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| DROI1101-3 | Introduction to public law
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Frédéric Bouhon |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The Introduction to public law is built on two main axes.
On the one hand, it enables the students to learn - on an abstract perspective - the fundamental concepts of public law such as the State, the sovereignty, the power, the constitution, the government, the liberty or the equality. Through a number of texts written between the 16th and the 20th century by some classic authors (Bodin, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Carré de Malberg, Kelsen,...), the students will be able to understand the principles which rule the bird of a state, its intern working and its relationships with other states. The previous reading of the original texts by the students will give them the chance to develop a personal opinion on course material which will be taught afterward.
On the other hand, the Introduction to public law draws up - in a more concrete perspective - the schematic portrait of the Belgian state's current institutions. We will focus on the outlines of the federal system, on the main organs of the state and on the relationships existing between one another. Considering the importance taken by the international aspect, we will also discuss the main European institutions and some other international organisations. |
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| Course objective : | The addition of both of the here above described perspectives aims to inculcate the students with the faculty to understand the modern states main rules of working with the benefit of an historical and philosophical hindsight. The course aims to provide the students with the tools to better understand the political news and to develop a critical analysis while keeping up with them. |
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| Organization : | The course will be taught ex cathedra.
It will be attended on the first semester, every Wednesdays from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. |
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| Written notes : | Students have to buy the information pack with the texts to be analysed during the course and to bring it in the class. The information pack can be bought at the Léon Graulich bookshop from Mr. Sven BREVERS, head of the photocopying department. It includes among other the Belgian Constitution.
Furthermore, students are requested to read certain passages from Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU's Contrat Social (1762), which do not feature in the information pack. The text from the Contrat Social can be obtained in paperback for approximately EUR 4 from bookshops. |
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| Assessment : | The assessment of the students will be an oral exam. Students will be asked to use their documents (information pack and Contrat social) that can be annotated at their leisure (but without adding supplementary pages). |
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| Contacts : | f.bouhon@ulg.ac.be |
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