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| DROI8030-1 | Zivilprozessrecht : Sonderfragen, including linguistic support
- Zivilprozessrecht : Sonderfragen
- Additional linguistics - Dutch
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| Duration : | Zivilprozessrecht : Sonderfragen : 15h Th
Additional linguistics - Dutch : 15h AUTR
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| Lecturer : | Zivilprozessrecht : Sonderfragen : André Henkes
Additional linguistics - Dutch :
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| Coordinator : | Antoinette Gosselin |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| German language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course taught in another language than French is organized in two parts :
- in a first part, the course will focus in a legal discipline; it will be taucght by a law professeur, in another language than french;
- in a second part, language support is offered by a linguist (operaing with the islv) , in clodse contact with the relevant professor.
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| The Belgian non-criminal legal system and the major instrument in civil litigation regulations, i.e. the judgement, are both studied in German in this 15-hour course, divided into two- to three-hour units, from a linguistic point of view and in terms of fundamental teaching.
The lessons are based on relevant articles from the Judicial Code, and on key judgements made by the Court of Cassation in Belgium, and closely follow the teachings of the Messrs Fettweis and Leval. |
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| Legal German |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To provide law students with essential knowledge for their know-how as future lawyers, relating to the settlement of conflicts in civil law through the judicial method, and with the appropriate German technical vocabulary used in Belgium. |
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| At the end of the course students will have a better command of legal German. They will have improved their oral communication skills. They will be better prepared to give efficient oral presentations. They will also have improved their listening comprehension skills. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The course follows and builds upon the course of "foreign language in a legal context" which is part of the program of the first and second holder of bachelor in law.
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| Working knowledge of German. |
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| Students should have a good command of German corresponding to CEFRL level B2. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Improving students command of legal German
Conversation exercises and language exercises based on legal texts or legally oriented texts.
Listening comprehension
Each student will give an oral presentation. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Ex cathedra. |
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| Face-to-face teaching
Students are expected to prepare their lessons and to participate actively in class. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Since the course also has a linguistic vocation, the oral lessons are amply structured and written up on the board, so that students can compile their own notes while exercising their knowledge of the language. The treaty in French by Professor G. de Leval on the "Elements of civil procedure" is the work of reference. A syllabus entitled "Belgisches Zivilprozessrecht. Sonderfragen" also exists. |
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| Coursebook "Complément linguistique - allemand". |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Each student will obtain a global mark for the course, which consist s of two separate grades, one for section of the course, as follows :
- 3/4th of the global mark for the legal part;
- 1/4th of the global mark for the"language support part.
A student who obtains a grade equal or lower than 8/20 for one of the two components is not entitled to obtain more than 9/20 for the global mark.
No partial exemption can be obtained for one or the other section of the course, form one year to the next.
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| The assessment is divided into two parts. Firstly, students are assessed on their regular intellectual commitment in class. Secondly, this desire to progress is complemented by an individual discussion concerning the themes studied in class. |
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| Oral exam 15/20
+ continuous assessment of progress 5/20
Continuous assessment of progress:
- one presentation 1/5
- two written tests (during the 5th and 10th class) 4/5 |
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Organizational remarks :
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| This 15-hour course is taught 1,5 hours a week during 10 weeks. |
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