SPOL0083-5 : Administrative law

Study Programmes 2015-2016

SPOL0083-5

Administrative law (partim)

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in criminology (120 ECTS)		3
Master in criminology (120 ECTS)		3
Master in criminology (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Ann Lawrence Durviaux

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 :

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.

Learning outcomes of the course :

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

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course consists of 30 hours of teaching, allocated as follows:
· 30 hours of lectures, covering the main issues of the subject;

· Tutorials by teaching assistants (graduate students) are organised from October until the end of the academic year.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lectures