Law and public policies
[DROI2108]
[30h] 4 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Damien Jans, David Renders
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
- to understand how the principles of constitutional and administrative law, which were teached during the first years of the academic cursus, can work in the implementation of public policies ;
- to apply his knowledge to empirical situations and to build coherent legal arguments, so as to find solutions to the problems with which a public policy can be confronted, or to improve the legal instruments of a public policy ;
- to formulate critical observations about public policies and their legal instruments.
Both teachers are working as a team. The course refers to a collection of documents which is available since the beginning of the course. The teacher endeavours to favour the active participation of the students.
Main themes
The selected items are related to problems that the public institutions have to confront, a theme being chosen in accordance with local, regional, national and European actuality. It may bear on everyday problems, such as the noise caused by aeroplanes in urban areas, as well as on the analysis of legal procedures of public intervention, such as the administrative penalties as a reaction against uncivility or the public rent of buildings as a instrument of the housing policy.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Written and/or oral open-book exam, related to the aims of the course. The exam aims to assess the student's ability to put his legal knowledge into effect by adopting both a critical and legally founded point of view.
A set of printed material containing the summary of the course and a collection of documents is available.