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| DROI0924-1 | European law and contract law
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 1st year | | 6 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 1st year | | 6 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 1st year | | 6 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 2nd year | | 6 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Interuniversity Mobility, 1st year | | 6 |
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| Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 1st year | | 6 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 1st year | | 6 |
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| Lecturer : | Anne-Lise Sibony |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course will not be organised in 2014-2015.
European Contract Law does not exist as such, but European law interferes with national contract laws in a number of ways. In particular, future contract lawyers need to be familiar with certain competition law rules as well as European consumer law. European contract law has also been in the past decade a very active field of legal scholarship. A number of studies have been undertaken and there have been several attempts at codifying existing law and emerging principles. The course deals with both existing and prospective European contract law. It will focus on contact points (possibly tensions) between rules of national contract law and EC rules which emerged in specific perspectives. In this respect the interplay of contract law with freedom of movement, competition rules and consumer protection will be given special attention. A shorter section of the course will be devoted to scholarly projects relating to European contract law. It will give an introduction to recent attempts at restating and codifying EU law and common principles of contract law. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of this course, students will be aware that contracts are regulated by much more than contract law. They will have acquired the analytical skills necessary to know when to consult a specialist of competition law.
They will be capable to take part in a discussion on legislative options in the field of EU consumer and contract law (is it appropriate to harmonise? is it possible to do so? what legislative technique is best suited?). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic knowledge of internal market law. Basic knowledge of internal contract law of one member state. Ability to read scholarly articles in English. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| This course is taught as a seminar. Active participation of students in class is therefore required. For each seminar, there will be mandatory readings.
Students will have to be prepared to present orally a point in relation to the required readings or take part in a class discussion. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| This course is taught face-to-face. Students will have to prepare for each class. They will have to read materials (cases, legislation, law journal articles, book sections), some of which will be in English. They will have to prepare class discussions. Questions to prepare are on the handout which will be given in the first class. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A course pack will be made available. In addition to compulsory reading (cases, articles, book chapters), a collection of articles will be available. This extra reading does not suppress the need for each student to do his/her own research for the paper but will give starting points.
A course outline indicating the readings and questions to prepare for each class will be handed out during the first class. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment for this course consists in a paper (10 000 words) and an oral exam.
The paper counts for 70% of the final grade. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018...). |
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Contacts :
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| Anne-Lise Sibony (alsibony@ulg.ac.be) |
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