Duration
Introduction to law study - civil law : 60h Th
General economy : 30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in translation and interpretation | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Introduction to law study - civil law : Laura De Boeck, Marie-Dominique Ziegels
General economy : Julie Pirard, Jérome Schoenmaeckers
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to law study - civil law
Introduction to law:
Generalities, notions of criminal law. Intellectual properties.
Civil law:
Family law: filiation, capacity of the people, incapacities and their protections, marriage, personal and patrimonial effects of marriage,the status of the property, succession.Tthe types of evidence etablishement acts and facts in civil law.
The main rules applicable to the contract,
specially bill of sale, rental agreement...
General economy
General economics course:
Introduction
Microeconomics part:
- the consumer's behaviour
- the producer's behaviour
- perfect competition and invisible hand
- externalities and public goods
- the role of the state in the economy, taxation and regulation in a globalised world
Macroeconomic part:
- define and measure economic aggregates + globalization and consumer society
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to law study - civil law
The Student will get a basic knowledge of civil law. He will be able to resolve simple frequent exercices. He'll learn specific vocabulary. The student will be able to define the key terms used in the legal matter.
General economy
The main objectives of this course are, for future translators/interpreters, to
- Understand the basic economic language and, consequently, the general context of the economic texts to be translated;
- Develop a critical approach to the economic environment in which they will have to operate;
- Build the necessary tools to be able to translate or interpret specialized economic texts correctly and accurately.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Introduction to law study - civil law
No prerequisites.
General economy
No prerequisites (high school)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Introduction to law study - civil law
Presentation with examples and case studies. After each chapter, the student will solve application. He will actively participate in the course.
General economy
Theoretical lessons and exercises
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Introduction to law study - civil law
Regular attendance of the student. The course includes 2 one-hour periods every week taught throughout the year.
General economy
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Introduction to law study - civil law
Bibliography.
All good books of introduction in civil law.
Civil code:
www.droitbelge.be/codes.asp.
General economy
Reference book: Economics (Acemoglu Laibson List, 2018 - second edition)
Exercise booklet
Assessment methods and criteria
Introduction to law study - civil law
There are 2 exams in january and june. The exam for the january counts half point total evaluation.
The test includes open-ended questions to assess the knowledge of the course but also the reasoning ability of the student.
General economy
Written exam (2 hours)
MQC - Open questions - Exercises
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Introduction to law study - civil law
Course language
French
Contacts
Introduction to law study - civil law
Marie-Dominique ZIEGELS
General economy
jerome.schoenmaeckers@hel.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
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Assessment subjects
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General economy
The content of the course is the same as that seen in the first half of the year.
Assessment methods
Introduction to law study - civil law
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General economy
For the exam of the May/June 2020 session, the assessment will consist only of an MCQ of 12 questions (10 minutes per question). As this will be an open book exam, this time there will be a penalty for a wrong answer (+2 if right answer and -0.5 if wrong answer).
It will be necessary to log on to Ecampus. Do not hesitate to ask questions if you meet an issue.
This questionnaire will be open only during the two-hour examination period.
Contacts
Introduction to law study - civil law
laura.deboeck@hel.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Items online
Introduction to law study - civil law
HEVL0071-A-a Introduction to Law - Civil Law Part 1. MD. ZIEGELS.
Course for students.
Introduction to some principles of law.
HEVL0071-A-a Introduction to Law - Civil Law Part 2 2019-2020 MD. ZIEGELS.
Course for students.
Principles of Civil Law.
The copyright protection under Belgian law.
Course for students.
It contains copyright protection under Belgian law.