2023-2024 / DROI2360-1

Gifts and inherances, in-depth study

Duration

48h Th

Number of credits

 Master in law (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Moreau

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course covers five mechanisms of the Roman law system which realize conveyance of rights without compensation.
The five mechanisms include the idea of gratuitousness and several exceptions to the general system.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course aims at displaying the general economy of the decedent's estate law and liberalities but also at showing the standards that inspired the lawmaker for each exception to the system.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The main purpose of the course involves the knowledge of "the Obligation Theory and the contract ". Recalls of these subjects are made during the lectures.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

The lectures take place according to the time table arranged at the beginning of the academic year.

Recommended or required readings

P. DELNOY et P. MOREAU, Les libéralités et les successions, Précis de droit civil, 7e édition, Collection de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Liège, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2023, 514 p.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Additional information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Additional information:

The examination will include, at least, a practical exercise dealing with a liquidation of decedent's estate

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Pierre MOREAU, Faculty of Law, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (bât. B31), 4000 Liège, Phone number :0032/4/366.30.86, email : pmoreau@uliege.be.
Victoria PALM, Faculty of Law, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (bât. B31), 4000 Liège, Phone number : 0032/4/366.30.84, email : victoria.palm@uliege.be. 
Pascaline GOFFIN, Faculty of Law, Quartier Agora - Place des Orateurs, 3 (bât. B31), 4000 Liège, Phone number : 0032/4/3663011,  email : pascaline.goffin@uliege.be.

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