Advanced Course on Contract Law

Academic year: 2010-2011 Course code module MREC0040 Semester: 2nd semester Credits: 6 Study load (hours) 168 Theory (hours): Practice/Exercises(hours): 45,00 Other (hours): Part-time program: Instructor(s) Aloïs Van Oevelen Language of instruction: Dutch Semester exam information: exam in the 2nd semester Contract restriction information: 1. Prerequisites *Algemene competenties Bachelor in law *Sequentiality General Contract Law (2BREC-17) AND Contract law (3BREC-32) 2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes) This course aims at giving a profound and critical study of the rules of law concerning the law of obligations in general and the law of specific contracts. 3. Course content - lectures about new legislation and new jurisprudence in the field of the law of obligations in general and the law of specific contracts - analysis and discussion of cases of jurisprudence - analysis and discussion of examples of contracts and clauses of contracts 4. Teaching method Direct contact: Lectures Tutorials Personal work: Case studies - in group Paper - individual 5. Assessment method Continuous assessment: Assignments Case studies Participation in classroom activities Written assignment: Without oral presentation 6. Compulsory reading – study material - Belgisch Burgerlijk Wetboek en aanvullende wetten bijzondere overeenkomsten (Belgian Civil Code and complementary statutes of specific contracts) - A. Van Oevelen en L. Wermoes, Documentatiebundel grondige studie verbintenissen- en overeenkomstenrecht (Reader of the law of obligations and the law of specific contracts), Antwerpen, Universitas, 2008-2009, 149 p. 7. Recommended reading - study material 8. Tutoring laatste aanpassing: last update: 27/07/2010 12:19 katia.detemmerman