THEORY OF THE STATE

A basic knowledge of the public law (constitutional law, administrative law, international public law).

We use: Remote meetings tools, Presentation software (e.g. power point), Specialized software in the subjects under study. Additionally, the students use office automation tools, web browsers and e-reader for digital books.

One (1) Written Essay of at least 2.500 words (in English), which will be graded accordingly. Essays have to be submitted i. electronically to the E-Learning platform of AUTH in order to check them for eventual copy- paste (no more than 30 percent permitted) and ii. in print. They should contain footnotes with all citations and a catalogue of the literature used at the end. Oral presentations of non-binding drafts may be made in class (by those students who want to do so).

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