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| SPOL2203-1 | Public Service law
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 2nd year | | 6 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Human Resources Management, Professional Focus, 1st year | | 9 |
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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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| This course will not be organised in 2012-2013. The general framework of the subject (main factors and knowledge), international (European Convention on Human Rights; EU Law) and national (acts of Parliament enacting the federalisation of the Belgian State; royal decree on the general principles) of the law, as well as the principles governing the individual or collective relationship between an employer and his employee(s) (difference between civil service and labour law) are dealt with in the first part of this course.
A comparative study of the main regimes applicable follows and covers mainly the organisation of the career of the civil servants (nomination, promotions, remuneration, pension, etc.) and the disciplinary regime of the civil servants.
Finally, labour law and social security law in so far as they apply to civil service are reviewed, under the prospect of equality and non-discrimination, duration of the service, disciplinary regime of contractual agents, unilateral modification of the contract and breach of the labour contract. |
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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;
c. evaluate critically the existing legal solutions, disputes and systems reviewed throughout this course;
d. make out their personal opinion and defend it in writing and orally in accordance with the standards of their specialisation (law, political sciences, management of human resources). |
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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 30 hours of teaching, allocated as follows:
· 20 hours of lectures, covering the main issues of the subject;
· 10 hours of seminars during which 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
The course also includes writing an essay in accordance with the scientific standards of the students' specialisation (law, political sciences, management of human resources). The topic will be agreed upon with the lecturer before the end of the academic year. The essay should enable the students to consider in more detail some issue relevant to the course. It should also enable the students to organise their exposition of the law, on a personal and well-argued manner, both orally and in writing. The essay should be submitted and orally presented during the oral examination. It is weighted 50% of the final grade for the course. |
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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 de la fonction publique, A.L. Durviaux and D. Fisse (Larcier 2012)
· 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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| An oral examination is organised.
It is an open book examination.
The first part of the examination is dedicated to the oral presentation of the essay. The second part consists of questions to be replied to orally and designed to assess the critical and analytical mind of the students, as well as their knowledge of the subject. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| not organised |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is held every odd year (2013-2014, 2015-2016...). |
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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 |
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