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Tutorial Methodology of Law (B-KUL-C03B8A)

This is a translated version. Original version in Dutch.
4 ECTSDutch26 Both terms
Tilleman Bernard
POC Rechten

Aims

Learning goals

The student has acquired the basic skills of researching, consulting and handling diverse legal sources.

Previous knowledge

No specific prerequisites.

Order of Enrolment

Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBLE: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.


( FLEXIBLE( C02B2A ) OR FLEXIBLE( C02B2B ) OR FLEXIBLE( C02X1A ) OR FLEXIBLE( C04X8A ) OR FLEXIBLE( D0W11A ) OR FLEXIBLE( D0T01A ) OR FLEXIBLE( D0H12A ) OR FLEXIBLE( HBR22A ) OR FLEXIBLE( HFR17A ) OR FLEXIBLE( C41I5A ) ) AND
( SIMULTANEOUS( C07G7A ) OR SIMULTANEOUS( C04X0A ) OR SIMULTANEOUS( C06X6A ) OR SIMULTANEOUS( HBR22C ) OR SIMULTANEOUS( HFR15A ) )

The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
C02B2A : Introduction to Legal Sciences
C02B2B : Introduction to Legal Sciences
C02X1A : Introduction to Legal Science
C04X8A : Introduction to Legal Science (for Students working their way through University)
D0W11A : Introduction to Economic Law (TEW)
D0T01A : Introduction to Economic Law
D0H12A : Introduction to Economic Law
HBR22A : Introduction to Legal Sciences
HFR17A : Sources and Principles of Law
C41I5A : Law and Injustice (No longer offered this academic year)
C07G7A : Tutorial on Legal Writing
C04X0A : Tutorial on Legal Writing
C06X6A : Tutorial on Legal Writing (for Students working their way through University)
HBR22C : Tutorial on Legal Writing
HFR15A : Tutorial on Legal Writing (No longer offered this academic year)

This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
C06D5A : Tutorial on Contracts and Torts
C06D6A : Tutorial on Constitutional Law
C06D7A : Tutorial on Administrative Law
C06D8A : Tutorial on Property, Mortgages and Securities Law
C06D9A : Tutorial on Specific Contracts
C07D0A : Tutorial on Commercial and Economic Law
C07D1A : Tutorial on Company Law
C07D2A : Tutorial on Person and Family Law
C07D3A : Tutorial on Family Law of Estates
C07D5A : Seminar History of Law - A
C07D6A : Seminar History of Law - B
C07D7A : Seminar Contracts and Torts
C07D8A : Seminar on Constitutional Law
C07D9A : Seminar on Administrative Law
C08D0A : Seminar Property, Mortgages and Securities Law
C08D1A : Seminar on Specific Contracts
C08D2A : Seminar on Commercial and Economic Law
C08D3A : Seminar Person and Family Law
C08D4A : Seminar on Health Law
C08D5A : Seminar on Company Law
C08D6A : Seminar Family Property Law
C04F4A : Criminal Law, Tutorial
C04F5A : Tutorial on Criminal Procedure
C04F8A : Jurisprudence, Tutorial
C05F4A : Seminar on ICT-law (Information and Communications Technology Law)
C04X0A : Tutorial on Legal Writing
C07G7A : Tutorial on Legal Writing
C06X6A : Tutorial on Legal Writing (for Students working their way through University)
C08X5A : Tutorial on Law A (for Students working their way through University)
C08X6A : Tutorial on Law B (for Students working their way through University)
C09X7A : Seminar History of Law - A (for Students working their way through University)
C09X8A : Seminar History of Law - B (for Students working their way through University)
C09X9A : Seminar Contracts and Torts (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y0A : Seminar on Constitutional Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y1A : Seminar Administrative Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y2A : Seminar Property, Mortgages and Securities Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y3A : Seminar on Specific Contracts (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y4A : Seminar on Commercial and Economic Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y5A : Seminar Person and Family Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y6A : Seminar on Health Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y7A : Seminar on Company Law (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y8A : Seminar Family Law of Estates (for Students working their way through University)
C00Y9A : Seminar on ICT-law (Information and Communications Technology Law) (for Students working their way through University)
HBR22C : Tutorial on Legal Writing
HFR15A : Tutorial on Legal Writing (No longer offered this academic year)
C00K8A : Bilingual Tutorial on Company Law (Dutch & French)

Identical courses

This course is identical to the following courses:
C06X5A : Tutorial Methodology of Law (for Students working their way through University)
C02X8B : Tutorial Methodology of Law
C02X8A : Tutorial methodology of law (No longer offered this academic year)

Is included in these courses of study

Activities

4 ects. Tutorial Methodology of Law (B-KUL-C03B9a)

4 ECTSDutchFormat: Practical26 Both terms
Tilleman Bernard
POC Rechten

Content

The following themes will be dealt with in the seminar methodology of law:
• looking up and consulting legislation, jurisdiction and legal theory (library, databases, ...);
• processing legal sources and compiling them into a jurisprudential text;
• source acknowledgment and citation (bibliography in footnotes and endnotes) according to the V&A guidelines;
• methods to analyse jurisdiction, comprising among others judgments of the Court of Cassation
• initiation to legal practice, more specifically the prison system and the profession of bailiff;
• initiation to advocating and conclusion writing.

Course material

• Course material
• Slides

Format: more information

Seven seminars will take place, distributed between the two semesters. They are held every two weeks at a fixed time, based on the grouping, the rotation schedule and the seminars Methodology of law, Legal writing and Legal English. Attending these seminars is mandatory. A calendar is made available on Toledo, offering an overview of the seven seminars and the weeks in which they take place. The grouping and rotation scheme will also be posted on Toledo.

In addition, several lectures will be held and announced accordingly on Toledo.

Students will write a legal paper in pairs or groups of three, called rechtsvraag (legal question). They will be guided by a rechtsvraag supervisor. After submission, students will defend their paper orally during a simulated trial in the presence of a magistrate.

Students take part in a prison visit and follow a one day internship with a bailiff. Students enroll for this in accordance with the procedure as outlined on Toledo.

Evaluation

Evaluation: Tutorial Methodology of Law (B-KUL-C23B8b)

Type : Exam outside of the normal examination period
Learning material : Course material

Explanation


The neutral report (legal paper), including the oral defense, counts for 14 out of 20 points.

The written exam counts for 6 out of 20 points. The exam consists of questions about the content of the seminars and the lectures, as well as an analysis of a judicial opinion.

Points will be deducted of the final grade if the student, without a valid reason (i.e. illness or force majeure, with proof):

- is absent in the seminar;

- if absent in the seminar, does not participate in a different seminar (of the same content) or does not turn in, in a timely manner, an assignment given in order to achieve the same learning goals of the seminar;

- does not take part in a visit at a prison;

- does not complete a bailiff’s traineeship;

- does not participate in the pleading session (oral defense).

Three unexcused absences will result in a zero grade for the entire course, except in circumstances beyond the student’s control. Such exceptions are at the discretion of the course coordinator, without prejudice to the authority of the ombudsperson to reschedule exams for serious reasons.

More information on this will be made available via Toledo.

In case of a FAIL MARK for this course, tolerance credit cannot be used.

Information about retaking exams

The second examination opportunity in the third examination period is as follows. The partial grades of the written exam from the first sitting period are not transferable to the second sitting period. The student therefore takes the written exam again. With regard to the partial grades of the neutral report (legal paper), the student has the choice of whether or not to resubmit. If the student submits a new neutral report, the neutral report must contain a clear progress. The absence of an improvement implies that the student has not followed the feedback given to him, which leads to a lower grading. There is no new provisional version, peer review or oral defense in the second term; those elements therefore do not count for the final grade.

In case of a FAIL MARK for this course, tolerance credit cannot be used.