Course Examinaton Comparative Government (PUB1002)

Academic year Date Time Duration Phase

2019-2020 18 December 2019 13:00-16:00 3 hours BA

Examination requirement

Number of questions: 3 (with sub-questions)

Requirement: All three questions with sub-questions must be answered.
Point Distribution: Each of the 3 questions counts as 10 points. The points for the written exam will be added and
divided by three. The final grade for the exam consists of grade for the written exam, the
assignment and the bonus-point, according to the formula as explained in the coursebook.

The following may be used during the examination

The Maastricht Collection, 6th edition, eds. Sascha Hardt and Nicole Kornet OR Comparative
Constitutional Law Documents, Eleven International Publishing, 2019, eds. Aalt Willem Heringa &
Sascha Hardt: NO WRITING, ONLY HIGHLIGHTING

Answer instructions

All questions must be answered; make sure not to use more words than the maximum amount of
words as indicated. When more words are used the excess text will NOT be graded nor taken into
account. Make sure to provide your answers, by giving arguments and reasons and by providing
whenever appropriate and relevant reference to legal texts. Write in legible sentences.

Answer key

The MODEL answer will be published on the student portal the evening after the exam.

Comments about questions and/or answers

In the second half of January or the first half of February an inspection meeting will be organized
where students may file complaints about the grading of their exams. This meeting will be
announced in due time, and it will be the only opportunity to do so. During that meeting we will
only deal with specific and motivated requests.

Good luck!
NOTE!
 
 Communication devices and watches are not allowed – put them in your bag (under your table),
completely switched off and not within reach! Otherwise this will be reported to the Board of
Examiners through an irregularity form. This also applies to changes to the exam after the official
end of the examination.

Sanctions by the Board of Examiners for fraud or irregularities include measures as:
- voidance or annulment of the concerning examination;
- exclusion from participation or further participation of one or more examinations or exams at
the FoL for a period of time (to be determined by the Board of Examiners, with a maximum
period of one year);
- termination of the student’s registration for the concerning study programme.
 
Announcement of result

The examination result will be announced within four weeks after the date on which the
examination was taken (Article 27 (1) Education and Examination Regulations – Bachelor / Article
45 (1) EER Master).

Procedural rules

Maastricht University’s Rules of Procedure for examinations apply to this examination.

If you violate the procedural rules, you may be formally reprimanded by the Board of Examiners
and your examination may be declared invalid. You may be excluded from (further) participation
in one or more examinations relating to a particular course of study for a maximum period of one
year.

Before you start

 Please place your student ID card and any permitted material that you need during the
examination on the table. 
 Unless otherwise indicated on the cover sheet, all electronic equipment (such as mobile
phones) must be completely switched off and stored in your bag under the table before the start of
the examination. You may only remove your equipment from your bag after you have left the
examination room.
 Any watches must be removed and stored in the bag under the table before the start of
the examination. You may only remove your watch from the bag after you have left the
examination room.

During the exam

 The first thirty minutes after the exam has started you may not leave the exam hall. 
 Contact with other students during the examination is not permitted in any form
whatsoever.
 If you have a question, please raise your hand. One of the invigilators will come to you.
 Always follow the invigilators’ instructions.  
 You may not stand up and walk through or leave the examination hall during the
examination without the permission of an invigilator. 

You need to go to the toilet 

 Raise your hand and wait for the invigilator. You will receive a toilet pass from an
invigilator, after handing in your UM card (as proof of your identity).
 Toilet visits will be limited. You may go to the toilet three times during an examination
period of three hours or longer.
 No toilet visits are permitted during the first and last 30 minutes of the examination. 
 You are finished with the examination
 You may not leave the examination hall for the first thirty minutes after the start of the
examination.
 All scrap paper must be handed in; it is not allowed to take anything with you.

 Finished before the end of the exam:

Raise your hand and wait for a sign from the invigilator. Take the scrap paper to the invigilator and
hand it all in.

 Finished at the end of the exam:

Remain seated until the invigilator has collected everything from your desk.

 You must leave the examination hall and building quietly.