General Offences Criminal Law

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4013002FEW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

2nd 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

Daniel De Wolf (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

23 contact hours Lecture
190 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This study builds further on some parts of the study of criminal law and criminal procedure.
The most important offences from Book II of the Belgian Criminal Code, in the order of the articles, are studied.

Focus lies on the elements of the offences and the problems of sentencing and prosecution. The major case law and doctrine is explained.

These offences are studied:

Illegal arrest and entering property, illegal act by civil servants
Forgery and use of false instruments and forgery in ICT.
Embezzlement, Conflict of interest, Bribery by public officials and civil servants
Violence and insult against officials
Association of criminals, criminal organizations
Sexual crimes
Non respect of judgements regarding alimony
Assaults against the physical integrity, torture
Non assistance to persons,human trafficking, stalking
Crimes against the fame and honour of persons
Theft and extortion
Abuse of trust, fraud
Handling stolen goods

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Syllabus bijzonder strafrecht, D. De Wolf, 2022
Practical course material (Required) : Strafwetboek, 2021

Additional info

None.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student can describe and analyze the rules of criminal law, both the offences as the problems of general criminal law, sentencing and prosecution, in a throughout manner by using the legal text.
The student can independently describe and analyze the elements of the offences of Part II of the Belgian Criminal Code by using the legal text.
The student can recognize the general problems of criminal law or criminal procedure.
The student can independently apply the general principles of criminal law and procedure on the special part (offences).
The student can prove the social impact of the special criminal law.
The student can indicate the evolution of the law on the basis of the different views in jurisprudence and doctrine.
The student can indicate the different qualifications listed in the Criminal Code on the level of a beginning professional.

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 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral exam with possibility of open book preparation. Questions are aimed at insight.

The student is considered to know the rules ofthe general part of the criminal law and of the criminal procedure (bachelor level)

Specific provisions regarding the use of tools and instruments during exams:

1. The "Additional regulations regarding the use of tools during exams" applies except the exceptions listed below.

2. Exception to art. 3, § 1, first and second al.: With the exception of the Larcier-codes, the use of annotated codes (eg TWS, Keure annotated code, Larcier Law & Interpretation) or printing annotated texts from databases (eg Jura) are not allowed.

3. Special provision article art. 3, § 1, second and third al.: The use of material for indexing (post-it etc.) and the use of fluorescent indications is admitted to find the offences more quickly. This should however not go so far that the various elements of the offences are somehow indicated (eg fluorescent highlighting, underlining, numbering, etc.).

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