University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
DROI1273-2  Law of markets and public contracts

Duration :  30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 1st year4
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 1st year4
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 1st year4
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Interuniversity Mobility, 1st year4
Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 1st year4
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 1st year4
Lecturer :  Ann-Lawrence Durviaux
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
The first part of this course is dedicated to the very notion of public procurement. The second part examines the various tender procedures (general and specific: "lowest price" criterion, "most economically advantageous tender" criterion, negotiated procedure, competitive dialogue, design contest, etc.). The third part of this course deals with the performance of public contracts and to tender specifications. The fourth part covers the principles applying to the control of public procurement by the judiciary: allocation of subject matters between the two judicial orders and judicial review.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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).
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
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:
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 dedicated to the resolution of actual disputes are organised.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures
Recommended or required readings :  
Various articles by legal scholars, the list of which will be provided to the students during throughout the course.


Documentation: legislation and case-law
PowerPoint slides are made available for each lecture

A.L. Durviaux, Droit des marchés et contrats publics, La Charte, 2014
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The examination 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.
Work placement(s) :  
Not organised
Organizational remarks :  
The course (masters in law)  is held every year .
Contacts :  
Ann Lawrence Durviaux, professeur, al.durviaux@ulg.ac.be
Th. Delvaux, assistant, th.delvaux@ulg.ac.be



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