Social Security Law

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4022107DEW for working students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Department

Publiek recht

Educational team

Guido Van Limberghen (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
100 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

After the general introduction, dealing with the nature and structure of social security law, the course will turn to a study of the numerous social security acts. In the final stage the students will be made familiar with the administrative and judicial procedures.

Course material

Course text (Required) : Socialezekerheidsrecht, Deel 1, Van Limberghen, VUB, 2220170009193, 2022
Digital course material (Required) : Aanvullend studiemateriaal
Practical course material (Recommended) : Basiswetboek Sociaal Recht (ander wetboek en/of zelf uitgeprinte teksten mogen)
Course text (Required) : Socialezekerheidsrecht, Deel 2, Van Limberghen, VUB, 2220170009209, 2022
Handbook (Recommended) : Basiswetboek Sociaal Recht voor studenten 2021, Alofs, Wolters Kluwer, 9789403021157, 2021

Additional info

The syllabus refers to complementary literature and case-law.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Social security law is an obligatory course in the master of laws:

By the end of this course, students know the meaning of the notion social security law and the techniques it uses to attend its goals.
The students know the social insurance and social assistance schemes and the personal scope thereof.
The students understand the goals the legislator wants to achieve by means of these schemes and comprehend which factors determine the amount of social security contributions and benefits.
The students have a good comprehension of the administrative procedure to obtain social security benefits and of the different manners according tot which the legislator ensures the enforcement of social security legislation and provides legal protection to social insured persons.
The students can place factual cases in the legal framework and solve cases on the basis of the applicable legislation.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral exam building on a written preparation.

Evaluation criteria:

knowledge and comprehension of basic concepts, social insurance schemes and their financing, social assistance schemes, administrative and judicial procedures
correct indication of applicable legislation and quality of the student's reasons on which the solution of cases is based.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context