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
• 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
• Combine different sources of national and international law
• Apply the rules of positive law in solving a case study
• 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
• Consolidate legal positions by formulating arguments and reasoned conclusions
• Structure legal reasoning by intelligently and accurately using analogy and syllogism, both orally and in writing
• Assess and demonstrate sound reasoning
• Anticipate conflicting constructions and respond to them in a well-argued and convincing way
• Link law to issues of justice and social purpose in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Consider the practical requirements and needs of a company for which the law can provide solutions
• Understand the development and application of the law in a critical manner in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
• Identify social and political issues of legal phenomena
• Place rules in a social context to understand the challenges and choices that stakeholders face

UE's Learning outcomes

Understand the basics of criminal law, criminal offence, criminal liability and punishment, as well as the principles that govern criminal control. Demonstrate the place, essential mechanisms and aims of criminal law compared to other branches of law.

UE Content

Study criminal law (general characteristics, autonomy, interpretation, referring to time, space and people), crimal liability (categories, moral elements and causes for justification, material elements, attempts), delinquancy (subject to criminal law, moral responsibility, punishable participation) and punishment (function, categories, punishments which limit freedom, work, rights and heritage, civil consequences, suspended sentences, reprieves, probation) illustrated by numerous examples of criminal acts.

Prior experience

A pass in the BA1 course ‘Introduction au droit’

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination
• Practical test

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• N/A

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination