legal issues in reality; - Synthetize lessons learnt for themselves in comparison with the trained knowledge; - Develop awareness of justice 2.2 Soft skills The graduates from the Program will be able to: - Work independently, work in team, solve work-related problems with logical and creative thoughts; - Have communication and presentation skills; - Have skills of searching for information, studying documents and materials; compiling documents and analytical reports; - Have skills of negociating, consulting and working with clients; - Have skills of adaption and management over changes in dramatically changing environments both domestic and international; - Have listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of a foreign language equivalent to level in 6-scale foreign languages framework for Vietnamese - Use computers and some common software programs fluently such as: WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT Ethical qualities 3.1 Personal ethical qualities The graduates from the Program will: - Have standard behaviors and speech; - Be ready to overcome and cope with difficulties, challenges; - Have desire and passion for studying and working purposes; - Hold a friendly attitude to friends, colleagues, and partners; - Be hardworking, enthusiastic, and creative; - Be proactive and confident at work, be responsible, and courageous at expressing personal viewpoints and be an active listener 3.2 Professional ethical qualities The graduates from the Program will: - Master ethical qualities necessary for a lawyer; have a sense of respecting and implementing law; be competent, honest and objective; - Have serious, scientific, and responsible spirit for assigned tasks and have desire and passion, cooperative, friendly attitudes towards colleages and other individuals at work 3.3 Social ethical qualities The graduates from the Program will: - Have a sense of patriotism; - Have a sense of civic responsibility; - Have conciousness of implementing , respecting and protecting law; - Have a sense of building and protecting interests of community and society to make contributions to building a fair, democratic and civilized society Jobs after graduation The graduates from the Program will be able to: - Group 1: Work as a teacher and/or a researcher in research and/or education institutions with regard of law, administration, politics such as universities, colleges, secondary vocational training schools, centers, research institutes in relevant fields; - Group 2: Work for state agencies including law enforcement organizations such as courts, procuratorates, law enforcement bodies, police agencies… and other state organizations from central to local levels; the Party agencies and socio-political Standard input Comparison program Teaching, and strategies learning assessing Instructions on implementation of the training programs organizaitons; - Group 3: Work for firms which provide legal services as a lawyer and/or a counselor like law companies, law offices, notary offices either domestic or international; function as a legal specialist and/or a counselor in companies, enterprises that have demands for employing highly-qualified personnel in law to facilitate their production, business activities; - Group 4: Work for non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations and/or international organizations that implement law-related activities Students are selected through the university entrance examinations and an admission process in accordance with the regulations of VNU and VNU School of Law The training program is built on the basis of being compared with the training programs of: - Faculty of Japanese Studies, Osaka National University, Japan - Cambridge University, England - Santa Barbara University, United States - Harvard University, United States - Beijing Foreign Studies University, China - Singapore National University - Taxas University at Austine, United States - Thamasat University, Thailand - Sheffield University, England - The teaching, learning strategies are communicated widely - Students are provided with sufficient information of the training time frames, instructed on how to follow the training program - Each syllabus contains the study and exams information depending on unique characteristics of the course as designed by the lecturer (s) The Bechalor-level Training Program on Law is designed for the candidates who have passed VNU’s annual university entrance examinations After admission, the students will be introduced of the training curriculum framework on the opening day of the Program and instructed on how to register for elective courses Based on the appoved curricula, the School’s Office of Academic Affairs will develop a learning plan for the whole Program included timetables, courses to be provided in the semester in accord with the training curricula The yearly learning plan is communicated to: VNU (for information only); the School of Law’s Board of Management; the relevant units inside VNU; the divisions under the School of Law; the academic staff; the students of graduate and undergraduate programs; and made available in the School’s website The School’s Subject Sections are responsibile for assigning lecturers following the yearly learning plan and proposing assessment modes Then the School’s Dean decides which assessment mode will be chosen After accomplishing all the courses under the training program, the students will be awarded with a Degree of Bachelor in Law by VNU’s President 160 credits Full-time of Vietnamese (English) Total credit units Mode of study Language (s) instruction Training duration years Date of 18th September 2015 (final version, current) issuance/amendement of the training curriculum Place of issuance VNU II TRAINING CURRICULUM II.1 Requirements Total credit units: 160 credits General knowledge blocks: 32 credits (excluded Physical education, National defence education, Complementary skills) - General knowledge of the field credits + Compulsory: credits + Elective: 4/19 credits - General knowledge of discipline group 27 credits + Compulsory: 25 credits + Elective: 2/6 credits - Basic knowledge of discipline subgroup 66 credits + Compulsory: 60 credits + Elective: 6/12 credits - Specialized knowledge of discipline 29 credits + Compulsory: 12 credits + Elective: 6/12 credits + Graduate thesis/alternative courses: 11 credits - Foreign language courses which are of the basic courses are taken into account of the total credit units of the whole training curriculum, however their scores are not included in end-of-semester mean scores, end-of-the-course mean scores, and accumulative mean scores - The total credit units of the Training Curriculum are 135 excluding the credit units of Physical Education, National Defence Education, and Soft Skills courses II.2 Training curriculum No Codes Titles Cre dits Credit hours Theory Practi cum Self study 24 36 PHI1004 20 10 PHI1005 42 POL1001 17 28 16 40 20 50 General knowledge block I PHI1004 PHI1005 POL1001 HIS1002 INT1004 (excluded Physical Education , National Defense Education, Soft Skills) Fundamental Principles of Marxism – Leninism Fundamental Principles of Marxism – Leninism Ho Chi Minh Ideology The Revolutionary Line of the Communist Party of Vietnam Introduction to Informatics Foreign Language FLF2101 General English FLF2201 General Russian FLF2301 General French FLF2401 General Chinese Foreign Language 32 FLF2102 General English FLF2101 FLF2202 General Russian FLF2201 FLF2302 General French FLF2301 FLF2402 General Chinese FLF2401 Foreign Language 20 50 FLF2103 General English FLF2102 FLF2203 General Russian FLF2202 FLF2303 General French FLF2302 FLF2403 General Chinese FLF2402 Foreign Language 10 Physical Education 20 50 No Codes Titles Cre dits 11 National Defence Education 12 Soft skills Knowledge blocks of the field Compulsory General Logics II II.1 13 PHI1051 II.2 Elective Credit hours Practi Theory cum 20 Prerequisite Self study 4/19 14 PSY1050 General Psychology 24 15 BSA2004 Management Study 24 18 16 INE1014 General Economics 20 17 S0C1050 28 30 20 2 18 6 18 19 20 General Sociology Fundamentals of Vietnamese HIS1056 Culture Environment and Sustainable EVS1001 Development MAT1078 Statistics for Sociology III III.1 Knowledge blocks of discipline group 27 Compulsory 25 21 THL1052 General Theory of State and Law 54 12 22 THL1058 History of State and Law 54 12 23 CAL2001 Constitutional Law 60 15 24 CAL2002 Administrative Law 60 15 25 THL1053 Comparative Law 24 26 CIL2001 Roman Law 24 27 CAL1050 24 28 CAL2003 Elective History of Political and Legal Theories Legal Documents Making 18 6 29 THL3006 Legal Sociology 14 12 30 CAL3008 Political Science 24 Knowledge blocks of dicipline subgroups 66 Compulsory 60 III.2 IV IV.1 15 CAL2001 2/8 CAL2002 No Codes Titles Cre dits Credit hours Practi Theory cum Prerequisite Self study 31 CIL2002 Civil Law 26 THL1052 32 CIL2009 Civil Law 52 CIL2002 33 CIL2010 Civil Law 52 CIL2009 34 CRL1109 Criminal Law 50 10 15 THL1052 35 CRL1110 Criminal Law 36 12 12 CRL1109 36 BSL2052 Commercial Law 48 12 CIL2012 37 BSL2102 Commercial Law 48 12 BSL2052 38 BSL1004 Finance Law 24 BSL2001 39 BSL1105 Banking Law 39 BSL2052 40 BSL1101 Law on Land and Environment 48 12 CAL2102 41 CIL2004 Marriage and Family Law 26 CIL2009 42 CRL2103 Criminal Procedure Law 36 12 CRL1109 43 CIL2105 Civil Procedure Law 48 12 CIL2013 44 BSL2103 Labor Law 48 12 BSL2052 45 INL2101 Public International Law 40 20 15 CAL2101 46 INL2002 Private International Law 35 16 CIL2010 IV.2 47 CAL3007 48 BSL2008 49 CRL2010 50 CIL3003 51 INL3003 52 THL2002 V V.1 Elective Theories and Law on Anticorruption Competition Law Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgements Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments International Maritime Law Introduction to Critical Legal Thinking 12 6/12 24 24 BSL2001 18 CRL1003 26 CIL2105 16 CIL2013 24 Specialized knowledge blocks of discipline 29 Compulsory 12 53 INL2003 International Comercial Law 16 BSL2001 54 CAL3004 Administrative Procedure Law 20 CAL2002 55 CIL3002 Intellectual Property Law 26 CIL2009 No Codes 56 BSL2010 57 CAL3012 58 CRL3002 V.2 Cre dits Titles Securities Law Theories and Law on Human Rights Criminology Credit hours Practi Theory cum Prerequisite Self study 24 BSL2001 24 THL1052 18 6 CRL1010 14 12 THL1052 24 CAL2001 16 CRL1010 26 BSL2002 59 THL2001 60 CAL3006 61 CRL2011 62 BSL2026 Elective State and Law of ASEAN Countries Foreign Constitutional Law Introduction to Criminal Justice System Legal Consultancy Skill 63 CIL2005 Civil dispute resolution skills 26 CIL2009 64 INL2008 International Judicial Institutions 26 INL2101 65 THL2004 Sources of Law Graduation thesis/alternative courses Annual Essay - Internship Thesis/alternative modules for a thesis (select courses M3; M4; M5 that the students haven’t taken yet) Total 24 V.3 66 FOL4001 67 FOL4053 6/14 11 160 III TIME FRAMES III.1 Training duration: 04 years (divided into 08 semesters) Year 1: 44credits Semester 1: 21 credits Codes Course titles PHI1004 The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism INT1004 Computer Science No of credits (equivalent to credit hours: theory/practice/self-study) 2(24/6/0) 3(17/28/6) 10 the government uses policy tools (financial policy, monetary policy, foreign trade policy) to stabilize the economic growth 16 SOC1050 General sociology: 02 credits This module provides the students a systematic and basic knowledge of sociology including: subjects, functions, development process, concepts, categories and principles, to-do-research areas, some theories and methodologies of sociology Based on the basic concepts, the students will be able to understand the relationships between individuals, community and society At the end of the module, the students will be able to understand the positions, roles of individuals, social groups, institutions, social organizations, the elite and social classes in a society 17 HIS1056 Fundalmentals of Vietnamese Culture: 03 credits This module introduces cultural concepts such as culture, civilization It provides the students with general knowledge to help them explain different aspects of Vietnamese culture like: relationships between the people, the natural environment, the social environment in Vietnam and the culture; the typical features of the cultural exchanges, exposure in Vietnam and the highlights of the exchanges between the culture of Vietnam and that of China, India, and the West This module also introduces basic elements of Vietnamese culture such as language, religion (Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity), religious belief (lingaism, Thanh Hoang worshipping practices, Worship of Mother Goddesses practices); presentation of cultural history of Vietnam from prehistory to now or typical feasutes of cultural áreas in Vietnam Then, it orientates the student’s awareness of Vietnam’s modern cultural development base don the preservation, promotion of traditional values, integration and reception of new cultural values 18 EVS1001 Environment and Sustainable Development: 02 credits This course provides the students with a system of concepts on natural resources, enviroment and development The concepts and process of sustainable development in the world and Vietnam Characteristics, causes and effects of enviromental recession and population, relationships between the enviroment and technological, economic, and social development This course also introduces legal, economic, technological tools to protect the enviroment; programs, fields and objectives of sustainable development… 19 MAT1078 Statistics for Sociology: 02 credits This course equips the students with some basic, simple results of applied statistics to handle two important and common quantities: rate and average Specifically, it refers to parameter estimation, examination of hypothesis relevant to ratio and average when comparing two averages, two ratios, testing the independence between the two quantities; correlation and regression between the two variables 20 THL1052 General Theory of State and Law: credits 18 This subject provides the students with basic knowledge of state, law, form, function, and apparatus of state, relationships between state and individuals It covers fundalmental categories of state and law: law of formulation, development, existance of state and law; trends of movement of state and law phenomenon It also introduces the basic knowledge of law including properties, functions, source, and principles; relationships between law and state and other regulatory tools and social institutions; rule of law, civil society The subject also consists of issues like legal amendment mechanism, relationships between building, implementing, and applying law; sense of law, legal culture 21 THL1058 History of State and Law: credit This course introduces methods on how to approach historical issues of state and law; basic and systematical knowledge of state, law in Vietnam and the world, methods of comparison so as to identify principles, similaries and differences of state organization, system of law in history, references, selective heritage in modern society The course introduces basic characteristics of organization and operation of state in historical process, relationships between state and socio-political institutions Main characteristics of the legal system, methods of building and enforcement of law, legal thoughts, legal culture; relationships between law and means of social adjusment, moral basis of law Heritable values of state apparatus organization, typical laws in modern society 22 CAL2001 Constitutional Law: 04 credits This course provides the students with basic knowledge of constitutional law – the law that governs the democratically polical regime in Vietnam at present; ways to organize and govern the apparatus of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in accord with the existing convention, in comparison with the organization and governance of countries in the world It is the rule of law of the people, for the people, the state‘s power is unified with division and collaboration between the power of making law, implementing law and judging law 23 CAL2002 Administrative Law: 04 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001 This course provides the students with a basic understanding of the administrative law; state management; administrative breach, implementation of administrative breach and controlling measures (mornitor, test, inspection, auditing) over state management activities; resolving legal disputes arising in state management activities 24 THL1053 Comparative law: credits This course covers the following contents: General issues of comparative law; Traditions of Roman-Germany law; Financial institutes under public and private laws; Legal resources of the legal systems under Roman-Germany legal traditions; Traditions of Common Law; Traditions of Moslim law; Legal systems of China and Japan; Legal system of some Asean countries 25 CIL2001 Roman Law: credits 19 This course provides an introduction of Roman private law as constituent elements of the legal system that has the deepest and strongests impacts on development of modern laws to help the students understand legal theories of a society built on the basis of private ownership The course also the students how to access in a systematic manner to legal regulations of subject, jus in rem, jus in personam, inheritance rights, marriage and family, procedures and methods of civil action in the process of formulation, movement and development and their impacts on the current civil laws 26 CAL1050 History of Political and Legal Theories: 02 credits This course introduces political theories of ancient Greece, ancient Roman, ancient India, ancient China, Western Europe in the middle age, the West in modern times, political ideology of Marxism-Leninism, the history of Vietnam’s political thought, Ho Chi Minh’s political ideology This is the basis of the formation of the ideology, political theories, the basic works of political thinkers, the notions of political thinkers of the origin, nature of political power, state organizations, ruling regimes 27 CAL2003 Legal Documents Making; Prerequisite: CAL2002 This course provides the students with the fundalmental knowledge of legal documents, systems of legal documents and skills, techniques of drafting common legal documents The prerequisite of this course is the Administrative law 28 THL3006 Legal Sociology: credits In this course, the students are provided with basic, update knowledge of legal sociology, social decisiveness of law; relationships between law, state and social phenomena; positions, roles and applicable values of legal sociology The major contents of this course are included: dialectic relationships between law and life; legal system in a comprehensive manner in practice; sociology of legislation, sociology of legal behaviors, sociology of law enforcement and implementation; sociology of legal violation, socialization of law The course also introduces some methods on how to approach schools of legal sociology, theory of legal sociology survey, application of legal sociology in doing research, resolving legal matters 29 CAL3008 Political Science: credits The students are introduced of the basic knowlege of political science as a whole and in relation with institutions and forms of social consciousness This knowledge provides a basis for further studying varied aspects of politics and political activities in the world and Vietnam 30 CIL2002 Civil Law 1: credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001 This course provides the knowledge of civil law – an essential component of the law system in Vietnam including: legal status, legal standards for individual behaviors, legal persons, and other subjects; rights and obligations regarding subjects of personal identigy and property in civil, marriage and family, business, trade and labor relations 20 31 CIL2012 Civil law 2: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002 This course provides the students with foundation theories of the law of obligations – one of the most typical and important fields in private law The course is composed of generic theories of obligations, theory of contract, theory of legal non-contractual liability, and theoretical basis of other obligations 32 CIL2010 Civil law 3: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002 This course provides the students with basic principles of property and inheritance – basic and typical fields of private law The course is composed of theory of property law such as property, property classification, onwership and other jus in rem, forms of property and theory of inheritance law 33 CRL1009 Criminal Law 1: credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001 This course provides the students with basic and specialized knowledge of General Part of Vietnamese Criminal Law including: concepts, duties and principles of criminal law; history of Vietnamese criminal law; criminal acts; concepts of crime and crime classification, theory of crime and constituent elements to crime; phases of crime; partners in crime; cases where criminal liabilities are eliminated; criminal liability and penality; sentences; exemption, reduction and remission of criminal penalities; criminal liability for juveline offenders 34 CRL1010; Criminal Law 2: credits; Prerequisite: CRL1009 The module provides the students with basic and deep knowledge of types of crime under Vietnamese Criminal Law including general theory of the crime and the basics of types of crime under the Criminal Law; the crimes of national security; the crimes of moral rights of man; the crimes infringing democratic freedoms of citizens; the crimes of ownership; the crimes of marriage and family; the crimes of economic management order; the crimes of the environment; drug-related crimes; the crimes of public safety, public order, administrative order of the state; positions crimes; the criminal justice infringing activities; the crimes of duties and responsibilities of military personnel; sabotage of peace, against humanity, war crimes; as well as criminal liability and penalties for each type of crime 35 BSL2001 Commercial Law 1: 03 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002 The course equips the students with knowledge of general commercial law, the components of this law with a focus on the legal status of traders The course also provides the students with the knowledge about the legal characteristics of types of trader including from sole traders to different types of companies, the establishment, administration and the dissolution of the traders 36 BSL2002; Commercial Law 2: 03 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002 21 This course mainly equips the students with knowledge of the commercial practices of traders, including: general theory of commercial practices, commercial acts or contracts due to the nature In addition, the course also provides the legal knowledge about bankruptcy for traders and the law on dispute resolution in the business, trade 37 BSL1004 Financial Law: credits; Prerequisite: BSL2001 The course provides the basic knowledge about the establishment of financial resource, utility of financial resources and management of the State over financial resources The course focuses on theory of public finance, state budget, public finance law; roles of State; decentralization of state management over state budget, authority of state agencies in manageming state budget funds, creation and use of monetary funds in the process of implementing the state budget estimates; management and use of ODA funds, financial management over business units, state audit and solving breach of the Law on State Budget 38 BSL1005; Banking Law: credits; Prerequisite: BSL2001 The course provides the students with the basic, in-depth and systematic knowledge of theoretical issues of the banking law, amendments to this law which will give the students a basis to further research and an overview of the legal status of the Central Bank, credit institutions, the banking law for operations of credit organizations, and others involved in banking activities 39 BSL2020 Law on Land-Environment: credits; Prerequisite: CAL2002 The course covers two main topics: the law of the land and the law of the environment The land legislation provides the students with basic knowledge of the administrative procedures in the management and use of land and the order of execution of the rights of land users The law of the environment provides an introduction of the environment, legal evaluation of environmental standards, the basic knowledge about the report on environmental impact assessment, environmental protection commitment, the law on protection of natural resources, forest and fishery resources, protection of biodiversity, protection of water resources, and protection of cultural heritage 40 CIL2004; Marriage and Family Law: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2010 The course equips the students with knowledge of the Law on Marriage and Family in Vietnam - an important part of the legal system in Vietnam The Law on Marriage and Family in Vietnam defines legal status, legal standards for personal behaviors as the subject of marriage and family; rights and obligations of individuals and the personal identity and property in marriage and family relations that are responsible for protecting the rights and legitimate interests of individuals in marriage and family relations, especially children 41 CRL1003: Criminal Procedure Law: credits; Prerequisite: CRL1009 The course provides the students with basic and in-depth knowledge of the Criminal Procedure Law in Vietnam including: concepts, tasks and basic principles of 22 criminal law and development of the Law in Vietnam; agencies conducting legal proceedings, persons who conduct the proceedings, and persons who participate in the proceedings; evidence and demonstration in criminal proceedings; the preventive measures to be applied in the process of settling the criminal case; criminal prosecution, investigation, adjudication and enforcement; cassation, retrial; settling procedures in cases where the accused and the indictees are juveline; procedures of compulsory treatment measures; summary procedures in solving criminal cases and matters of complaints and denunciations, and international cooperation in criminal proceedings 42 CIL1008; Civil Procedure Law: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002 The course provides the students with basic knowledge of the order and procedures for settling civil cases of protection of the legitimate rights and interests of individuals, agencies and organizations in court The main topics to be studied are included: theoretical issues about the Civil Procedure Law and practices in judicial bodies such as: concepts and basic principles of the Civil Procedure Law; duties and powers of the agency conducting the proceedings, personnel who conduct the proceedings 43 BSL2003 Labor Law: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002 The course provides the students with basic knowledge about the Labor Law including: Amendment objects, amendment methods, basic principles of the Vietnam Labor Law; relations of labor law; vocational training; Concept, meanings, contents, forms and contracting of labor; Void labor contracts; Sublease of labor; Some legal issues on wages; The hours of work and rest; Safety and occupational health; Disciplinary and material liability; Labor disputes and settlement of labor disputes; Strikes and settlement of labor strikes; State management over labor 44 INL2101 Public International Law: credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001 The course equips the students with basic knowledge of principles and international regulations based on the consensus and voluntary of nations – fundalmental subjects of the international law This course can be divided into two parts The first part introduces the basic theory of the international law such as basic principles; the doctrine of scholars; subject of international law; history of formation and development of international law; and the influence of international law on domestic law The second part refers to specific issues in international relations between countries such as the international maritime law; the international humanitarian law; the diplomatic and consular law; and international criminal law The course helps the students further study the international legal issues such as: the international criminal law; the international human rights law… 45 INL2006 Private International Law: credits; Prerequisite: CIL1008 The course refers to the basic theory about private international law as a legal science and a specifically legislative sector in national laws; conflict of laws and the application of foreign law; principles and provisions made to the laws of Vietnam on solving conflict of laws in terms of: the legal capacity of individuals and legal entities; 23 ownership; contract; non-contractual damage liability; inheritance; marriage and family; labor; principles and substantive provisions of the laws of Vietnam directly adjust the relations of civil nature with foreign elements; The issue of international civil procedure and international commercial arbitration 46 CAL3007 Theories and Law on Anti-corruption: credits The course provides the students with comprehensive knowledge of the theoretical and legal issues on anti-corruption, including: concepts, nature of corruption; forms of corruption; the causes and effects of corruption; the necessity and significance of the prevention of corruption; Theory, law, and practical experience of preventing and combating corruption in some countries in the world; Ho Chi Minh Ideology and the views and policies of the Party, the State of Vietnam on corruption and prevention of corruption, and particularly the international legal framework and Vietnam on the prevention of corruption 47 BSL2008 Competition Law: credits; Prerequisite: BSL2002 The course provides the learners with basic knowledge on competition and policy, competition law It helps the learners identify, analyze and assess competition restriction acts, including competition-restricting agreements, abuse of dominant market position, monopoly position and economic centralization; identify and analyze behaviors of unfair competition; master the rules of management over competition in Vietnam in comparison to some countries in the world; understand the provisions of the orders and procedures for settling competition cases; understand the provisions on breach to competition law 48 CRL2010 Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgements: 02 credits; Prerequisite: CRL1003 The course offers basic knowledge about the law on enforcement of criminal judgement included: Concepts, tasks and principles of the law on enforcement of criminal judgement; agencies of enforcement of criminal judgement and legal status of the convicted person; the implementation of the death penalty, termed imprisonment penalty, life imprisonment penalty; enforcement of penalties that are not deprived of liberty, judicial measures; implementation of the exemption from penalty execution, remission of penalty execution, remission of criminal law and criminal enforcement in some countries in the world 49 CIL3003 Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgements: credits Prerequisite: CIL1008 The course provides basic knowledge on process and procedures of enforcement of criminal judgments and civil decisions of courts and other decisions in accordance with law It covers the theoretical issues of enforcement of civil law such as: concepts of enforcement of civilian law; jurisdiction, statute, principles of civil judgment execution; agencies, organizations and individuals participating in a civil judgment… 24 50 INL3003 Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments: credits; Prerequisite: INL2101 The course provides the students with the legal principles, international legal and the laws of Vietnam that regulate international maritime law issues, namely: context of birth of international maritime law, ship and nationality of the ship, registration, registry, pledge, mortgage and arrestment of the ship, cargo by sea, charter party, ship owner's liability for pollution due to oil spill caused by the collision and salvage, rescue at sea, marine insurance 51 THL2002 Introduction to Critical Legal Thinking: credits Critical legal thinking is part of the thinking method in the legal science field The course consists of parts: Theory of methods and laws of thought; Specific skills and methods of critical legal thinking; Critical thinking in debating legal issues and critical thinking in application of the law Through teaching under specific legal situations, thereby generalizing the theoretical issues of the rule of critical legal thinking, the students will have access to a system of knowledge about the skills and methods of critical legal thinking, and the method of thinking in debating legal issues and methods of thinking in the application of legal activities 52 INL2003 International Comercial Law: credits; Prerequisite: INL 2006 In this course, the students are provided with theoretical and practical knowledge of international commercial law including contents: The theoretical issues of international commercial law; The provisions of the WTO in trade in goods, services, intellectual property and trade-related investments; The theoretical and practical issues of legal transactions in international trade contracts such as contracts of international sale of goods, contracts of international transport, contracts of international insurance, contracts of international technology transfer It also provides the necessary knowledge on issues such as billing, international credit, international e-commerce; The theoretical and practical issues of resolving international trade disputes, such as negotiation, conciliation, arbitration, court 53 CAL3004 Administrative Procedure Law: credits; Prerequisite: CAL2002 The students are provided with both theoretical knowledge and skills on the process and content of a trial of administrative cases The students will be able to practice the trial of administrative cases during the course and have the knowledge that can be applied immediately in practice In the course, the students will have access to basic concepts such as administrative cases, organization of the administrative court system, the type of work under the jurisdiction of the Administrative Court; the conditions for acceptance of administrative cases; and orders of a trial of administrative cases; the scope of intervention of courts in administrative activities and administrative enforcement 54 CIL3002; Intellectual Property Law: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2009 25 In this course, the learners are provided with basic knowledge on protection of intellectual property rights: concepts and protection conditions for the objects of intellectual property rights; orders and procedures for establishing intellectual property rights, content and limitations on intellectual property rights; holders of intellectual property rights; determination of infringement of intellectual property rights; protection of intellectual property rights by civil, administrative, criminal means and control of exports and imports related to intellectual property 55 BSL2010 Securities Law: credits; Prerequisite: BSL2002 The course equips the students with basic knowledge about the stock market, accordingly the students will study basic theoretical issues of securities and securities markets, stock market as one of three types of market financial markets that is essential for university students In addition, the course also introduces the students to practical application of the provisions of the law on the securities market in Vietnam 56 CAL3012; Theories and Law on Human Rights: 02 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2002 The course provides the students with comprehensive knowledge of theoretical and legal issues on human rights, including: concept, origin, nature and characteristics, the development history of ideology about human rights in the world and Vietnam; system of international norms and laws of Vietnam on human rights; mechanisms of protection and promotion of human rights; views and policies of the Party and the State of Vietnam on human rights 57 CRL3002 Criminology: credits; Prerequisite: CRL1003 The course provides the basic knowledge of criminology: Concept, objects and methodologies of criminology; views on theoretical criminology; situation of crime; causes of crime; identification of offenders; mechanisms of the offense; victims of crime; forecast of crime; prevention of crime 58 THL2001 State and Law of ASEAN Countries: credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001 The course provides basic knowledge about state institutions and legal systems of the ASEAN countries; the issued covered in this course are designed under the basic categories of state and law: organization of power of state, sharing and controling mechanism of power, organizational structure of central, local, self-governed apparatus; Typical characteristics of each country in selection, application of the model and structure of the state is introduced also 59 CAL3006 Foreign Constitutional Law: 02 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001 The module provides the students with basic knowledge of constitutionalism and an introduction of the constitution, development of the constitution, constitutional forms, the source of constitutional law, the constitution and the human rights, the electoral 26 system of state in the world, models of governmental organization of some states in the world, development trends of constitution in the future 60 CRL2011 Introduction to Criminal Justice System: 02 credits; Prerequisite: CRL1003 The module provides the basic and in-depth knowledge of the criminal justice system including: concept, main characteristics and purpose; concept and components; functions and role; efficiency and effectiveness criteria; and direction for improved efficiency of the criminal justice systems in the stage of construction of the rule of law 61 BSL2026 Legal Consultancy Skill: credits; Prerequisite: BSL2002 The course provides the students with basic skills of how to legal counselling in two forms: spoken couselling and paper counselling - a counselling letter In this course, the students will study skills of legal consultancy such as reception of ask for advice, giving legal opinions, legal solutions to protect customers’ rights and their legitimate interests 62 CIL2005 Civil dispute resolution skills: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2009 The course equips the students with basic knowledge and skills for resolving civil, marriage and family disputes such as contract disputes, disputes about inheritances, disputes over rights of raising children, alimony, division of common property of spouses during marriage and after divorce 63 INL2007 International Judicial Institutions: credits; Prerequisite: CIL2009 The course provides the students with the order and procedures for settling economic, commercial disputes with foreign elements and ensure the enforcement of the judgments and decisions of courts, arbitration in economic, commercial cases with foreign elements, with the following fundamental issues: Jurisdiction of economic, commercial disputes with foreign elements; Legal status of foreigners, legal entities and foreign state in proceedings; International judicial authorization; Recognition and enforcement of judgments and decisions of courts, foreign arbitration 65 THL2004 Sources of Law It provides basic knowledge about the sources of law, the approach and skills of analysis, evaluation and application of the sources of law The content of this module focuses on key issues such as the formation and development of sources of law, the trends of sources of law approaches in the context of building the rule of law , international integration, protection of human rights and sustainable development Students are able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of each type of source law and the principles of the legal application in practice 27 V MATRIX OF COURSES’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL STANDARD OUTPUT OF THE TRAINING CURRICULUM Standard output Knowledge Hard skills Soft skills Ethics Courses X X X X X X X X X X X X 5 X X 10 11 12 13 14 15 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 10 11 12 13 X X X X X X X X X X X 14 X X 15 X X 16 X X X 17 X X 18 X 19 20 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 21 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 28 Standard output Knowledge Hard skills Soft skills Ethics Courses 25 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 28 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 29 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 30 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 31 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 32 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 33 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 34 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 35 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 36 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 37 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 38 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 39 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 40 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 41 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 42 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 43 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 44 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 45 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 46 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 47 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 48 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 49 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 50 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 51 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 29 Standard output Knowledge Hard skills Soft skills Ethics Courses 52 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 53 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 54 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 55 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 56 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 57 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 58 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 59 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 60 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 61 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 62 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 63 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 65 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 66 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 67 X X X X X X X X X 30 VI ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT 6.1 Assessment of the courses Objectives Mode (s) Criterion of the assessment Proportion Partial assessment Regular assessment Mid-term assessment The lecturer (s) will use The lecturer (s) will conduct different techniques of assessment activities at the assessment to examine the planned time as stated in the mastery of knowledge and skills syllabus to measure the mastery as designed for the course (s), in level of the students addition they may gather feedbacks that help them and the students modify their teaching and learning activities for appropriateness Decided by the lecturer (s) Decided by the lecturer (s) (constructed-response exam, (constructed-response exam, mulple-choice test, oral test, big multiple-choice tests, oral test, assignment, or mixture of these big assignment, or mixture of modes depending on the these modes depending on syllabus) syllabus) Fulfill quantity of Able to master classroomassignments as required; based and self-studied Able to make a summary of knowledge; the knowledge; Able to judge the status of the Able to withdraw the law problems of research; Able to apply relevant legal Able to demonstrate self- regulations; studied knowledge Based on the syllabus but not allowed to exceed 40 per cent Final-term assessment The School will conduct assessment activities to measure the mastery of the knowledge as defined for the course and its relations with the other course (s) Decided by the Dean of the School (constructed-response exam, multiple-choice tests, oral test, big assignment, or mixture of these modes depending on syllabus) Able to master systemtic knowledge in relation with other courses; Able to approach the problems properly Able to use knowledge in solving complicated legal situations; Able to suggest appropriate law proposals and reasoning Based on the syllabus but compulsorily 60 per cent at minimum 6.2 Assessment of academic performance The students will be assessed for their academic performance at the end of the semester according to the following criteria: - The knowledge that the students have been provided with is equal to the total credit units of the courses (excluded elective courses) that they have registered for attendance in the semester - The accumulative knowledge is the total credit units of the courses that have been assessed as pass at the beginning of the program 31 - Semester mean scores refer to mean scores upon the credit block weight of the courses that the students have attended in the semester (included the courses assessed as pass and failure) - Course mean scores refer to mean score upon the credit block weight of the courses the students have participated in since the beginning of the program till the time of consideration (included the courses assessed as pass and failure) - Accumulative mean scores refer to mean score upon the credit block weight of the courses assessed as pass and/or failure that the students have accumulated since the beginning of the program till the time of consideration Hanoi, 25 September 2015 On behalf of the Dean of the School of Law DEPUTY DEAN Nguyễn Thị Quế Anh 32 ... hours: theory/practice/self-study) 2(24/6/0) 3(17/28/6) 10 Foreign Language 4(16/40/4) Logic học đại cương General Logics THL1052 General Theory of State and Law 2(20/6/4) 5(54/12/9) CAL2001