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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P4 SBU | P4 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | 2nd year Master of Laws: Government and Law | Compulsory | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able adequately to communicate and present his own ideas, views and solutions in various contexts, either orally or in written form, and is able to present in (legal) English and French. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to plan and evaluate his own approach and learning processes in an independent manner. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: has a questioning outlook and is able to gain overview of a variety of legal positions, to assess them critically and whence to arrive at one's own, substantiated legal point of view. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to make critical and independent use of various (digital) sources within the legal domain, in Dutch, French and English. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to analyse, interpret and make responsible use of Statute, case-law, scholarship and other legal sources. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to research at an academic level (with a junior academic researcher as benchmark), critically to assess such research and to report on it. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic (specifically legal) skills and knowledge. He has specialised academic knowledge of and an understanding of the concepts and structure of those branches of law relevant to the major subject chosen, European and comparative perspectives included. He is able to apply that knowledge and those insights, including from a European and comparative perspectives. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: understands the recent societal developments and the academic research in the sector. |
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Students can explain basic concepts of public law in English, on the basis of prior knowledge obtained during their studies.
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Students can express themselves sufficiently clearly in English (but there is no expectation of flawless command of the English language).
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Students can engage in respectful debate with fellow students and the teaching team concerning optimal solutions to legal problems.
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Students can conduct legal research on an independent basis; in particular, students can identify and process relevant primary (law and case law) and secondary (literature) sources on a chosen topic of public law.
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Law and Power is a course in comparative public law that aims to provide students with advanced knowledge of and critical insight into the substance and methodology of comparative public law. The course name reflects the multiple interactions between public law and power. On the one hand, public law aims to manage or control the exercise of state power. Throughout the course, students thus gain insight into the abilities and limitations of public law in responding to, in particular, arbitrary use of state power (eg. constitutional review; proportionality analysis; parliamentary and presidential systems of government). On the other hand, in this course public law is also viewed as itself being a source of power that can be used (or abused) by the state to influence or even radically alter society (eg. secession; constitutional identity; democratic erosion).
In Law and Power, a variety of topical issues and central concepts or mechanisms of public law are studied; for instance, secession, constitutional referenda, climate change, constitutional review, presidential and parliamentary systems of government, proportionality, and democratic erosion (the precise topics can vary per academic year, depending on recent developments in public law). All topics are examined from a comparative public law perspective, with a focus on foreign jurisdictions (that is, countries other than Belgium). Where relevant, in light of the multilayered nature of public law, elements of international and supranational law are introduced as well.
Throughout Law and Power, students learn how to:
- Correctly interpret foreign legal sources, in particular case law and academic literature.
- Conduct descriptive functional comparisons by identifying relevant similarities and differences between countries in their approach to similar problems in public law.
- Identify contextual elements that may explain differences between countries.
- Critically discuss the benefits and drawbacks of diverging approaches to a central problem in public law, as adopted in different countries.
- Adopt a personal position on open-ended legal problems and defend that position with cogent legal arguments during class debates.
By focusing on these learning outcomes, Law and Power aims to contribute to the (continuing) development of students’ legal skills, including their analytical, debating, research, presentation and argumentation skills.
During the course, each student undertakes an individual research project in comparative public law. Under the guidance of the teaching team and through a system of peer feedback, each student writes an individual paper in which she/they/he compares the approach adopted in at least two countries to a central problem in public law. Students are free, within certain limits set by the teaching team, to choose the topic and countries they wish to study. Students write a paper of 3,000-5,000 words and present the findings of their research to each other and to the teaching team during the final tutorial.
There is no syllabus for this course. Instead, the reading materials for each lecture or tutorial are uploaded to Blackboard one week in advance. Students are expected to prepare in advance, for both lectures and tutorials, by processing the assigned materials and answering the questions that are provided by the teaching team in advance to assist students in processing the materials.
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Period 4 Credits 6,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 40 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Oral evaluation during teaching period | 20 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Oral exam | 40 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Conditions | Students must submit a final paper by the deadline to be allowed to participate in the oral exam. |
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| Consequences | Participation in oral exam. |
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| Additional information | In consultation with the Programme Board and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
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| Explanation (English) | Students who do not receive a passing grade, overall, are subject to the following second chance evaluation conditions.
Students who did not receive a passing grade for the paper (written paper + oral presentation) are required to submit a new version of the paper by a date indicated by the course director.
Students who did not receive a passing grade for the oral exam are required to do a resit oral exam. |
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This course does not use a handbook or printed syllabus. Instead, students are assigned readings on a weekly basis, consisting of a combination of judgments and scholarly publications. The course materials are made available on Blackboard +/- one week prior to each lecture/tutorial. |
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| Exchange Programme Laws | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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Students can explain basic concepts of public law in English, on the basis of prior knowledge obtained during their studies.
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Students can express themselves sufficiently clearly in English (but there is no expectation of flawless command of the English language).
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Students can engage in respectful debate with fellow students and the teaching team concerning optimal solutions to legal problems.
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Students can conduct legal research on an independent basis; in particular, students can identify and process relevant primary (law and case law) and secondary (literature) sources on a chosen topic of public law.
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Law and Power is a course in comparative public law that aims to provide students with advanced knowledge of and critical insight into the substance and methodology of comparative public law. The course name reflects the multiple interactions between public law and power. On the one hand, public law aims to manage or control the exercise of state power. Throughout the course, students thus gain insight into the abilities and limitations of public law in responding to, in particular, arbitrary use of state power (eg. constitutional review; proportionality analysis; parliamentary and presidential systems of government). On the other hand, in this course public law is also viewed as itself being a source of power that can be used (or abused) by the state to influence or even radically alter society (eg. secession; constitutional identity; democratic erosion).
In Law and Power, a variety of topical issues and central concepts or mechanisms of public law are studied; for instance, secession, constitutional referenda, climate change, constitutional review, presidential and parliamentary systems of government, proportionality, and democratic erosion (the precise topics can vary per academic year, depending on recent developments in public law). All topics are examined from a comparative public law perspective, with a focus on foreign jurisdictions (that is, countries other than Belgium). Where relevant, in light of the multilayered nature of public law, elements of international and supranational law are introduced as well.
Throughout Law and Power, students learn how to:
- Correctly interpret foreign legal sources, in particular case law and academic literature.
- Conduct descriptive functional comparisons by identifying relevant similarities and differences between countries in their approach to similar problems in public law.
- Identify contextual elements that may explain differences between countries.
- Critically discuss the benefits and drawbacks of diverging approaches to a central problem in public law, as adopted in different countries.
- Adopt a personal position on open-ended legal problems and defend that position with cogent legal arguments during class debates.
By focusing on these learning outcomes, Law and Power aims to contribute to the (continuing) development of students’ legal skills, including their analytical, debating, research, presentation and argumentation skills.
During the course, each student undertakes an individual research project in comparative public law. Under the guidance of the teaching team and through a system of peer feedback, each student writes an individual paper in which she/they/he compares the approach adopted in at least two countries to a central problem in public law. Students are free, within certain limits set by the teaching team, to choose the topic and countries they wish to study. Students write a paper of 3,000-5,000 words and present the findings of their research to each other and to the teaching team during the final tutorial.
There is no syllabus for this course. Instead, the reading materials for each lecture or tutorial are uploaded to Blackboard one week in advance. Students are expected to prepare in advance, for both lectures and tutorials, by processing the assigned materials and answering the questions that are provided by the teaching team in advance to assist students in processing the materials.
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Lecture ✔
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Tutorial group ✔
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Discussion/debate ✔
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Paper ✔
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Presentation ✔
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Period 4 Credits 6,00
| Evaluation method | |
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 40 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Oral evaluation during teaching period | 20 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Oral exam | 40 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass) | ✔ |
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| Conditions | Students must submit a final paper by the deadline to be allowed to participate in the oral exam. |
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| Consequences | Participation in oral exam. |
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| Additional information | In consultation with the Programme Board and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
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| Explanation (English) | Students who do not receive a passing grade, overall, are subject to the following second chance evaluation conditions.
Students who did not receive a passing grade for the paper (written paper + oral presentation) are required to submit a new version of the paper by a date indicated by the course director.
Students who did not receive a passing grade for the oral exam are required to do a resit oral exam. |
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| Compulsory course material |
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This course does not use a handbook or printed syllabus. Instead, students are assigned readings on a weekly basis, consisting of a combination of judgments and scholarly publications. The course materials are made available on Blackboard +/- one week prior to each lecture/tutorial. |
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| choice master for corporate (UH) | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
| choice master for private (UH) | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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| | | Learning outcomes |
- EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able adequately to communicate and present his own ideas, views and solutions in various contexts, either orally or in written form, and is able to present in (legal) English and French. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to plan and evaluate his own approach and learning processes in an independent manner. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: has a questioning outlook and is able to gain overview of a variety of legal positions, to assess them critically and whence to arrive at one's own, substantiated legal point of view. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to make critical and independent use of various (digital) sources within the legal domain, in Dutch, French and English. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to analyse, interpret and make responsible use of Statute, case-law, scholarship and other legal sources. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to research at an academic level (with a junior academic researcher as benchmark), critically to assess such research and to report on it. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic (specifically legal) skills and knowledge. He has specialised academic knowledge of and an understanding of the concepts and structure of those branches of law relevant to the major subject chosen, European and comparative perspectives included. He is able to apply that knowledge and those insights, including from a European and comparative perspectives. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: understands the recent societal developments and the academic research in the sector. |
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| | EC = learning outcomes DC = partial outcomes BC = evaluation criteria |
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Students can explain basic concepts of public law in English, on the basis of prior knowledge obtained during their studies.
|
|
Students can express themselves sufficiently clearly in English (but there is no expectation of flawless command of the English language).
|
|
Students can engage in respectful debate with fellow students and the teaching team concerning optimal solutions to legal problems.
|
|
Students can conduct legal research on an independent basis; in particular, students can identify and process relevant primary (law and case law) and secondary (literature) sources on a chosen topic of public law.
|
|
|
|
Law and Power is a course in comparative public law that aims to provide students with advanced knowledge of and critical insight into the substance and methodology of comparative public law. The course name reflects the multiple interactions between public law and power. On the one hand, public law aims to manage or control the exercise of state power. Throughout the course, students thus gain insight into the abilities and limitations of public law in responding to, in particular, arbitrary use of state power (eg. constitutional review; proportionality analysis; parliamentary and presidential systems of government). On the other hand, in this course public law is also viewed as itself being a source of power that can be used (or abused) by the state to influence or even radically alter society (eg. secession; constitutional identity; democratic erosion).
In Law and Power, a variety of topical issues and central concepts or mechanisms of public law are studied; for instance, secession, constitutional referenda, climate change, constitutional review, presidential and parliamentary systems of government, proportionality, and democratic erosion (the precise topics can vary per academic year, depending on recent developments in public law). All topics are examined from a comparative public law perspective, with a focus on foreign jurisdictions (that is, countries other than Belgium). Where relevant, in light of the multilayered nature of public law, elements of international and supranational law are introduced as well.
Throughout Law and Power, students learn how to:
- Correctly interpret foreign legal sources, in particular case law and academic literature.
- Conduct descriptive functional comparisons by identifying relevant similarities and differences between countries in their approach to similar problems in public law.
- Identify contextual elements that may explain differences between countries.
- Critically discuss the benefits and drawbacks of diverging approaches to a central problem in public law, as adopted in different countries.
- Adopt a personal position on open-ended legal problems and defend that position with cogent legal arguments during class debates.
By focusing on these learning outcomes, Law and Power aims to contribute to the (continuing) development of students’ legal skills, including their analytical, debating, research, presentation and argumentation skills.
During the course, each student undertakes an individual research project in comparative public law. Under the guidance of the teaching team and through a system of peer feedback, each student writes an individual paper in which she/they/he compares the approach adopted in at least two countries to a central problem in public law. Students are free, within certain limits set by the teaching team, to choose the topic and countries they wish to study. Students write a paper of 3,000-5,000 words and present the findings of their research to each other and to the teaching team during the final tutorial.
There is no syllabus for this course. Instead, the reading materials for each lecture or tutorial are uploaded to Blackboard one week in advance. Students are expected to prepare in advance, for both lectures and tutorials, by processing the assigned materials and answering the questions that are provided by the teaching team in advance to assist students in processing the materials.
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Lecture ✔
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Tutorial group ✔
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Discussion/debate ✔
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Paper ✔
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Presentation ✔
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Period 4 Credits 6,00
| Evaluation method | |
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 40 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Oral evaluation during teaching period | 20 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Oral exam | 40 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | The student retains their mark, on the condition that they have received a passing mark. |
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| Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass) | ✔ |
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| Conditions | Students must submit a final paper by the deadline to be allowed to participate in the oral exam. |
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| Consequences | Participation in oral exam. |
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| Additional information | In consultation with the Programme Board and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
|
| Explanation (English) | Students who do not receive a passing grade, overall, are subject to the following second chance evaluation conditions.
Students who did not receive a passing grade for the paper (written paper + oral presentation) are required to submit a new version of the paper by a date indicated by the course director.
Students who did not receive a passing grade for the oral exam are required to do a resit oral exam. |
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| Compulsory course material |
| |
This course does not use a handbook or printed syllabus. Instead, students are assigned readings on a weekly basis, consisting of a combination of judgments and scholarly publications. The course materials are made available on Blackboard +/- one week prior to each lecture/tutorial. |
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
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| Legend |
| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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