Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch 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
This course deals with the impact on personal and family law of human rights as protected by the European Convention on Human Rights, through an analysis of the Strasbourg jurisprudence. A description is made of the control and interpretation mechanisms used by the European court in Strasbourg, as well as of the main principles and concepts of its jurisprudence. Throughout the course, the students will learn the importance of human rights in this field as well as others. As the Strasbourg jurisprudence on family law cannot be covered comprehensively, a selection is made of the relevant decisions on certain issues (e.g. adoption by homosexual couples). The teacher hands out a course book at the beginning of the course, and students are asked to prepare each coming class by studying the decision that will be analysed, so that a suitable rhythm and level of teaching can be reached and maintained.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course's objective is to enable students to actively follow law classes taught in Dutch. The content of the course is used as a pretext to teach written and spoken Dutch. Students must take an active participation during class (ongoing evaluation) and will learn, in addition to everyday Dutch, the specific vocabulary related to human rights (in Dutch, English, and French).
Skills developed: understand a legal text drafted in a language other than French and summarise it in French; take part in simple conversations related to familiar or personal subjects; identify a legal reasoning and provide an opinion; understand the need for accuracy in legal language.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course builds upon the legal course in a foreign language, which is also offered during the 1st and 2nd year of the bachelor programme.
Minimal knowledge of Dutch and family law is required. Specific knowledge in the field of human rights is not a prerequisite, but students should have an interest in this branch of law.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
(Inter)active analysis of the ECHR's jurisprudence. Eight two-hours classes.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Classes are interactive and the students' active participation is required. Students must learn to discuss a law topic in Dutch, and emphasis is therefore placed on oral communication skills rather than on writing. The teacher will adjust to each student's starting level, and the oral exam will take students' personal progress into account.
Recommended or required readings
The teacher makes a course book available to students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Rather than a traditional oral examination, this course's exam consists in a dialogue on a legal issue. First, students must give an oral answer to a question on the theory studied in class, after having prepared their answer in writing. Then, students are evaluated based on their ability to express themselves in Dutch on a topic of their choosing (legal decision, text, poetry, song lyrics, etc.) that must be related to human rights and family law. It is important that the message communicated by the student be clear. The evaluation will also take into account the students' presence and participation in class (ongoing evaluation). This legal component of the exam makes up 75 % of the mark for this course, and the remaining 25 % are evaluated by Ms De Laet for the course's language component.
Work placement(s)
none
Organizational remarks
The course is offered every year.
Contacts
Personen- en familierecht : bijzondere vraagstukken notdvg@yahoo.com AND
deirdre.vangrunderbeeck@ulg.ac.be
tel. (service de droits des personnes): 04 366 30 87