Law and foreigners

ldroi1506  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Law and foreigners
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
Q1
Teacher(s)
Sarolea Sylvie;
Language
French
Main themes
The course leads to a study of the legislation relating to the law on foreigners, both in so far as conditions on access to territory, residence, settling and difficulties linked to the integration of foreigners are concerned and in connection with the rights and advantages to do with foreigners staying in the country (civil rights, social rights). Throughout the course, the studies specify the distinctions between the different categories of foreigners: common law, Europeans, refugees, students. National sources (law, jurisprudence) are analysed in the light of international sources, especially European ones. (European Convention of Human Rights, European Union texts, jurisprudences of Strasbourg and Luxembourg). The teaching method takes the form of lectures and practice and includes the study of jurisprudence and practical cases.
Aims

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

1 This course provides the students with theoretical and practical training on the law with regard to foreigners. It firstly looks at positive law, illustrating the theoretical knowledge resulting from the introductory course on law. By the end of the course, the student should be able to understand and apply the legislation relating to foreigners.
 

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”.
Faculty or entity
BUDR


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

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

Minor in Law (openness)