Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles
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INGE1120 - Introduction to Law



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Crédits : 6

Professeur :


Mode d'enseignement :
Deuxième quadrimestre, 52 heures de théorie.

Langues d'enseignement :
Anglais

Objectifs d'apprentissage :
Students acquire a balanced legal grounding in order to apply it to business economic situations. As a result, this course should not be considered on its own but must be situated in a business economic context. The course is an introduction to legal science, basic structures of legal systems, legal terminology, and legal reasoning. The business economic context refers to the importance of law for the regulation of business economic situations and contracts. The course has an international, European and comparative perspective.

In this course, the following key objectives are (partially or fully) realized:
- From a multidisciplinary perspective (and on the economic, legal, historic and social level), situates, analyses and evaluates the main powers and policies of international organisations regarding international trade and investment.
- Explains general problems of (business) economics in a legal way using a selection of relevant sources of law as well as the functional knowledge of law.


Prérequis :
Aucun

Corequis :
Aucun

Contenu de l'activité :
This course will deal with the following topics:

A. GENERAL INTRODUCTION:
1. What is law?
2. Relevance of law.
3. Law and society; functions of law and classifications of law.
4. Enforcement

B. SYSTEMS AND SOURCES:
1. Different legal systems.
2. Historical development of different legal systems.
3. Hierarchy of laws.

C. PUBLIC LAW:
1. State and its powers.
2. Constitutional law and fundamental rights.
3. Sources of law and hierarchy of law.
3. Principles of administrative law.

D. INTERNATIONAL LAW:
1. International law and regional integration.
2. European Union law.
3. Human rights law

PART 2 - PRIVATE LAW:
1. Basics of property law
2. Basics of contract law.
3. Basics of tort law.
4. Basics of commercial/economic law

Activités d'apprentissages prévues et méthodes d'enseignement :
The course consists of formal lectures with debates and exercises.

Méthodes d'évaluation :
Type : Partial or continuous assessment with (final) exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Written
Type of questions : Open questions
Learning material : Code/lawbook

The exam „Introduction to Law“ consists of two parts. Part 1 (part: Prof. Demarsin) accounts for 10/20 (= 50 %); part 2 (part: Prof. Dusil) for 10/12 (50 %)


Bibliographie :
Pas de bibliographie recommandée