Aims

Generally speaking, the teaching of administrative law is one of the most fundamental disciplines of public law. Administrative Law I aims to acquaint law students with the rules governing the way in which the Belgian authorities perform their tasks. In other words, the purpose is to lay down, from a dynamic point of view, the foundations for a general theory of administrative action

Main themes

Content

The administrative law course is a continuation of the course on "Principles of Public Law" given during 3rd year. It is one of the compulsory courses in the law degree programme . Its subject matter is the study of administrative action and of the procedures for setting it in motion. It is divided into two equal parts, the first one being devoted to unilateral administrative acts and the second one to the contracts concluded by the authorities.

Method

The teaching method used is lectures. The course is illustrated with practical exercises developed either in a traditional way (method I) or in the form of a workshop dealing with a problem from a theoretical and practical point of view (method II).

Content and teaching methods

CONTENT

The administrative law course is part of the fourth year law programme. It is a continuation of constitutional law studies and one of the compulsory courses on the law studies programme . Its subject matter is the study of organisation, action and controls at the various administrative levels. The first part is devoted to the organisation of public authority bodies. Next, the course focuses on administrative action procedures and the legal aspects of them.. The course ends with an examination of the various processes for controlling and censuring administrative acts. Equal importance is attached to the three afore-mentioned points. Teaching consists of lectures. Closely related to the course is supervised work aimed at going deeper into particular points of administrative law or illustrating some theoretical issues with selected examples. Special attention is paid to concrete issues that may arise in relation to current political and administrative matters.

Supervised work in the field of administrative law may take various forms, notably:a) the so-called "method I" work aimed at exploring in depth, within an interdisciplinary framework, particular points of administrative law in the light of concrete issues arising in administrative cases or in court decisions.b) the so-called "method II" work allowing restricted teams of students to do real applied research in fields relating to administrative organisation and action. They must subsequently draw up monographs on the themes concerned and defend their work in front of a panel of administrative law teachers.

Method
Lectures.

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