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| DROI1292-1 | Introduction to law : public and private law aspects
- Part public law aspects
- Part private law aspects
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| Duration : | Part public law aspects : 25h Th
Part private law aspects : 25h Th
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| Lecturer : | Part public law aspects : Frédéric Bouhon
Part private law aspects : Aurélie Nottet
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| Coordinator : | Frédéric Bouhon |
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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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| Introduction to Law: aspects of public and private law aims to offer HEC-ULg students a legal knowledge base. It comprises two parts: private law and public law, presented by Aurélie NOTTET and Frédéric BOUHON respectively.
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| There are two main pillars in the public law part.
First, it offers students an opportunity to approach, from an abstract perspective, the fundamental concepts of public law like the State, sovereignty, power, the constitution, the government, freedom or equality.
Second, more concretely, the course paints a schematic picture of current institutions in the Belgian State. The focus will be on the broad lines of the federal system, on the way the main governmental authorities operate and on the relations existing between them. Given the importance today of the international dimension, we will also present the main European institutions as well as other international organisations. The last sessions will be devoted to elements of administrative and criminal law. |
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| Although it's called "introduction to private law", the course does not attempt to tackle all areas of private law. Given the public concerned and the lessons of law given in the following years (commercial law, social law, tax law), the private law course focuses mainly on obligations law (contracts and torts), opportunely at the beginning of the programme. Conversely, the law of persons, donations and successions will not be considered as such.
After an introduction, intended to place the subject in its legal and societal context and to explain a few basic concepts and rules, the course will introduce students to the law of obligations, that is, a structured group of rules that govern the existing legal connections between a creditor (who can require the performance of an obligation) and a debtor (who must perform the obligation).
The various sources of the obligations will be listed but only the two most significant of these will be studied in depth:
- The contract (formation, effects, performance, non-performance)
- and the torts (civil responsibility)
The course will be continued with a brief examination of the terms of the obligations and how it can be extinguished, as well as guarantees that can be obtained from them.
Finally, the course will conclude with a brief presentation of property law paying particular attention to intellectual and industrial rights. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The addition of the two perspectives described in the preceding section aims to give the students an ability to understand Belgium's main operating guidelines. The course thus seeks to offer students the tools for understanding the legal context in which they evolve and to be in a better position to follow political developments. |
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| In accordance with the ILO of the programme (which includes knowing and understanding the legal concepts required by a manager or an economist), by the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- understand and reflect the concepts and rules seen in the course;
- relate the theory in the course to concrete examples, daily situations (of companies in particular);
- view the law of obligations as a group of coherent and structured rules;
- quickly replace the concepts and rules studied in the table of contents of the course (reflex and automatism);
- identify an obligation link and its characteristics in a real situation. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| There are no special prerequisites, aside from a strong command of French and meticulous use of the concepts.
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| The introductory course in law - private law part is a prerequisite for the following courses:
- DROI0174-2 Droit commercial (F. Daerden et L. Stas de Richelle)
- DROI1262-1 Droit social (P. Crahay)
- DROI1237-1 Droit commercial et des sociétés approfondi (R. Aydogdu et B. Kohl)
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures. |
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| Lectures
It is strongly recommended that students attend lectures as it is in their interest. They are expected to listen carefully and take notes of what the professor says. Students are also invited to speak to the professor directly (by politely interrupting, if the timing is appropriate, during the break or at the end of the lesson) if there are questions or if the student is having difficulty understanding. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures. |
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| Face-to-face course (see above "Planned learning activities and teaching methods"). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students must buy the documentation package that contains all the texts examined in the course (including, in particular, the Belgian constitution). This will be made available on line. The students are asked to bring the package with them to the classes. |
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| There is no course outline but a syllabus will be made available to the students on the New Lola (moodle platform). It is very important for them to acquire this syllabus, make use of it to structure their personal notes and to study for the examination.
Students are asked to acquire an up to date Belgian Civil Code, for example: Code civil belge 2015, Paris, Marabout, 2014
Attending the course with the Civil Code is useful but not obligatory (unless otherwise specifically instructed for certain lessons the dates of which will be clearly indicated). However, students will be interested in rereading their notes after each lesson while consulting the related Civil Code Articles at the same time (underlining and highlighting are allowed and even recommended). The Code will ultimately be a valuable tool when preparing for the examination.
If legislation or parts of legislation (other than the Civil Code) are analysed in class, these will be made available to the students on the moodle platform.
Apart from reading the legal texts mentioned in class, there is no required reading. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written examination will be held in both the first and second terms and will relate to BOTH PARTS of the course.
It will include three elements:
-a multiple-choice section (+1, -0.5, 0) comprising questions on private and public law (40% of the total grade)
- open questions on private law requiring short answers (35% of the total grade)
- open questions on public law (25% of the total grade).
Students may use the code and legislation used in the context of the private law part and use the documentation provided in the context of the public law part. The students may underline or highlight these documents but they may NOT include ANY annotations. Referrals to articles are not permitted. Post-it notes may be used in the Code and/or documentation but only as "bookmarks": no words may be written on them.
The evaluation criteria are as follows:
-knowledge of the law as taught in the oral course (memorise - reproduce),
- understanding of the concepts and the rules learned (reformulating, giving examples, relating an example to a theoretical rule).
Students will have little occasion to express themselves during the examination, the only open questions call for short answers. What is more, they must set their minds on careful writing, style and spelling. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The classes devoted to public law are scheduled for Thursdays from 3pm to 5pm in the second term. |
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| The sessions on private law are scheduled for the second term on Tuesdays from 2pm to 5pm at Sart-Tilman (room to be determined).
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Contacts :
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| Students may contact Marc Alexandre, Senior Lecturer and works head at HEC-ULg with any question related to the course (Marc.Alexandre@ulg.ac.be).
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| Mme Aurélie Nottet - aurelie.nottet@ulg.ac.be |
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