Aims

At the end of this course the students are able to explain the core concepts and fundamentals of the law of persons, family law and family property law and to situate them within their social and legal context.

They are able to deduce the legally relevant facts from real-life cases and to indicate the legal problems.

They are able to connect the rules of the law of persons, family law and family property law with the facts in a legal case and to apply these rules in a logical and systematic manner, while using the legal code, in order to attain a legally sound solution.

They are able to search and process the field-specific legislation.

This course contributes to the following learning outcomes and core goals:

The student acquires a basic knowledge of and a basic insight in Belgian, European and international law. He is familiar with the legal terminology, the theoretical framework and the source materials of public and private law.

The student:

·         is able to accurately use legal and other field-specific terminology and basic concepts in field-related discussions or questions

·         has a thorough knowledge of and insight in the basic field-specific concepts.

The student has a general knowledge about humankind in society and has a basic insight in the historical and current socio-economic and political circumstances that influence the law and that help shape society. The student can handle the dynamic nature of the law and is able to situate the law in its social and historical context.

The student

·         has insight in the historical, economic and/or social background of the core field-specific rules and can handle the dynamic development of the law.

The student employs a systematic method in solving legal cases. He is able to make a synthesis and analysis of the relevant legal facts and to connect the essential legal rules with these facts autonomously. He applies a logical and legally sound reasoning.

The student

·         infers legally relevant facts from an empirical account of facts

·         formulates conceivable legal questions in an empirical account of facts

·         indicates the legal rules and legal issues in real-life cases

·         connects the legal rules with a real-life legal case to attain a legally sound solution

·         develops a systematic approach in drawing up legal and/or other field-specific solutions

·         substantiates a legal reasoning in a logical way.

The student is able to communicate clearly and correctly in academic Dutch, both in writing and verbally, and uses a correct register. He can communicate both with confreres and laymen.

The student

·         has a command of academic Dutch, both in writing and verbally.

Previous knowledge

For legal course units, a flexible prerequisite requires already having taken the following course units of the first stage: "Introduction to Legal Sciences", "Law of Obligations" and "Public law I. Constitutional law and Administrative law".

For most of the students, these requirements will be automatically met in consequence of art. 23 of the education regulations, stating that students who register for the first time as well as students who reregister, should follow anyhow all course units of the complete programme of the first stage before being allowed taking other course units.

Identical courses

This course is identical to the following courses:
HBR11A : Private and Family Law and Law of Family Property
C02X4A : Family Law and Family Property Law
C06X3A : Family Law and Family Property Law (for Students working their way through University)

Is included in these courses of study

• Bridging Programme: Master of Laws (Leuven) 86 ects.
• Bachelor of Laws (Leuven) 180 ects.
• Bachelor of Laws (Abridged Programme) (Leuven) (General Option) 123 ects.
• Preparatory Programme: Master of Laws (Leuven) 58 ects.