Care Work and the Law

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Humanities
    Domain Interdisciplinary
    Code UE-L26.00378
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Seminar
    Level Master
    Semester SS-2027

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Thursday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire, RM 01, Room C-01.109 (Spring semester)

    Teaching

    Responsibles
    • Thomi Saskia
    Teachers
    • Thomi Saskia
    Description

    Care work – unpaid work performed within close relationships – is socially indispensable yet only partially captured by law. This seminar examines how Swiss law currently regulates care work (family law, inheritance law, labour law, and social security law) and compares it with foreign regulatory models that anchor recognition to the care work performed rather than to status categories such as marriage and kinship. On this comparative basis, students critically assess which regulatory approaches might be relevant to Swiss law reform debates.

    This course is conducted as a seminar. Active participation in every session is expected, and each student will be required to prepare and present one topic from the course syllabus over the semester.
    Training objectives

    Upon completion of the seminar, students will be able to:

    • Identify the key areas of Swiss law governing care work and pinpoint their regulatory gaps;
    • Systematically compare foreign regulatory models and classify their underlying logic (status-based vs. care-based recognition);

    Critically assess which elements of foreign models could be relevant to Swiss law reform debates.
    Comments

    Attendance is mandatory, students are required to attend at least 80% of sessions
    Available seats 25
    Softskills No
    Available online No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri No
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    25.02.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    04.03.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    11.03.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    18.03.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    25.03.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    08.04.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    15.04.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    22.04.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    29.04.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    13.05.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    20.05.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    03.06.2027 13:15 - 15:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
  • Assessments methods

    Oral exam - SS-2027, Session d'été 2027

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Oral exam in English, French or German (15 Minutes)

    Oral exam - SS-2027, Autumn Session 2027

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    Descriptions of Exams

    Oral exam in English, French or German (15 Minutes)

    Oral exam - AS-2027, Session d'hiver 2028

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Oral exam in English, French or German (15 Minutes)

    Oral exam - SS-2028, Session d'été 2028

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Oral exam in English, French or German (15 Minutes)
  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
    Family, Children and Youth Studies 90 [MA]
    Version: SA15_MA_PA_bil_V01
    Module à choix > Famille
    Module à choix > Enfance et jeunesse
    Droit