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| DROI1241-1 | Study of practical cases
- Judicial law
- European law
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| Duration : | Judicial law : 15h Pr
European law : 15h Pr
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| Lecturer : | Judicial law : Frédéric Georges
European law : Anne-Lise Sibony
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| Substitute(s) : | Judicial law : Aude Berthe
European law : /
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| Coordinator : | Antoinette Gosselin |
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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 second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The course consists of practical cases concerning two subjects taught in 3rd year of bachelor in law.
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| In line with the general philosophy of the practical case study course, this course offers students the opportunity to practically discover how a civil procedure takes place and to address some of the difficulties which may arise.
The course is connected to the course on civil procedural law. It consists essentially on the one hand of resolving cases and on the other of examining procedural items. |
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| The EU Law part of this module is taught in small groups. In terms of content, the subject-matter is the same as for the EU substantive law course (DROI8011-1). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The essential objective of the course is to train students, through practical understanding of the existence of the law, in adopting an active and useful approach to civil procedure. |
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| At the end of this class, students will be able to write a reasoned legal opinion on a simple practical problem relating to internal market law. They will be capable of formulating practical advice that can be undestood by the person whom they are asked to advise (who may not be a lawyer). They will be capable of writing a structured memo containing the key legal points stemming from one or several court cases in internal market law. They will know how to conduct a simple legislation or case law search in EU law and give correct references for those sources. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Good knowledge of the legal institutions course, given in the first year of the Bachelors in Law, is indispensable.
Students are also required to have an understanding of the civil procedural law course given by Prof. Hakim Boularbah. |
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| Students have to take the course on EU substantive law (taught in the same year). Basic knowledge of EU institutional law, in particular remedies, is necessary. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course consists of resolving practical exercises and examining procedural items. Active participation of students is indispensable. |
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| For each class, students will have to prepare one or several exercices in writing. They will have to hand their preparation in via eCampus.
Exercices include: case studies, memo on one or several cases, legislation and case law searches, providing correct citation for sources in EU law. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Students will be divided in groups of 25 to 30 students. In the course of the semester, each group will work with two tutors, teaching assistants or practionners. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Documents will be made available to students on-line via MyULg. |
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| See readings for the EU substantive law course (DROI8011-1). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Even if it consist in two parts, the course of Case study remains however one and its evaluation is different from that of the compulsory teachings.
There is only a single written examination, giving rise to a single global note.
This global note is the average of notes awarded by the responsible teachers for each both partim.
No partial exemption is granted(tuned). If the student has to represent the examination, the material(subject) about which he may be questioned compound house both partim
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| The examination is written ; it consists of resolving practical cases and commenting upon procedural items. Annotating codes: students may use the Judicial Code during the written exam. Looking up articles is permitted. No annotation, other than these references, is authorised. The Code may be marked with highlighter pen or underlined. Post-it notes are allowed in the margins of the Code as long as they include no other annotations other than the Chapter or Section of the Code to which they refer and so that they only enable to student to find the corresponding Chapter or Section more easily. |
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| The exam is written. It consists of hypothetical cases of the same type as those proposed as exercices. The problem given at the exam combines questions of EU law and of civil procedure.
Assessment criteria are as follows:
1) is the applicable legal rule correctly identified?;
2) is the analysis of facts in light of the applicable rule correct? Is it complete?;
3) is the legal rule explained in a manner that can be understood the person who seeks advice (who may or may not be a lawyer)?;
4) does the student recommend a course of conduct to face the problem identified?;
5) does the student give adequate reasons to support his or her analysis?;
6) is the reasoning underlying the analysis and recommendations correct in terms of logic?;
7) is the answer written in a clear and correct manner, including correct use of legal terminology? |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Assignments and deadlines for handing them in will be published on the course website on ecampus.
The lists of students in each group will be avaialble on the course website on eCampus.
Teaching assistant in charge of coordination: Audrey Zians: audrey.zians@ulg.ac.be |
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Contacts :
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| Ms Aude Berthe, lecturer and assistant at the University of Liège, is the deputy teacher for this course. She can be contacted at Aude.Berthe@ulg.ac.be |
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European law
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| Tips for solving practical problems |
| A document containing advice on how to solve practical problems in EU law and how to draft a good memo are available on the eCampus page for the course. |
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