Law and Real Estate

Description

Introduction: The course is an introduction to the most important business law topics, law for real estate agents and real estate in practice. The financial consequences of a lack in legal knowledge, for example in contract law or tort law, can be fatal. The course focuses primarily on the real estate professional and is thus specially adapted to the real estate study. Course content: Overview of legal sources and legal method - Contract law - Commercial law - Law of tort - Real estate law - Forms of ownership - Practical real estate, including sales assignment, viewing and construction techniques. - How to use Eiendomsverdi.no Learning outcomes - Knowledge: During the course, students will acquire basic knowledge of the legal framework and construction technology that is particularly important for practitioners of the real estate profession. Learning outcomes - Skills: The students must be able to account for the central legal and liability issues in real estate activities and be able to solve basic specific tasks in connection with a real estate transaction. They must be able to identify legal issues and be able to carry out an analysis of a problem complex rooted in legal sources. General Competence: Students must be familiar with the "grey area" that lies outside the clearly defined rules and the ethical principles established by legal standards in the legislation, and have a conscious attitude to how this can be handled in practice. Teaching and learning activities: The course is conducted with teaching in 40 course hours, where 28 hours are ordinary lectures and 12 hours are devoted to case and problem solving. Students will work with small assignments related to each topic and these are reviewed in plenary. This form of teaching presupposes that the students have familiarized themselves with the syllabus material and the legal rules for the relevant subject before each lecture. It is assumed that the support materials and especially the collection of laws are brought to the lectures, and that the students become familiar with them through the study of the various subjects. In the main, only some key issues in the syllabus will be addressed and elaborated on in the lectures. Parts of the syllabus must be acquired on your own (self-study). The distribution of the various topics will be stated in a lecture plan. Eiendomsverdi.no and Lovdata.no will be used in this course. Students will have the opportunity to submit a written work for correction and feedback. Software tools: Software defined under the section "Teaching and learning activities". Qualifications: Higher Education Entrance Qualification Disclaimer Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this. Required prerequisite knowledge: No specific prerequisites required. Assessments: Assessments Exam category: School Exam Form of assessment: Written School Exam - digital Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials: - BI-approved exam calculator - Simple calculator - Digital resource: Lovdata Pro (Digital Exam Mode) - Book: T. Falkanger og P. H. Fjeldheim. «Forskriftssamling for Eiendomsmeglere». Cappelen Damm akademisk. - Etiske regler for Norges eiendomsmeglerforbund (document) - Laws and regulations - Offprint of laws and regulations Duration: 5 Hour(s) Exam code: EMS34161 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester Type of assessment: Ordinary examination Total weight: 100 Student workload: Activity Duration Comment Teaching 28 Hour(s) Feedback activities and counselling 12 Hour(s) Review of assignments in plenary Prepare for teaching 45 Hour(s) Student's own work with learning resources 50 Hour(s) Group work / Assignments 60 Hour(s) Examination 5 Hour(s) Sum workload: 200 Incoming exchange students at BI Norwegian Business School select courses from BI's official semester-specific exchange course lists. BI defines a full semester as 30 ECTS; bachelor courses are typically 7.5 ECTS each (4 per semester) and master courses are typically 6 ECTS each (5 per semester). Course availability, prerequisites, and timetabling are confirmed via BI's International Office and the Learning Agreement process.