Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Master in law (120 ECTS) (Odd years, organized in 2023-2024) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is only offered during odd years (2015-2016, 2017-2018, etc.).
The first part is dedicated to the in-depth study of a specific branch of social security: unemployment insurance. The course covers not only the conditions under which benefits are given, but also all aspects of "unemployment law" (administrative structures, administrative procedure, sanctions, and specific systems), links with other sectors and how this branch of social security is organised through the texts that relate to it. Therefore, emphasis will also be placed on the rules in force and on how unemployment insurance is "built". In other words, and more metaphorically, it's not about discovering a path to follow, but rather about learning how to orient oneself and make progress on one's own in the area of unemployment.
The second main part of the course is dedicated to carefully examining a number of "horizontal" topics, i.e. topics that are common to all branches of social security. These are: the role of a person's citizenship or residence situation in the context of benefit entitlements (especially from the perspective of discrimination), the impact of family status on benefit entitlements, issues of "proper administration" in social security law, and finally the dispute resolution process in social security and its specificities. Once again, emphasis will be placed not on learning ready-made solutions, but rathat on acquiring good habits and reasoning or arguing methods that can be used in all branches of social security.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course has three goals. The first two are the two main chapters that make up the course's content. The third goal is to be achieved through the approach used for the first two. The learning process, which relies on illustrations using landmark judgments analysed in groups and on developing methods rather than learning rules (which are often temporary in the field of social security), aims at enabling students to study all other branches of social security by understanding the internal structure, reasoning processes and general principles that they have in common.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Labour and social security law (3rd year of the bachelor programme) or equivalent.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Labour and social security law (3rd year of the bachelor programme) or equivalent
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The course is mostly given as traditional lecture classes. As often as possible, and unless the topics covered make this impossible, the course is illustrated using landmark judgments that are analysed in groups and compared with the applicable texts. If applicable, some or all students may be asked to prepare analyses of such judgments. As classes rely on the students' active participation, attendance is required (with a social security code the the students' choice).
Recommended or required readings
Students are provided with a detailed outline of the entire course in ditigal format. In addition, for each class, they receive the content of the oral lecture (e.g. as a PowerPoint file), of the judgments referred to and of the bibliographical references that students can use to learn more about each topic. In particular, frequent references will be made to the following books: - J.-F. Funck, with the collaboration of L. Markey, Droit de la sécurité sociale, 2nd ed., Brussels, Larcier, 2014, 752 p.; - J. Van Langendock et al., Handboek socialezekerheidsrecht, 8th ed., Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2011, 888 p.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
The exam is written, and students may use a social security code.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
This course is only offered during odd years (2015-2016, 2017-2018, etc.).
Contacts
Hugo Mormont
hmormont@hotmail.com