Study:	Civil Law - 9. semester Commercial Law - 9. semester Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester Criminal Law - 9. semester International Law - 9. semester The European Union Law - 9. semester
Code:	186981
ECTS:	4.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Jasenko Marin prof. dr. sc. Nikoleta Radionov doc. dr. sc. Mišo Mudrić doc. dr. sc. Iva Savić
Exam dates:	27. 01. 2020. 10. 02. 2020. 20. 04. 2020. 01. 06. 2020. 15. 06. 2020. 29. 06. 2020. 31. 08. 2020. 14. 09. 2020. Exam registration: Studomat

Literature:

Robert Merkin; Insurance Law: An Introduction; CRC Press (2014), str. (object Object) - to be made available to students during the course; Course Materials;

Description:

Cognitive Skills:

Knowledge and understanding

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- define the basic types of insurance

- define main insurance law sources

- explain the importance of insurance law in everyday life and commercial activities

- explain the legal framework of conducting insurance business

- critically assess and recognize the role of insurance and insurance industry in trade

- distinguish between the specific legal institutes of insurance law within the context of international trade

- explain the relationship between the parties to an insurance contract, and third parties

- discuss the role and importance of liability insurance

- explain the particularities of special risks coverage (war risks, terrorism risks and natural disasters risks)

- explain the role of reinsurance in international trade

Practical and Generic Skills:

Application

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- interpret the individual legal institute of insurance law present in insurance contracts

- apply the individual legal institute of insurance law present in insurance contracts in practice

- apply the knowledge on insurance law in understanding the international trade

- demonstrate the ability to resolve legal issues arising from insurance contracts and practical examples

- allocate the applicable statutory solution to practical examples

- utilize statutory norms and case practice in insurance law

 

Analysis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- categorize main types of insurance

- differentiate between main types of insurance

- demonstrate the understanding of life insurance legal issues

- differentiate between the life insurance and accident insurance contracts

- demonstrate the understanding of property insurance legal issues

- demonstrate the understanding of cargo insurance legal issues

- demonstrate the understanding of transport insurance legal issues

- demonstrate the understanding of liability insurance legal issues

- differentiate between reinsurance and insurance contracts

- understand the influence of international and European law on the domestic law regulation of insurance law

- question the adequacy of current regulation of specific legal institute of insurance law with a view on de lege ferenda

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Synthesis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- construct the interconnectivity between insurance law and international trade

- discern the rights and obligations of parties to insurance contracts

- adjourn the correct legal norms application in concrete insurance law case examples

- construct the interrelationship between different actors in insurance and reinsurance constructs

- define the logical structure of statutory and proprietary insurance law aspects

 

Evaluation

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- compare the legal structure of relationships occurring in different type of insurance contracts

- evaluate the level of statutory regulation of parties’ rights and obligations and the level of contractual regulation of parties’ rights and obligations

- evaluate the quality of statutory norms regulating the insurance practice

- estimate the benefits and deficiencies of individual legal institutes of insurance law

- evaluate the relevant circumstances of each insurance case example and select the most appropriate legal remedy

- compare the similarities and differences between different type of insurance contracts

 

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- publicly present the aforementioned skills and knowledge

- present with clear and structured flow of information, with clear explanation of given opinions

- demonstrate the adopted communication skills

- demonstrate the adopted general legal logic

- demonstrate the ability of independent professional performance in the field of insurance law

- demonstrate the ability of critical analysis of critical insurance law issues

- demonstrate the ability of producing argumentative opinions and actions in insurance case examples

Consultations schedule:

• prof. dr. sc. Jasenko Marin :

  Tuesday, 14-15 pm

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 12
• prof. dr. sc. Nikoleta Radionov :

  Tuesday, 14-15 pm
   

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 22/I.
• doc. dr. sc. Mišo Mudrić :

  Tuesday, 14h

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 304
• doc. dr. sc. Iva Savić :

  Thursday, 1.00-2.00 pm

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 24/I