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| SPOL0083-3 | Administrative law
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| Duration : | 60h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Ann-Lawrence Durviaux |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French 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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| Both European law and federalisation of the Belgian State deeply influenced administrative law in Belgium. These two dimensions are taken into account in the teaching of the principles of Belgian administrative law regarding public action, which form the first part of this course, i.e.: legal acts (unilateral acts and contracts), organisation of the administration (administrative police and civil service), means available to the administration (human resources and infrastructure), limits to the public action (liability and control by the judiciary). The second part of this course focuses on local governments and on local public enterprises. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of this course, students should be able to:
a. master the key concepts of the subject from a theoretical and practical point of view; and to
b. apply the subject knowledge to factual situations similar to those faced in the professions to which their degrees give access. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course consists of 60 hours of teaching, allocated as follows:
· 40 hours of lectures, covering the main issues of the subject;
· 20 hours of seminars during which:
o the subject is reviewed through cases (analysis) - of which the complexity increases gradually - and through questions favouring an analytical approach and enhancing the capacity for legal-problem solving in a particular factual situation; and
o specific sessions are dedicated to the preparation of the examination (multiple choice test).
· Tutorials by teaching assistants (graduate students) are organised from the end of October until the end of the academic year. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Droit administratif : tome I L'action publique (AL. Durviaux, D. Fisse, Larcier 2011)
Droit administratif : tome II Les entreprises publiques (AL. Durviaux, I. Gabriel, Larcier 2010)
Documentation: legislation and case-law
PowerPoint slides are made available for each lecture |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written examination is organised under the form of a multiple choice test. There is the opportunity to resit.
The documents allowed during the examination will be listed by the lecturer.
The multiple choice test is designed to enable students to demonstrate the acquisition of subject knowledge and the development of their problem-solving skills. Questions asked will be similar to those reviewed during the seminars. The weighting of the questions will be mentioned on the examination form. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| Not organised |
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Organizational remarks :
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| None |
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Contacts :
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| Ann Lawrence Durviaux, Professor, AL.Durviaux@ulg.ac.be
Damien Fisse, Assistant, Damien.Fisse@ulg.ac.be
Alexandre Pirson, Assistant, Alexandre.Pirson@ulg.ac.be |
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