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| SPOL2339-1 | Administrative law and public action
- Part Administrative law
- Part Power and public action
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| Duration : | Part Administrative law : 45h Th, 15h Pr
Part Power and public action : 15h Th
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| Lecturer : | Part Administrative law : Ann-Lawrence Durviaux
Part Power and public action : Geoffrey Grandjean
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| Coordinator : | 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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| Both European law and federalisation of the Belgian State deeply influenced administrative law in Belgium. These two dimensions are taken into account in the teaching of the principles of Belgian administrative law regarding public action, which form the first part of this course, i.e.: legal acts (unilateral acts and contracts), organisation of the administration (administrative police and civil service), means available to the administration (human resources and infrastructure), limits to the public action (liability and control by the judiciary). The second part of this course focuses on local governments and on local public enterprises. |
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| This course aims at providing political analyses based on the course on administrative law. To this end, it will study various topics from the perspective of political science, building on the judicial concepts developed in the course on administrative law.
For the year 2014-2015, three topics were selected: the restrictions set by the Walloon parliament on MPs holding several mandates, the common administrative sanctions, and the cancellation of a local election followed by the organisation of a by-election.
The course provides students with a reflection on public action in terms of exercise of the prerogatives of public power, and studies administrative phenomena as a part of a wider reflection on the state and on political processes. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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. |
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| At the end of the course, students have an understanding of the political issues related to topics in administrative law, and are able to rigorously manipulate judicial concepts. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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| Students must attend the course on administrative law. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course consists of 60 hours of teaching, allocated as follows:
· 30 hours of lectures, covering the main issues of the subject;
· 30 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 are dedicated to the preparation of the examination (multiple choice test).
· Tutorials by teaching assistants (graduate students) are organised from October until the end of the academic year. |
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| Lectures with the students' participation, based on the documentation package that will be built during the course on administrative law. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures |
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| Face-to-face. Students are asked to read a series of documents before each class, and participate in the analysis of these documents during class. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Droit administratif : tome I L'action publique (AL. Durviaux, D. Fisse, Larcier 2011)
Documentation: legislation and case-law
PowerPoint slides are made available for each lecture |
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| Students build a documentation package for this course. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written examination is organised under the form of a multiple choice test and open questions. There is the opportunity to resit.
The documents allowed during the examination will be listed by the lecturer.
The multiple choice test and the open questions are designed to enable students to demonstrate the acquisition of subject knowledge and the development of their problem-solving skills. Questions asked will be similar to those reviewed during the seminars. The weighting of the questions will be mentioned on the examination form. |
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| Written exam. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| Not organised |
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Organizational remarks :
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| None |
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| This course is offered every year. |
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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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