2020-2021 / DROI1501-1

Introduction to liberalities and successions

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in law2 crédits 
 Master in law, professional focus in law and management2 crédits 
 Master in law (120 ECTS) (Droit économique et social, mineure gestion)2 crédits 
 Master in management, professional focus in law2 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Moreau

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

Successions and liberalities are ways of transferring goods that are widely used and are subject to complex regulations. No legal practitioner can afford to not understand the most important of these rules.
The introductory course to successions and liberalities aims to:
- shed light on the indissociable links that exist between the field of successions and that of liberalities;
- define the raison d'être and the major outlines of the civil regime specific to liberalities;
- set out the principles applicable to the civil liquidation of a succession;
- address the taxation of liberalities and successions.
The subject will be approached through three questions: what is a liberality? What is the specific legal regime around liberalities? What becomes of a person's belongings and debts upon their death? A short presentation will be given on the taxation regime on liberalities and successions.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course aims to set out the basic concepts around the law on successions and liberalities.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Students are asked to follow the course on the law of obligations which starts in the first term.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

XXX

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

The course is given according to the timetable communicated to students.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

xxx

Recommended or required readings

Course notes will be available to students on MyUliège.

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 ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written examination.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Pierre Moreau, Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Liège, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (Bât 31), 4000 Liège, tel.: 04.366.30.86; email: pmoreau@uliege.be
Pasclaline Goffin, Assistant at the Faculty of Law at the University of Liège, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (Bât. B31), 4000 Liège, tel.: 04.366.30.11; email: pascaline.goffin@uliege.be
Victoria Palm, Assistant at the Faculty of Law at the University of Liège, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (Bât. B31), 4000 Liège, tel.: 04.366.30.84; email: victoria.palm@uliege.be
Florence Bodson, Assistant at the Faculty of Law at the University of Liège, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (Bât. B31), 4000 Liège, tel.: 04.366.57.63; email: florence.bodson@uliege.be