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| DROI0087-1 | Introduction to public, european and international law
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Pâques |
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| Substitute(s) : | Michel Delnoy |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Public Law deals with State organization and fundamental rights upon individuals.
The course is designed for students whose main aim is not to be professionnal lawyers. Its aim is the presentation of public law in a modern State system involved in european and international relations and not only a mere description of public institutions.
The first chapters deal with Law as such, basics of a juridical system, sovereignty, the division of powers, checks and balances, the main choices ot State organization, esp. federalism. Then it is time to focus on the belgian federal State institutions, powers and jurisdiction. And afterwards on the institutions, powers and jurisdiction of the Communities and Region, those very specific "member States" of the Belgian federation. A key of the system is the prevention and solutions to conflicts of interest or powers between State, Communities and Regions. The control of Acts of Parliament by courts needs special care.
International and European relations are necessary and public international Law is one of the tools. The European Treaties need a special but short comment.
Basic knowledge is then enough for a chapter on freedoms and fundamental human rights. The closing chapter is on egality. |
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| Course objective : | The aim of the course is that the student realizes what a public law system really is and which are the difficulties it faces. Basics as sovereignty; constitution, checks and balances, controls must be known. Some examples of those basic problems have also to be grasped in the Belgian Federalism. It's not a mere description of insitutions but the presentation of a system. The Student must realize what the Rule of Law really is. That's the aim. |
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| Prerequisites : | Good knowledge ot the French language and ability for text reading. |
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| Workshops : | See ad valvas.
Training for the exams |
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| Organization : | The Course is given twice a week. |
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| Written notes : | Droit public élementaire en quinze leçons, par Michel Pâques, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2005
The Belgian Constitution. To be read by the student. A model, sold 1 euro, is the only model available at the exams because of fraud prevention.
After (nearly) all the courses, questions will be put on line about topics that have to be know on My Ulg and on the virtual camus of HEC -ULG. Those questions help reading the above-mentioned book.
So be on line too! |
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| Assessment : | 3 sessions for 1st Bac Students
2 sessions for 2nd Bac Students
Written exam. Multichoice questions and one or two question of comparison and/or exposition. |
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| Contacts : | Prof Dr Michel Pâques, full Professor
Dean of the Law School
Public et administrative Law,
ULg Sart Tilman
room I (7-9),
Boulevard du Rectorat, 7, Bât B. 31, box 55
4000 Liège
Tél. 00 32 4 366 30 31
Fax 00 32 4 366 29 83
Dr Michel DELNOY, Guest Professor, attorney,
(+32)04/254.43.18
Cecile VERCHEVAL et Nicolas VAN AKEN, Assistants
Public et administrative Law,
ULg Sart Tilman
Boulevard du Rectorat, 7, Bât B. 31, box 55
room R 6-8
tél. 04/366 30 30; 34 83.
E-mail Cecile.vercheval@ulg.ac.be,Nicolas.VanAken@ulg.ac.be
Michel.Paques@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : Mme Paulet, 04/3663008
Marc Alexandre, chef de Travaux
Marc ALEXANDRE
Université de Liège - Belgique
HEC - Ecole de Gestion de l'Université de Liège
Bat N1 - Rue Louvrex 14 - B-4000 LIEGE
T +32 4 232 72 89 |
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| Remarks : | The discussions we had with students after the exams taught us that the most important reason why students fail is because they have not started studying since the beginning of the year. It is since then that they need to read systematically the handbooks and understand every sentence, get used to the terminology and learn to handle the concepts.
The students must get the latest edition of the handbooks which have been written for them. They shouldn¿t confuse them with the summaries that the student¿s association distributes under it¿s own responsibility.
The effort consisting in reading several times and studying their handbooks and in using their different legal sources is very useful for the students. It is even absolutely necessary and cannot be neglected. The students should personally be able to distinguish what is important and what is less important. Therefore it may also be dangerous to start summarising the handbook too early, without having a good knowledge of the whole plan of the course. |
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