Law and Economics

ldroi1515  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Law and Economics
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Autenne Alexia; Van Hecke Elisabeth;
Language
French
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 1. Objectives proper to juridical course content : acquisition of indispensable knowledge (for example, schemas of reasoning) ; - analysis of texts (constitution, treaties, laws) and intelligent use of documentation ; - rigorous specific of decrees ; - written expression, oral expression. 2. Objectives proper to interdisciplinary juridical course content : - transversal approach to law and research of the balances and values underlying normative jurisprudential production ; - awareness of the relativity of solutions procured by law and their production within a creative process based on exchange and confrontation ; - generalist approach to law; interdisciplinary introduction ; development of an " extra-disciplinary eye ". 3. Objectives proper to a course with an active pedagogical approach : active participation, investment in the course; - solidarity, sense of listening and respect in a process of exchange and confrontation, team work and spirit ; - creativity, critical and personal reflection; - curiosity, a taste of research and extension of learning (learning how to learn) : - personal development, autonomy and sense of responsibility.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Bibliography
  • Voy. Moodle
Un certain nombre d'ouvrages relatifs à l'analyse économique du droit sont disponibles à la bibliothèque de la faculté de droit (DA53) parmi lesquels Economie du droit, Thierry Kirat, Repères La Découverte, 1999; Le coût du droit, R. Coase, PUF, 2000 ; Economie du droit : le cas français, A. Ogus et M. Faure, Paris 2002; L'analyse économique du droit :I. Fondements, E. Mackaay, Bruylant, 2000; Law and Economics, R. Cooter & T. Ulen, Addison-Wesley, 1997; Law's order: what economics has to do with law and why it matters?, D. Friedman, Princeton University Press, 2000
Pour les concepts économiques de base, un ouvrage d'introduction parmi d'autres : Principes de l'Economie, G. Mankiw, Economica.
Pour les thèmes spécifiques, une liste de documents sera disponible via moodle dans la rubrique 'documents'.
Teaching materials
  • Voy. Moodle
Faculty or entity
BUDR


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Additionnal module in law