2019-2020 / HEVL0071-1

Law and economics

Introduction to law study - civil law

General economy

Duration

Introduction to law study - civil law : 60h Th
General economy : 30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in translation and interpretation5 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

Schedule online

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

Introduction to law study - civil law

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Assessment subjects

Introduction to law study - civil law

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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.