2020-2021 / DROI1356-1

Social security law, aspects of public law

Duration

36h Th

Number of credits

 Master in law (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Quentin Detienne

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course focuses on selected issues of social security law in its public law dimension. For example, the course may deal with the rules on the distribution of competences in social security matters in the federal state, the standstill obligation implied by Article 23 of the Constitution, the principles of administrative law applicable to the relationship between the insured person and the social security institutions or the law on the financing of social security.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students should be able to explain precisely the legal issues dealt with in the course, to reason autonomously on a casus related to the subject and to propose informed and lucid reflections on social security issues.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having followed - and passed - the Social Security Law course (formerly Social law (Partim II)) devoted to a general introduction to social security law will greatly facilitate a good understanding of the course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

ex cathedra course

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

Presential

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Documents will be made available to students in good time to help them organise their course notes.

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

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Oral examination. The teacher reserves the right to replace the oral examination by a written examination depending on the number of students or changes in the health situation.
Students may use the codes or a collection of legal texts without annotation or personal comment, with the exception of article to article cross-references. Blank Post-It notes are allowed. The use of fluorescent markers or underlining is permitted.
Among the main evaluation criteria are the student's ability to develop legal reasoning, explaining the arguments supporting it in a logical, rigorous and coherent manner.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Professor :
Quentin Detienne : email : qdetienne@uliege.be
 
Secretariat :
Catherine Fett - room I. 75 - tel: 04.366.31.57 - email: catherine.fett@ulg.ac.be
Assistants :
Adrien Farcy : Adrien.Farcy@uliege.be
France Dachouffe: fdachouffe@uliege.be