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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
DROI0954-1  Administrative law and contentious business principles

Duration :  60h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in Law, 3rd year5
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Law5
Lecturer :  Michel Pâques
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
Administrative Law is considered a branch of Public Law. Administrative Law is the body of Law that governs the activities of Administrative Agencies of Government or local authorities.
Administrative Law expanded greatly as legislative bodies created more Government Agencies. In Belgium the Federalisation of the State gave birth to new legislative bodies and therefore to new Agencies, Tasks and Regulations.
As a body of Law, Administrative Law deals with Law and Order, Environmental Law, Town and Country Planning Law, Educational Law, Public Procurements, Municipalities an local Government, Dispute Resolution and Judicial Review...
This course concerns the principles applicable in all matters of Administrative Law and an introduction to the rules in key area.
See also: http://local.droit.ulg.ac.be/jcms/service/index.php?serv=38
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The mainest aim of this course is to give students the ability to identify and describe administrative legal problems, to criticize administrative decisions and suggest remedy.






This course deals only with basics of Administrative Law.







The course outline is as follows:
-Introduction 1.- Sources 2.- Administration, Law and order policy, "Service public", Services of general interest, Administrative penalties 3.- Administrative Organisation 4.- Unilateral decision and contract, the Role of Administrative Discretion in the development of Public Policy - Public Procurements - Civil Servants - Real Estate - Takings - Regulatory Takings 5.- Basics of Administrative Dispute Resolution. Administrative Recourses, Access to Justice, Judicial review of Agency Decisions and Liability. -Conclusion
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Constitutional Law and European Institutional Law
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
One or the other session will be devoted to practical work.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures first term Monday and Friday morning.
Resuming course Monday, September 15, 2014.
Recommended or required readings :  
1.- Updated Lecture notes (2014-2015).
Fisrt chapters (Summer 2014) are now available from Liège University Press.
2.- Five major cases, highlighted in the course, complete the Lecture notes. Their extensive knowledge is essential.
3.-An updated Code containing the main administrative Laws is needed.
 
The cases (2)  and code (3) may be used during exams. Use of highlighters and reasonable annotations are not prohibited.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral exam january 2015
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Michel PAQUES, Extraordinary Professor of Law Department of Public and Administrative Law, ULg Sart Tilman, Suite I (7-9), by appointment Boulevard du Rectorat 7, Bldg B. 31, Box 55 4000 Liege michel.paques@ulg.ac.be
Tél. + 32 4 366 30 31 Fax + 32 4 366 29 83
http://local.droit.ulg.ac.be/jcms/perso/index.php?idpers=400
Cécile VERCHEVAL Assistant Department of Public and Administrative Law, ULg Sart Tilman Boulevard du Rectorat 7, Bldg B. 31, Box 55 R 6-8 04/366 31.04 Cecile.Vercheval@ulg.ac.be
Zoé ISTAZ-SLANGEN Assistant Department of Public and Administrative Law, ULg Sart Tilman Boulevard du Rectorat 7, Bldg B. 31, Box 55 R 6-8
zoe.istaz-slangen@ulg.ac.be


Sessions of questions and answers will be organized in time. For schedules, see the valves.

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