The aim of the course is to provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge, combined with the know-how and reasoning skills to be able to approach any question of judicial law calmly, with the help of the Judicial Code, which they will have learned to handle intelligently. Prerequisite: Sources, Principles and Method of Law I (SPMD I) [EFASB210].
The course introduces students to the general principles and essential notions of private judicial law, then familiarises them with the course of a civil judicial procedure, from the birth of the conflict to the implementation of its judicial solution, with an opening to alternative methods of dispute resolution.
The examination is only oral, both in the first and second session. The assessment is closed book, the student can only bring the Judicial Code, any other legal provisions and the case law that was made available to him/her at the beginning of the academic year ("florilège de jurisprudence", also available on Webcampus); these documents may not contain any There is no "loose leaf" or annotation. Each student draws a card with four questions and has a minimum of 20 minutes preparation time before being questioned. These four questions include: • a case study (presented as a situation that allows him/her to mobilise his/her theoretical knowledge in a practical context); • a 'true or false' section comprising two statements, each answer to be duly substantiated; • a question on the definition and understanding of a concept (= "what do you know about...?") involving giving the meaning of a concept, indicating the legal or jurisprudential bases, illustrating with an example, contextualising (on what occasion did we talk about this concept?),... • a reflection/comment/comprehension question (which may be more cross-cutting in nature, involving a comparison, a commentary, etc.). => explain the meaning of the sentence and/or explain the regime of the standard concerned, contextualise (on what occasion did we talk about this article/this sentence?), illustrate with an example, compare concepts, etc.
Full written support for each of the four modules is available to students. Annexes will be available on the WebCampus platform, including model pleadings and video clips on the division of powers, legal aid and legal aid. During the course of the year, articles and case law decisions will be made available on the WebCampus platform, as and when they become available.