Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Elements of Comparative Law | ||||||||
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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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| Jean-François Gerkens | ||||||||
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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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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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| This course is not held in 2015-2016. The most important law systems of the world will be briefly introduced. We will see how we arrived to the present situation. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This introduction to comparative law vows to accoint students to teachings flowing from legal comparatism. In the first place, it favours a distance in regard of their native national system and endeavours to emphasize the singularity of the latter among the different legal systems in the world. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| A good historical culture. | ||||||||
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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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| This class is held twice a week (90 minutes each) during the first quadrimester. | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| My handbook: "Droit privé comparé". Powerpoints (The handbook does not cover the whole course). | ||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written examination based upon the oral class and the handbook. | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| This course is not held in 2015-2016. | ||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Questions can be asked to the professor at the end of each class or to the roman law assistants. JF.Gerkens@ulg.ac.be Building B.33, Rooms 1/39 and 1/40. | ||||||||