Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Droit, de Sciences politique et de Criminologie) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is not organized in 2019-2020
Consumer protection law comprises all legal provisions aimed at the protection of natural persons acting in a non professional or commercial way. On the crossroads between the law of obligations, economic law and European Union law, consumer law touches upon unfair commercial practices, abusive clauses and the protection of consumers in e-commerce and other online tranactions. This course will give students an overview of the key concepts and notions of consumer law . Teaching will take place in Dutch.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Advancing your knowledge of key concepts of consumer protection law
Increasing your knowledge of legal vocabulary in Dutch
Learning how to present an analysis in Dutch
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge of the law of obligations and economic law as well as a basic understanding of Dutch will be required. The professor will stimulate an increasingly active participation throughout the course, adapting to the level of each individual student.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive class sessions
Group presentations
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Interactive course sessions and case studies allowing to use the appropriate Dutch legal vocabulary.
Recommended or required readings
A detailed course plan, cases and materials and PowerPoint slides will be made available to students. Class discussions will be stimulated and students are required to read the materials in advance.
Assessment methods and criteria
No exam, permanent evaluation comprised of:
Class participation (30% of final grade)
group presentations on case studies (70% of final grade, division to be announced on eCampus)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Following 10 sessions will be organised:
- Introduction générale au droit relatif à la protection des - algemene inleiding : wat is consumentenbeschermingsrecht ?
- Concurrence déloyale - onrechtmatige handelspraktijken
- Etude de cas : jumelage des produits - gevalstudie koppelverkoop
- Clauses abusives - onrechtmatige bedingen
- Etude de cas : clauses abusives - gevalstudie onrechtmatige bedingen
- Commerce électronique - elektronische handel
- Etude de cas : bol.com - gevalstudie : bol.com
- Paiements électroniques - elektronisch betalingsverkeer
- Etude de cas: blocquage géographique - gevalstudie: geoblocking
- Droits des passagers aérien - rechten van vliegtuigpassagiers
Contacts
pieter.vancleynenbreugel@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Not applicable
Assessment subjects
Not applicable
Assessment methods
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Contacts
No modifications