Duration
20h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course, taught by legal professionals, aims at providing students with a first insight in the practice of contracts and liability law. As regards the law of contracts part, the way they form and the scope of the different documents exchanged by the parties are addressed through concrete examples. The essentials elements to be mentioned in contracts are presented in a schematic way and the most common provisions in business contracts are examined. Exercises and drafting advices are also provided. As regards the liability law part, emphasis is given to corporal damages and the different method of their evaluation.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objective of the course is to lead students to approach the subject from a concrete angle. As regards the contracts law part, students will be able to conduct a personal analysis of contractual provisions and documents and to take part into a first drafting exercise. As regards the liability part, students will be able to identify the different elements of corporal damages and to evaluate them.
Good preparation of the seminaries and of the students allow, notwithstanding the size of the attendance, to ensure an interactive participation of students. Students shall personally engage in order to successfully follow this subject.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students must, in parallel, attend the courses of Droit des obligations et des contrats and of Responsabilité extracontractuelle
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
None (out of the preparation of the seminaries)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Presential
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Students are provided with a documentation folder. Students must read these documents beforehand for the law of contracts part pursuant to the schedule to be published. Students are also provided with a Power-point for the liability part, with references to the Vade-Mecum du Tribunal de police by B. Ceulemans
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:
Although it concerns two different domains, the course remains a single one. Evaluation therefore consists in a single written examination. Only one note is delivered. No partial exemption is granted.
Materials and documents of the examination
Students may not use the documents folder during the examination. They can however use a pocket calculator and their law codes. The codes can be highlighted. Post-its can be placed in the codes. The codes can be annotated with a few words or expressions in the margin of the articles or with cross references to other articles. In any case, no annotation (copion), reproduction of the course or of its plan, not summary of any form what so ever will be tolerated.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professors : cbiquet@uliege.be - Benoit.Kohl@uliege.be - Secretariat : nbleve@uliege.be