Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Computer Law Contracts | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Benoît Kohl | ||||||||
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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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Study of the basis legal principles governing the negotiation, the formation and the performance of the contracts (including remedies for breach of contract). This first section of the course relies on the general law of obligations ; practical exemples are found in computer contracts. These contracts are studied in the second section of the course (ie contracts on purchase of hardware, contracts on softwares and contracts on maintenance of informatic systems). The next section of the course is devoted to the law of 30 June 1994 on lega protection of softwares. The last section is the study of a model computer contrat. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To provide the students with an overview of the basic legal principles governing the contracts that they may prepare or sign in their future business activities. It will not be asked from the student to understand in depth of the legal thinking, neither to know the details of the rules. The main goal is to draw their attention on the problems that they will probably meet. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| No prerequisite | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Ex cathedra lessons. No problem lectures. Analysis of contract clauses during the last course | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course (30 h) is given during the second semester at the Law Faculty. | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| one syllabus | ||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| oral exam in first and second session | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| B. Kohl (04/366.30.90) | ||||||||