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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College College of Law and Politics
Course Code EX093
Theme・Subtitle For a better understanding of our society, training your logical thinking skills and value judgment
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Wed.4･4341
Credit 2
Course Number LPX2201
Language English
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
course cancellation
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy
Notes
Text Code EX093

【Course Objectives】

This course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge of Japanese contract law. The course has three primary objectives.
The first one is to understand our civil life from the legal lense. Since people cannot live without making contracts (e.g., riding in the train, buying sandwiches at a convenience store, and getting a cell phone), contract law is the closest law to our society. Therefore, through learning contract law (i.e., the ways it operates and solves disputes), students can also learn the ways our society operates.
The second one is to train students' value judgment. Almost every contract law-related dispute involves multiple parties' competing interests, each one of which deserves to be carefully analyzed and considered. Academics' discussions also provide competing opinions and various approaches to solve disputes. Through case studies, the students can train the way of balancing competing interests and constantly test their own value judgment. The last objective is to train logical thinking skills. Contract law is the law of logic. Through learning the ways of interpreting contract law, students can train their logical thinking skills.

【Course Contents】

The lectures will be provided with PowerPoint. However, the sessions will be based on the discussions with the students.
Reading materials will be provided in class. Read the assigned material before each class. Students are required to participate in classroom discussion based on the reading assignment that has been given for the session. To help provide the requisite motivation to stay current on the readings, students may be called on in class.
Active participation in class is expected from everyone. Please note that class participation makes up a signifcant portion of your grade, which means that you must come to class diligently prepared to take part in interactions in class. Also be aware that credit is not given merely for attendance. Your participation, not presence, is what counts toward your grade. The success of the course will depend greatly on your preparedness for class and willingness to engage in dialogue in class. If missing a session is unavoidable, you are responsible for finding out from a fellow classmate what was informed, dealt with, and discussed during the session.
Writing assignments will also be given. Writing assignments must be submitted by the due dates. A late assignment may be accepted with the instructor’s explicit permission, but deductions will be made for each day the assignment is late. Your grade will suffer substantially if you miss an entire assignment.
Topics for presentations, classroom discussions, and writing assignments involve mainly examinations of cases and elaborations of opinions on topics that are to be discussed in class.

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