Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Master in law (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course focuses on social security law. It introduces the organisation and characteristics of general social security schemes, the general rules governing the social status of employed persons and the rules governing litigation. It also gives an overview of certain social security benefits granted to socially insured persons (unemployment insurance, compensation for accidents at work, family benefits, living wage).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students must have mastered with essential theorical and pratical knowledge allowing further independant study with a view to mastering social security law.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In so far as time will be available to do so, practical exercises will be organised.
First semester.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Presential.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
The courses will be given online until at least 19 November using the "Collaborate" tool available on the ecampus platform. A live broadcast will take place at the scheduled time. Podcasts will be made available after the end of the course.
On-site, closed-course assessment is the preferred examination route. It will only be abandoned if the health measures applicable to the session make it completely impossible.
Recommended or required readings
A schematic lecture notes will be made available in due course.
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.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written examination in both sessions. The teacher reserves the right to replace the written exam by an oral exam depending on the number of students or changes in the health situation.
Students can use their statute books or a gathering of legal texts (without annotations or comments except for referrals to sections of the law). Blank Post-It are allowed. The use of highlighters is permitted.
The main evaluation criteria include the student's ability to develop judicial reasoning, by setting out the arguments that support it, articulating those arguments in a logical, rigourous and coherent way,
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professor :
Quentin Detienne : email : qdetienne@uliege.be
Secretariat :
Catherine Fett - Office I. 75 - tel.: 04.366.31.57 - mail: catherine.fett@ulg.ac.be
Assistants :
France Dachouffe : fdachouffe@uliege.be
Alexandra Copette : alexandra.copette@uliege.be