2020-2021 / DROI0089-1

Law applied to foreigners

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Master in law (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Jean-Yves Carlier

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is organised in the academic year 2020-2021 (it will not be organised in the year 2021-2022).
Course outline
1. Introduction: Purpose of the course. Sources and actors
2. Definition : foreigner, movement, migration
3. Special part: Refugees 
4. Topical issue: Migration and environment, Global Compact on Migrations and on Refugees

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course in migration law is intended to be both an information and a reflection course. It examines in a general way the way in which the law deals with contemporary migration. The special and main part focuses on refugees. At the end of the course, the student should be able to analyse case law decisions in the light of the theoretical tools given.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

For the year 2020-2021, the course will be given, essentially in the form of a reverse class: student preparation followed by synthesis and debate courses.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

For the year 2020-2021, the course will be given, for the most part, at a distance in the form of an active inverted class: podcasts, a MOOC, student preparation, synthesis and debate classes.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Most of the courses will be given at a distance. There are several supports: videos, a MOOC, a syllabus.

Recommended or required readings

Students have a syllabus, PPT and MOOC:
https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:LouvainX+Louv21x+1T2020/course/
Recommended book:
 J.-Y. Carlier and S. Sarolea, Droits des étrangers, Brussels, Larcier, 2016
http://editionslarcier.larciergroup.com/titres/32120/droit-des-etrangers.html
On sale at the course service of the Presses universitaires de Liège (student price)

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

The examination is written and online.  The form of the examination is "open book" and consists of a two-page written work done in two hours, on the date set in the examination session. The content of the examination is a commentary on a case law decision in the field of aliens law.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

This course is held every even year (2020-2021, 2022-2023,...).

Contacts

jean-yves.carlier@uclouvain.be

Items online

Migration Law Manual
Course's manual