Duration
13h Th, 4h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in law, professional focus in law and management | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will concentrate on nonconventional sources of obligations. It will begin with a general introduction in the course of which we will examine questions such as the extent of extra-contractual civil responsibility or liability and the limitation of action. Next, the first part of the course will be devoted to the conditions of extra-contractual civil liability (damages, fault, and causal relationships). Following this, we will analyze liabilities incurred by the action of other persons, or by things, as well as several special regimes regarding liability (particularly article 29bis of the law concerning mandatory automobile insurance and the law concerning liability in cases of defective products). The last part of the course will concentrate on the question of the relationship between contractual liability and extra-contractual liability, particularly on the question regarding what is known as the option for liabilities.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objective of this course is to provide students with a general overview of the law as it pertains to private liability, and to make them aware of certain controversies and particular questions, allowing them to solve practical exercises in this domain.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Introduction to private law
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A class meeting for practical work will be arranged regarding each of the subjects covered
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Ex cathedra class meetings, appearances by guest speakers and practical work.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Students will be provided with detailed PowerPoint slideshows.
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 exam (casus resolution and/or theory questions and/or MCQs).
For students who also have in their program in 2020-2021, the Partim I of the course "general theory of obligations", the subject of the Partim II (extra-contractual liability)" is a component of the course "general theory of obligations" and is organized on the same dates and according to the same modalities as the Partim I of the course (partial exam in January, exam in May/June and second semester exam in August/September). In other words, the Partim I and the Partim II of the course are one and the same exam. One and the same mark is given for Partim I and Partim II.
For students who do not have in their program in 2020-2021 the Partim I of the course "general theory of obligations", and who therefore follow the subject of Partim II (extracontractual liability)" separately (in particular students of the Master of Law Management or students who in the past have passed the course "law of obligations" but who must represent the course "extracontractual liability"), the first session exam will take place in January only and the second session exam in August/September.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Assistant lecturers :Celine Joisten (celine.joisten@uliege.be)