Learning outcomes

Legal skills :
- Acquire the legal concepts of Belgian, European and international law that will be useful for the successful pursuit of your university course and future professional activity.
- Be able to find a legal reference using your BAC code
- Develop the foundations of legal reasoning
- Decode and understand the important information in a legal text

Cross-curricular skills
- Defend a point of view in a reasoned manner
- Master the basics of critical thinking
- Enrich the subject taught by personal contributions
- Develop a general knowledge of the humanities and social sciences
- Use the French language accurately and rigorously

Goals

Legal skills :

- Acquire the legal concepts of Belgian, European and international law that will be useful for the successful pursuit of your university course and future professional activity.

- Be able to find a legal reference using your BAC code

- Develop the foundations of legal reasoning

- Decode and understand the important information in a legal text


Cross-curricular skills

- Defend a point of view in a reasoned manner

- Master the basics of critical thinking

- Enrich the subject taught by personal contributions

- Develop a general knowledge of the humanities and social sciences

- Use the French language accurately and rigorously

Content

Part I: Introduction (definition of law and branches of law)

 Part II: Institutions of Belgian, European and international law

 Part III: Sources of Belgian, European and international law

 Part IV: Legal Personalities

 Part V: Fundamental Rights

Part VI: Economic Rights

 Part VII: Judicial Review

Table of contents

Part I: Introduction (definition of law and branches of law)

Part II: Institutions of Belgian, European and international law

Part III: Sources of Belgian, European and international law

Part IV: Legal Personalities

Part V: Fundamental Rights

Part VI: Economic Rights

Part VII: Judicial Review

Exercices

Practical work, supervised by assistants, is organised throughout the year. Students are also welcome to visit the offices.

Teaching methods

Lectures, supplemented by exercise sessions in small groups.

Textbook and additional documentary resources and exercises available on WebCampus.

Visits organised (Namur Law Courts and Walloon Parliament).

Assessment method

Written exam

- covering the material in the textbook, the oral course and the seminars

- closed book; only the BAC Code may be used during the examination

- including different types of questions (MCQ, questions on understanding, reflection questions, exercises)

Sources, references and any support material

A. de Streel, E. Defreyne, Introduction au droit : Fondements de droit belge, européen et international, Coll. Faculté de droit de Namur, Larcier, 3ed, 2025

Language of instruction

French