2018-2019 / DROI2322-2

European and International Social law

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in law (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)6 crédits 

Lecturer

Marco Rocca

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course starts with a series of lectures outlining the institutional framework of the various legal orders which will be analysed all along the semester (the European Union, the International Labour Organisation and the Council of Europe). 
The second and main part of the course deals with selected topics, such as: migrant workers, atypical work, non-discrimination, collective labour law, crisis and social rights. These topics will be addressed through a transversal approach, by highlighting the role and contribution of each of the abovementioned legal orders, as well as their eventual conflicts. 
In the analysis of these topics, specific attention will be paid to the decisions of the various monitoring bodies (Court of justice of the EU, European Court of Human Rights, European Committee of Social Rights, Committee of Experts for the Application of Conventions and Recommendations).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, the student is able to:

  • identify the main challenges in the field of the labour law of the European Union, as well as of international labour law (International Labour Organisation, Council of Europe);
  • identify, find and understand the legal sources which are relevant for each of these legal orders;
  • situate the decisions of the monitoring bodies in the context of each legal order and to critically analyse these decisions.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General knowledge of Labour law and of EU law.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Formal lecture with students participation, whether individual or by group. During the lectures relevant decisions of the various monitoring bodies (Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, European Committee of Social Rights...) will be analysed and discussed collectively. The course also requires autonomous work by students between the lectures in order to prepare the discussion.

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

Face to face, 2h / week - 2nd semester on the following dates:
08/0222/02, 08/03, 22/03, 05/0426/04, 03/0510/05
 
Distance learning (videos) and personal work (individual or in groups) on the weeks where there is no face to face lectures

Recommended or required readings

Supporting documents (slides, readings, sources, decisions, scientific contributions) will be made available to the students through eCampus.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam with preparation. Practical aspects will be discussed with the students.
Students can take their exam in English or French.
For the preparation of the exam, students can use the documents made available through eCampus, without personal annotations and/or post-it (highlighting and underlining is allowed).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

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Contacts

Marco.Rocca@ulg.ac.be