Oliver Streiff Gnöpff: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Dr. Oliver Streiff Gnöpff |
| Address | Im Westfeld 13 4055 Basel SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | 079 792 70 83 |
| oliver.streiff@gess.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
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| 851-0703-00L | Introduction to Law | 2 credits | 2V | O. Streiff Gnöpff | ||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This class introduces students into basic features of the legal system. Fundamental issues of constitutional law, administrative law, private law and the law of the EU are covered. The focus is on legal problems related to space. Active participation is expected in short interactive sequences. | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students are able to identify basic structures of the legal system. They unterstand selected topics of public and private law. They are able to apply the fundamentals in more advanced law classes and to recognize the relevance of law in their own field. | |||||||||||||||||
| Content | Basic concepts of law, sources of law. Private law: Contract law (particularly contract for work and services), tort law, property law. Public law: Human rights, administrative law, procurement law, procedural law. Insights into the law of the EU and into criminal law. | |||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Jaap Hage, Bram Akkermans (Eds.), Introduction to Law, Cham 2017 (Online Resource ETH Library) | |||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Further documents will be available online (https://moodle-app2.let.ethz.ch/course/view.php?id=20127) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 851-0703-04L | Law and Urban Space  Particularly suitable for students of D-ARCH. | 2 credits | 2V | O. Streiff Gnöpff | ||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Legal rules are tied to urban space. Illustrative is the relation between land ownership and urban morphology. Legal concepts with spatial impacts are introduced and related to the theory of urban design. Moreover, it is discussed how these concepts shape specific places. The course includes interactive sequences for which active participation is expected. | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students recognize the interplay between legal structures and urban space. They can describe legal concepts with spatial impact. Moreover, they are able to compare legally binding targets with theoretical approaches in urban design. By analysing a specific place, students learn to find relevant norms, to analyse and to judge them with regard to urban design theories. Thereby, they are able to distinguish design and policy questions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Content | Using the the term «lawscape» (Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos), we initially discuss general aspects of the interplay between legal rules and urban space. In the following weeks we consider the interplay with reference to different dimensions of urban space (e.g. morphological, social, funcional dimension). Working tools are theoretical texts, legal rules, court decisions as well as site analyses. Students prepare the texts for joint discussions and undertake a case study in small groups. Selected case studies are presented and discussed in a final meeting. | |||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | See Literature. | |||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Documents will be available online (see https://moodle-app2.let.ethz.ch/course/view.php?id=20128). | |||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Number of participants limited to: 40 | |||||||||||||||||
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