Duration
40h Th
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Children's Rights: Interdisciplinary Approach | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
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
The course consists of two main parts: persons and family law and matrimonial property law. The subject is analysed as individual (rights of privacy, capacity rules, identification, civil status) and as member of a couple (marriage, divorce, non-marital commuity). . Next we discuss the legal status of the child (filiation, adoption, custody and parental responsibilities, alimony). The course ends with a discussion of matrimonial property law (legal rules, matrimonial contract, division of the goods, unmarried couples).
The objective is to give students keys to understand family law and its anchoring in society and history.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the course is to give students keys to understand family law and its anchoring in society and history.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
We recommend as a prerequisite knowledge the « Juridical terminology and text analysis in Dutch » course, because of its importance in Belgian federal law, particularly in Belgian civil law. The reason is found in the predominance of dutch sources in the Belgian legal theory and case law.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will be teached trough an interactive method. It does not cover the whole subject matter but this will be taken into consideration for the exam.
The participation of students will be asked in the form of questions. The aim isn't to to evaluate the student but to personalize the dialogue to a large audience and to facilitate the acquisition of oral legal expression skills. Student monitors will organize workshops. Students are invited to ask questions about the subject during or at the end of the course. Members of the Family Law Unit are also available to answer questions about the course by appointment (offices I. 15 and I. 16).
The Use of laptops and smartphone is prohibited, in order to facilitate the annotation of the books which are allowed for the exam.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Ordinary class sessions, with 2 hours classes three times a week, during the second semester.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Further information:
Droit des personnes et des familles, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2026
La transmission genrée du capital familial, Larcier, 2024
Other documents will be eventually required in case of actualisation.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
Further information:
A written exam will be organized in June and in August-September (Right/Wrong, technical and reflexive questions).
Students may take and use the recommended books during the exam. All published codes or their photocopies are allowed.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Second half of the academic year; oral examination in june