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| SPOL2335-1 | Judiciarisation of political and social systems
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Geoffrey Grandjean |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course aims at analysing the relationship between social and political systems on the one hand, and justice and law on the other. The latter two play an increasingly large role in our current political systems where public action is determined by many players from various levels of power. Judges intervene in many aspects of our societies, and law governs many of the relationships between political and social players. Issues related to social regulation and political analysis, which are the result of the judicialisation phenomenon, therefore deserve particular attention.
In order to best understand this judicialisation process, the course features three main sections:
- an analysis of this phenomenon's causes (social and cultural changes in contemporary societies, multi-level governance, exercise of prerogatives of public power, individualisation, quality of legal texts, etc.);
- a study of the details of the judicialisation process (increasing interventions by judges, legislative failure, increasing compensation claims, etc.);
- the application of theoretical content to case studies (depending on current events, the course studies a series of situations that demonstrate the importance of the judicialisation phenomenon). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course allows students to take a critical look at the increasing weight of law in political and social systems, and evaluates the impact of this phenomenon. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Students must be familiar with the Belgian and European institutional systems. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course consists in lectures, one or two conferences presented by a guest speakers, presentations by the students, and a very brief research paper. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Slides are offered online after each class (on MyULg). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam (70% of the final mark) and written exam in the form of a short research paper (maximum 5 pages, 30% of the final mark). The research paper must be handed in by Friday, December 19, at 4 pm at the latest. Late papers will have their mark reduced by one point per day of delay. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| This course is only offered on even years (2014-2015, 2016-2017, etc.). |
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Contacts :
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| Dr. Geoffrey Grandjean
Lecturer
Département de Sciences Politiques
Université de Liège
Boulevard du Rectorat 7 (Bât. B31)
4000 Liège
Boîte 33
Bureau r. 16
Phone #: +32 4 366 96 60
Mail : Geoffrey.Grandjean@ulg.ac.be |
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