Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of theory.

Dutch.

Generally, students are expected to learn how to understand and use Dutch legal texts (case law, doctrine, legislation, et cetera), pertaining to general themes in public and private law, dealing with the legal system's organisation and involving sources and principles of law.
Students should also acquire a passive knowledge of the relevant legal vocabulary in Dutch; succeeding in translating excerpts from texts discussed in class is a further objective.

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Before regular classes start, an orientation test on knowledge of Dutch is organized, which is mandatory. This ensures, on the one hand, that students are subdivided into the proper groups, i.e. groups of students with a similar level of Dutch competences, and, on the other hand, that students acquire some (better) insight as to their level of Dutch (basic) knowledge. Students scoring 16/20 or more are exempt from having to take this course.
At the beginning of the semester, a syllabus will be available at the university copy services (reprographie). The course is structured around ten chapters, a practice exam and a list of basic legal vocabulary. Each chapter consists of (i) legal texts and (ii) exercises related to the content of and the vocabulary in these texts. During the semester, additional course material may be uploaded on Moodle.
Students are expected to read the texts and prepare the exercises before the classes that deal with them, as active participation of students during class is required.
The first classes refresh students' general knowledge of Dutch by focusing on some grammatical exercises. Students are expected to practice these themselves, or deal with them during tutoring. Likewise, the course materials comprise translation exercises as well as legal basic vocabulary lists that should be studied by students on their own or during tutoring sessions. Mid-semester, a practice exam is organized.

Lectures requiring mandatory attendance and active preparation and students' participation (2hrs per week in the first semester, totalling 30 hrs).

Because of emergency measures (such as sanitary measures to combat the Covid pandemic), there might be a switch to distance learning of one hour per week in smaller groups. The lesson will then take the form of a working class that requires more thorough prior preparation by the student.

Students are evaluated, not only on the basis of a permanent assessment of class participation, but also on the basis/by means of a written exam.
The latter comprises three parts, namely:
1. a list of questions on the legal vocabulary, either found in texts that were dealt with in class, or in the legal vocabulary lists;
2. a set of questions that assess the comprehension of a new text, which is similar in nature and alike in topic as those that were treated in class;
3. a Dutch to French translation of excerpts of texts that were dealt with in class.

An active participation (including the orientation test and the practice exam) is required from the students. In case of two absences, the student shall make a replacement task. In case of two unjustified absences, the student shall receive the mark 0A for the course.

Students who successfully completed the course component Reading Dutch Legal Texts in the previous academic year may voluntarily opt to make a written assignment replacing the course lessons and examination. In such case they will be quoted on the one hand on the written assignment and on the other hand on its oral presentation and defence.

Because of emergency measures (such as sanitary measures to combat the Covid pandemic), there might be a switch to another form of evaluation, maintaining as far as possible the aforementioned form of evaluation.

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