SPOL2332-1 : Civil law and policy

Study Programmes 2016-2017

WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications

SPOL2332-1

Civil law and policy

Civil service law
Civil service policy

Duration :

Civil service law : 15h Th
Civil service policy : 15h Th

Number of credits :

Master in law (120 ECTS)		6
Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

Civil service law : Ann Lawrence Durviaux
Civil service policy : Geoffrey Grandjean

Coordinator :

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Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

Civil service law

The general framework of the subject (main factors and knowledge), international (European Convention on Human Rights; EU Law) and national (acts of Parliament enacting the federalisation of the Belgian State; royal decree on the general principles) of the law, as well as the principles governing the individual or collective relationship between an employer and his employee(s) (difference between civil service and labour law) are dealt with in the first part of this course.

A comparative study of the main regimes applicable follows and covers mainly the organisation of the career of the civil servants (nomination, promotions, remuneration, pension, etc.) and the disciplinary regime of the civil servants.

Finally, labour law and social security law in so far as they apply to civil service are reviewed, under the prospect of equality and non-discrimination, duration of the service, disciplinary regime of contractual agents, unilateral modification of the contract and breach of the labour contract.

Civil service policy

This course will not be organised in 2016-2017.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Civil service law

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;
c. evaluate critically the existing legal solutions, disputes and systems reviewed throughout this course;
d. make out their personal opinion and defend it in writing and orally in accordance with the standards of their specialisation (law, political sciences, management of human resources).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Civil service law

none

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Civil service law

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

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

Civil service law

Lectures