Learning outcomes

Disciplinary competences


➢ Knowledge and understanding: explain legal concepts relating to the specific features, creation, application and interpretation of legal rules; identify the sources of law; understand the notion of a legal order and the interactions between different legal orders; summarize a court decision or a short legal text.

➢ Application: handle relevant normative provisions; classify legal rules according to their content, their binding nature, their author, and their addressee; apply legal rules to concrete situations by carrying out basic exercises, particularly in the form of case studies, linked to the theory taught; formulate a legal question; apply the rigor and precision required in legal writing to the production of university-level work; adhere to the rules of scientific ethics.

➢ Analysis: read a statute or court decision and extract key information, building on prior understanding of the subject; analyze a court decision in light of different methods of legal interpretation; establish links between legal texts and current events.

➢ Evaluation: critically assess classifications of law, the role of the legislator, and the role of the judge; cultivate intellectual curiosity to support this critical perspective; develop a comprehensive view of the law.


Transversal competences


Mastery of these legal competences necessarily requires mastery of transversal competences. Students must be able, both in writing and orally, to communicate their reasoning and defend their viewpoint. They must also demonstrate increasing autonomy in their work and show interest in current events.

Goals

The course unit Sources, Principles and Methods of Law – II aims to train part-time undergraduate law students to understand the specific nature of legal norms, how they are created, applied and interpreted, and to develop a critical perspective on them throughout their academic and professional careers.

Content

The course is divided into four parts:
 
1° the specific features of the rule of law ;
 
2° the process of creating the rule of law ;
 
3° the application of the rule of law ;
 
4° interpretation of the rule of law.

Teaching methods

Each of the four lessons covers a specific area of knowledge (1° the specific features of the rule of law, 2° the creation of the rule of law, 3° the application of the rule of law, 4° the interpretation of the rule of law). Each lesson is divided into two three-hour sessions. The first session is given in the form of an interactive lecture, while the second is a learning path accompanied by the teacher, through the consultation of resources and the completion of exercises.
 

Assessment method

Written assessment

Sources, references and any support material

• The syllabus

• The slides available on Webcampus.

• The cases analysed in the course available on Webcampus

Language of instruction

French
Training Study programme Block Credits Mandatory
Bachelor in Law (Evenings and Weekends Schedule) Standard 0 4
Bachelor in Law (Evenings and Weekends Schedule) Standard 1 4