Key words
General, civil and commercial law, IWETO-code, S110 sciences of law, S130 Civil Law Commitments and S144 Commercial Law
Objectives
This course provides you with the necessary insight to understand our society, which is firmly built on legal standards. - The student must know the most important principles of the legally determined codes of conduct. He/she should understand the importance of these legal standards, in view of their practical benefit, for both the individual and for society in general.
- It is our objective to teach students not only how to recognise and analyse the judicial aspects of a given situation, but also to enable them to solve certain judicial problems to a certain degree.
- We want to make students alert for our fast evolving legislation and point out the necessity of lifelong learning.
- The student will need the skills that are taught in this course in his further education (for instance work placement, dissertation, other courses).
Remark: depending on the chosen option, more specific accents will be integrated.
Topics
Section general and civil law - Introduction: notion, sources of law, structure, political and judicial organization, procedure and evidence
- Law of persons and family law
- Business law and certainties
- Contract law
- Special contracts
- Law of succession and gifts
Section commercial law - Fundamental elements
- Traders and deeds of trade
- Obligations of traders
- Evidence of trade liabilities
- Organization of commercial courts
- Trade funds
- Partnership law (introduction)
- Contracts with trade agents
- Law concerning enterprises in difficulties
- Law on business practices
- Consumer credit
Prerequisites
No specific basic competencies required.
Final Objectives
Knowledge
Job-related (general):- General judicial basic knowledge
- Knowledge of sources containing judicial basic data
- Knowledge of the basic principles of civil law, commercial law and company law
- Knowledge of data carriers and some authorities which collect information: data banks and web-links, libraries
- Knowledge of the technical terminology
Skills
General:- Developing think- and reasoning power
Job-related (general): - Being able to argue
- Being able to express oneself correctly
- Being able to understand and distil information with a view to the problems posed
Attitudes:
General: - Precision and accuracy
- Willingness for lifelong learning
- Inquisitiveness
Job-related (general): - Being able to summarize
- Willingness to take refresher courses (lifelong learning)
Materials used
Section general and civil law
Handbook + possibly supplement, codex (recommended literature), articles from newspapers and magazines, slides, etc.
Section commercial law
Handbook, articles from newspapers and magazines, slides, codex (recommended literature), etc.
Study costs
Handbook at the usual market price.
VRG-Codex 2 parts, Kluwer (for the students with main subject RE and AF) at the current market price
Books:- Bouckaert and Van Hoecke, "Inleiding tot het recht", publisher Acco
- Ghysels and Roodhooft, "Praktisch handels- en economisch recht", publisher De Boeck.
Study guidance
Tutoring
Teaching Methods
Lectures in combination with interactive learning and analysis of judicial texts.
Assessment
Final mark- 50% for part general and civil law
- 50% for part commercial law
- First exam session: written exam 100%
- Second exam session: written exam 100%
Students who only register to take examinations:- First exam session: written exam 100%
- Second exam session: written exam 100%
Form of assessment: open questions, possibly multiple-choice questions, blanks exercises, etc.
Students who have not passed in the first exam session, but got a score of at least 10 on 20 for one of the parts, are not obliged to redo this part in the second exam session of the same year. They, however, have to take the exam on the parts where they had less than 10 on 20, if they do not do this they are listed as being absent for the whole course.
Lecturer(s)
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