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| DROI1282-1 | Legal methodology (part I)
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Moreau |
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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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| It then focuses on only one aspect of the application of the law, namely what consequences the law ascribes to actual or intended facts or behaviour. As legal reasoning must follow a rational path, the course develops the outline of a method for legal reasoning.
One of the stages in legal thinking consists of the search for the applicable law. In our legal system it is almost entirely contained in texts. Jurists must then bring out their meaning: they must interpret them (methodology of the invention - discovery - of the law). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course of legal methodology, argumentation and logic aims at introducing the process principles and technique involved in rigorous legal reasoning, in the search for and interpretation of legal rules as well as in their application.
Beyond such immediate objectives which consist of providing students with the necessary expertise to carry out the kind of research required in their university training, the coursee contributes to develop students' capacities to analyse and investigate [formulating questions (inscribing a research object within a branch of law), locating them within a legal or documentary typology (what kind of sources or documents are we looking for? Where and how can they be found ?), finding the logical links that connect moments in the argumentation]. It leads students to present the outcome of their research with great scientific rigor. It calls upon notions that have been introduced in the coursee of positive law, and gives them some substance. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| For the course on legal methodology students are expected to have a good knowledge of the French language.
They should also like reading and analysing texts, and appreciate rigorous reasoning. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course on legal methodology is taught during the second term. It combines theoretical lectures and specific illustrations (text interpretation, practical applications). For the oral part of the course students must have the collection of texts with them, and nothing else is required.
Learning assistance.
P. Moreau is available for students who'd need more explanation at the end of each class. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| For the legal methodology course students can buy a course book published by the University P. DELNOY, Eléments de méthodologie juridique, 3nd edition, Larcier, Bruxelles, 2008 (version 2009). They can also buy a collections of illustrative texts (Larcier, Bruxelles, 2009. They do not have to buy any code. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| For methodology of the law :
Pierre MOREAU, Faculty of Law, Boulevard du Rectorat, 7 B31, 4000 Liège, Phone number :0032/4/366.30.84, email : pmoreau@ulg.ac.be
Fanny CREVECOEUR, Faculty of Law, Boulevard du Rectorat, 7 B31, 4000 Liège Phone number : 0032/43665763, email : fanny.crevecoeur@ulg.ac.be(pmoreau@ulg.ac.be
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Marjolaine DESSARD, Faculty of Law, Boulevard du Rectorat, 7 B31, 4000 Liège Phone number : 0032/43663084, email : marjolaine.dessard@ulg.ac.be(pmoreau@ulg.ac.be) |
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