Face-to-face , first 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

HDDR1213A - Law of obligations [1 Q. • 60 Th. • Pond. : 3] Laurent Debroux, Jean-François Germain
HDDR1213B - Law of Obligations - Exercises session with casus [1 Q. • 9 Ex. • Pond. : 1] Felix Standaert, Sébastien Vanvrekom

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

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The main subject matter can be found in Books 1, 5 and 8 of the (new) Civil Code, which will be adopted in the 2019-2024 legislature. After defining the concept of
obligation in the legal sense (introduction), the sources of obligations as well as the general regulation of obligations are dealt with: the modalities of obligations,
obligations with multiple objects or subjects, the transfer of obligations, the performance and non-performance of obligations, the measures to safeguard the creditor's rights and the causes for the extinction of obligations. Finally, the proof of the obligation is examined.

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.

Except if sanitary rules related to Covid-19 do not allow for it, the final assessment is an oral examination in person. 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. The articles of the Code may be preceded by a cross and underlined or highlighted, using different colours if appropriate.

Below each article, a reference to another article or other legislation closely related to the article in question may be indicated, but only the official title of the law and the number of the relevant article may appear in such annotation. Any other terms are excluded reproduced. A fortiori, terms mentioned in the comments provided during the course are excluded.

Bookmarks (or "post-it") may be used, but they may only mention the official title and date of the legislation concerned.

ATTENTION: any annotation, even a single word, that exceeds the limits indicated here will be considered as a fraud. The student's mark will then be
reduced to 0/20 (cf. article 107 of the General Regulations for Studies and Exams).

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, Traité de droit civil belge - Tome II : Les obligations - Volumes 1 à 3, Bruylant, 2013.
- P. WERY, Droit des obligations, Vol. 1 : Théorie générale du contrat, 3ème éd., Larcier, 2021 & Vol. 2 : Les sources des obligations extracontractuelles - Le régime général des obligations, Larcier, 2016.
- A. CATALDO et F. GEORGE (coord.), Droit des obligations. Le nouveau livre 5 du Code civil, Anthemis, 2022.
- R. JAFFERALI (coord.), Le Livre 5 du Code civil et le nouveau droit des contrats, col. UB?, Larcier, 2022.

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.