Face-to-face , second term, 60 hours of theory and 9 hours of tutorials with cases.

The course is given in French, which does not exclude the possibility that some decisions of jurisprudence may be in Dutch

DROI1212B - Exercises sessions with casus in Law of Obligations [2 Q. • 9 Ex. • Pond. : 1] Laurent Debroux, Gaëlle Fruy, Jean-Théodore Godin, Sander Van Loock, Sébastien Vanvrekom
DROI1212A - Law of obligations [2 Q. • 60 Th. • Pond. : 3] Pierre Jadoul, Yannick Ninane

Law of obligations is a fundamental discipline, which will serve as a basis for many subsequent courses, among which: contract law, labour law, commercial law…

The students should therefore understand the concepts and the legal regime that they fall under.

The notions studied during the lecture, which proceeds through definitions and illustrations, will be used during the exercise sessions, in which the students will be confronted with a more inductive approach, starting from a casus.

By the end of the course, the students will be able to apply the studied concepts to concrete situations.

For the Bachelor in Law :

None

Most of the subject matter can be found in the articles 1101 to 1381 and 2219 to 2280 of the Civil Code.

The introduction aims to define “obligation” in the legal sense and to define its essential characteristics. Thereafter, the course will explore the sources of obligations (Part 1), the modalities of obligations (Part 2), the transfer of obligations (Part 3), the termination of obligations (Part 4) and the proof of obligations (Part 5).

This course is a lecture, nevertheless the subject matter can be illustrated by the analysis of documents and/or jurisprudential decisions.

Exercises are scheduled in group sessions allowing the teacher to translate theory into practical situations. Each student will be asked to hand in a written report on resolution of a casus and defend it orally.

The final assessment is an oral examination. It will assess the knowledge of the subject matter contained in the syllabus, as well as discussed in class, including the commented jurisprudential decisions.
During the entire examination, the students may and should refer to the legal and statutory texts. However, these documents may not include any annotations (with the exception of possible cross-references to other legal devices without any further comment).
Each student will be asked to hand in a written report that will evaluate the intellectual approach, the accurate use of sources and the compliance to constraints.
The final grade given to the student for this course will be based on: the examination grade (75% of the final grade) and the exercise sessions grade (25% of the final grade).

The syllabus refers to different books, articles or notes according to the studied subject matter.

These references may be completed by:
- M. COIPEL, Eléments de théorie générale des contrats, Ed. Story Scientia, 1999
- J. HANSENNE, Introduction au droit privé, 3è éd., Ed. Story Scientia, 1997
- P. VAN OMMESLAGHE, Droit des obligations (3 tomes), Bruylant, 2010
- P. WERY, Droit des obligations, Vol. 1 : Théorie générale du contrat, 2ème éd., Larcier, 2011 & Vol. 2 : Les sources des obligations extracontractuelles - Le régime général des obligations, Larcier, 2016

Didactic supports proposed to the students:
- The syllabus (to be completed by personal notes)
- The collection of decisions of jurisprudence (some having been commented in class)
- The legal and statutory texts.
It is imperative to use regularly and frequently the legal and statutory texts in order to be familiar with their handling.