Study Programmes 2015-2016
DROI2203-1  
Inheritances and gifts
Duration :
45h Th
Number of credits :
Master in law, professional focus in management5
Master in law (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Pierre Moreau
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The course covers five mechanisms of the Roman law system which realize conveyance of rights without compensation. The five mechanisms include the idea of gratuitousness and several exceptions to the general system.
Learning outcomes of the course :
This course aims at displaying the general economy of the decedent's estate law and liberalities but also at showing the standards that inspired the lawmaker for each exception to the system.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
The main purpose of the course involves the knowledge of "the Obligation Theory and the contract ". Recalls of these subjects are made during the lectures.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The lectures take place according to the time table arranged at the beginning of the academic year.
Recommended or required readings :
P. DELNOY, Les libéralités et les successions, Précis de droit civil, 4e édition par P. MOREAU, Collection de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Liège, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2013, 427 p.
Assessment methods and criteria :
The examination will include, at least, a practical exercise dealing with a liquidation of decedent's estate
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Pierre MOREAU, Faculty of Law, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (bât. B31), 4000 Liège, Phone number :0032/4/366.30.84, email : pmoreau@ulg.ac.be
Fanny CREVECOEUR, Faculty of Law, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (bât. B31), 4000 Liège, Phone number : 0032/43665763,  email : fanny.crevecoeur@ulg.ac.be(pmoreau@ulg.ac.be )