6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4021687FER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester
met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
- Semester
- 1e semester
- Inschrijving onder examencontract
- Mogelijk
- Beoordelingsvoet
- Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
- 2e zittijd mogelijk
- Ja
- Onderwijstaal
- Engels
- Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
- Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
- Faculteit
- Faculteit Recht en Criminologie
- Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
- Faculteit Recht en Criminologie
- Onderwijsteam
- Kristina Loguinova
(titularis)
- Onderdelen en contacturen
- 40 contacturen Hoorcollege
110 contacturen Zelfwerk en -studie
- Inhoud
This course is situated in the broader context of educational innovation at the VUB.
Content-wise, this course concerns the different ways in which law can be conceptualized and the specific role that law plays in the EU financial system - this knowledge is necessary for the Master thesis and engages the student in critical thinking. Also, the course will involve the examination of the concept of money (from different perspectives) and the legal status of this concept in the EU. Moreover, current developments in the financial sector like FinTech and Sustainable Finance shall be introduced and post-crisis financial legislation shall be looked into.
The examination of this course consists out of two formal elements:
- Individual assignment (5000 words)
- Group assignment (2500 words)
- Participation during the virtual classroom is noted but not formally assessed
- Studiemateriaal
- Handboek (Vereist) : A Critical Legal Study of the Ideology behind Solvency II, Loguinova, Springer, 9783030263591, 2023
- Bijkomende info
Digital course material (obligatory): The course recordings (Panopto), the PPP slides on Canvas and the assigned literature during the virtual classroom session
Handbook (obligatory): ‘Towards a New International Monetary Order’ by K. BYTTEBIER; ‘The Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation’ by N. MOLONEY, E. FERRAN and J. PAYNE; and the ‘Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future (Brundtland Rapport)’ by the UNITED NATIONS
Practical course material (obligatory): The discussed legislation during the virtual classroom sessions
- Leerresultaten
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Algemene competenties
The knowledge aspect:
- The ability to conceptualize law in different ways (depending of the jurisprudential school of thought)
- Understanding of the different concepts of money
- Understanding the relationship between money and law
- Understanding the philosophical foundations of our European financial system
- Understanding the functioning of the European financial system
- Having an overall understanding of international financial law
- Understanding FinTech
- Understanding Sustainable Finance
The intellectual capability aspect:
- Analyze and consolidate information
- Creative, innovative and interdisciplinary thinking
- Critical thinking
- Intellectual flexibility
- Application of theory
- Research ethics
- Thinking from a humanist perspective, i.e. in line with sustainability and social welfare (thinking about how social value can be created by solving social problems arising in the context of finance). This component of the intellectual capability that will be developed during this course therefore concerns learning how to reflect on current social problems and how they can be solved by means of tools made available by the financial system
The professional aspect:
- Effectively working on an individual basis (autonomous) and in a group setting
- Independently acquiring knowledge within a subject of interest (knowledge tailored to the interests of the student)
- Self-reflection
- Self-management (responsibility)
- Formulating and defending a personal stand
- Conducting a dialogue (effective communication)
- Following instructions
- Legal research skills
- Acquaintance with current ICT-tools
- Beoordelingsinformatie
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De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
ZELF Groepswerk bepaalt 40% van het eindcijfer
ZELF Paper bepaalt 60% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie ZELF Groepswerk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
- ZELF Groepswerk
met een wegingsfactor 40
en aldus 40% van het totale eindcijfer.
Binnen de categorie ZELF Paper dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
- ZELF Paper
met een wegingsfactor 60
en aldus 60% van het totale eindcijfer.
- Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie
- The individual assignment is marked out of 12 (0/12)
- The group assignment is marked out of 8 (0/8)
- The final mark is the sum total of these two elements (0/20)
- Toegestane onvoldoende
- Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.
Academische context
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de rechten: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law
Master in de rechten: burgerlijk en procesrecht
Master in de rechten: criminologie
Master in de rechten: economisch recht
Master in de rechten: fiscaal recht
Master in de rechten: internationaal en Europees recht
Master in de rechten: publiek recht
Master in de rechten: sociaal recht
Master in de rechten: strafrecht
Master in de rechten: Law and Technology