Objectives of general skills

• Acquire the basic knowledge to understand the legal mechanisms in order to understand the concepts, techniques and terminology to express a rigorous legal thought
• Understand the organisation of powers to identify institutions and sources of law
• Have foundation of legal knowledge in order to work with more refined knowledge and legally consider increasingly complex situations
• Use language as a tool of legal thinking to understand the concepts, techniques and terminology to express a rigorous legal thought
• Choose appropriate and accurate legal terminology according to the context
• Express thoughts constructively and rigorously
• Transform a legal issue in order to apply a pragmatic approach of the law to resolve specific issues
• Identify and define the sources of law to consider the facts and determine the areas of work to be developed
• Implement the various techniques of interpretation and argumentation in order to apply a pragmatic approach of the law to solve specific issues
• Think critically about legal interpretations proposed in legal literature and case law
• Defend a point of view in order to apply a pragmatic approach of the law to resolve specific issues
• Structure legal reasoning by intelligently and accurately using analogy and syllogism, both orally and in writing
• Assess and demonstrate sound reasoning
• Link law to issues of justice and social purpose in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Learn the different concepts of justice
• Compare these different concepts to legislation in order to interpret and apply it appropriately
• Combine rigorous technique whilst taking into account ethical considerations in their approach
• Consider the practical requirements and needs of a company for which the law can provide solutions
• Introduce interdisciplinarity in their analysis and perception of the law in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Question the specifics of a legal approach in relation to other human sciences related to law
• Develop critical thinking skills based on this introduction to humanities
• Foster a transversal approach to law

UE's Learning outcomes

The purpose of this course is to make students students understand the dangers of the call for natural law in the practice of law as welle as the unavoidability of it. By the end of the course, students will be able to master the fundamental concepts of the theories of justice, which have nourished law throughout its history.

UE Content

- analysis of legal positivism and of the positivism/jusnaturalism opposition,
- history of the theories of natural law,
- references to natural law in the practice of law.

Prior experience

Not applicable

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• N/A

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination