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SYLLABUS
GRADUATE
LAW
PROGRAM
Course title: Introduction to Comparative Law (US/EU)
Credits: 3 ECTS credits
Teaching language: English
Teacher in charge of the course: Aurélien Raccah, PhD, FLD/Université Catholique
de Lille
Specialist lecturers: Professor MCINTOSH (MC Law, USA)
1) COURSE PRESENTATION
Course objective:
This course introduces the students to the main issues of the Comparative Law in the USA
and in Europe. It gives a broad overview of some current and classical themes of European
Union Law. The course is divided in 2 parts, one focused on US Law, the other one on EU &
national Law.
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Understand the US and EU legal systems according to their main characteristics;
- Differenciate common law systems from civil law systems;
- Know the main public institutions and jurisdictions;
- Understand the purpose of legal comparison in the context of the TTIP (US/EU
Agreement).
Prerequisite:
The students shall be at least in 3rd year of law in a European university or having a major in
law in an American or any other university.
Content:
Introduction to International and Comparative Law
1. Comparative law as a component of International Law
2. Comparative Law as legal methodology
3. Comparative Law in EU Law
Chapter I Comparison of the national legal orders
A. Autonomy of the national legal orders
1. Civil Law versus Common Law
2. National legal orders versus international legal orders
B. National judicial organizations
1. Court systems
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2. National legal proceedings
Chapter II Comparative Law in the European Union Law
A. Comparative Law as method in the EU legislative process
1. Production of EU Law
2. Compliance by the MS, companies and individuals
B. EU Legal Proceedings
1. EU judicial organization
2. Judicial actions to the ECJ
2) WORKLOAD
It shows the student workload both in class and homework:
Form
Number of
hours
Face-to-face, In-class
Comments
18
Out-site training, fieldtrip
Approximate personal
work/Homework
Student total workload
18
3) EDUCATIONAL METHODS
Course
4) ASSESSMENT
Grading is assessed as follows: attendance 20%, participation in class 20% and final exam
60%.
The attendance component will be calculated as follows: full attendance 20%, 1 unauthorized
absence 10%, 2 unauthorized absences 5%, 3 or more unauthorized absences 0%. Students
with 0% attendance will also have their final grades capped at a maximum of B+.
Form
Number
Duration
Continuous
assessment
(percentage break
down 20%)
Final exam
(percentage break
down 60%)
Comments
Written final exam
Others (student
participation…)
(percentage break
down 20%)
participation
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Recommended reading:
- Gilles CUNIBERTI, Grands systèmes de droit contemporains, LGDJ, 2011, 510 p.
Damian CHALMERS, Gareth DAVIES, Giorgio MONTI, European Union Law: Cases
and Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Revised edition, 2010
Paul CRAIG and Gráinne DE BURCA, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials, Oxford
University Press, 4th ed., 2008, 1148 p.
Alan DASHWOOD, Derrick WYATT e.a., European Union law, London, Sweet &
Maxwell, 5th ed., 2006, 1224 p.
Pierre GERBET, La construction de l’Europe, 4e éd., Armand Colin, 2007, 580 p.
Herwig C.H. HOFMAN, Gerard C. ROWE, Alexander H. TÜRK, Administrative Law
and Policy of the European Union, OUP Oxford, 2011
Jean-Paul JACQUE, Droit institutionnel de l’Union européenne, 6e éd., 2010, Dalloz,
757 p.
Pierre LEGRAND, Droit comparé, Que sais-je ?, PUF, 2011, 127 p.
François-Xavier PRIOLLAUD et David SIRITZKY, Le Traité de Lisbonne, Texte et
commentaire article par article des nouveaux traités européens (TUE – TFUE), La
documentation française, 2008, 523 p.
Aurélien RACCAH, Le traité de Lisbonne : de nouvelles compétences pour l’Union
européenne ?, L’Harmattan, avril 2012, 240 p.
Jürgen SCHWARZE, EU-Kommentar, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Baden-Baden,
2000, 2660 p.
Eileen SERVIDIO-DELABRE, The Legal System of a Common Law Country The
British Legal System - The American Legal System - Constitutionally Protected Rights of the
U.S.A., Dalloz, 2014, 478 p.
Joseph WEILER, The Constitution of Europe: Essays on the Ends and Means of
European Integration, Cambridge University Press, 1999
Joseph H. H. WEILER, The Transformation of Europe, The Yale Law Journal, Vol.
100, No. 8, Symposium: International Law (Jun., 1991), pp. 2403-2483
Antje WIENER and Thomas DIEZ, European Integration Theory, OUP Oxford, 2nd
ed., 2009
Jacques ZILLER (dir.), L’Union européenne, Edition Traité de Lisbonne, La
Documentation française, Les notices, 2008, 215 p.
Internet resources:
Websites:
Consolidated versions of the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union (OJ C115, 9.5.2008) :
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/st06655-re01.en08.pdf
European Council: http://www.consilium.europa.eu
European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu
European Parliament: http://www.europarl.europa.eu
Committee of the regions: www.cor.europa.eu
Court of Justice of the European Union: http://curia.europa.eu
Law of the European Union: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
European Navigator: http://ena.lu
News online
News of the EU institutions: http://europa.eu/rapid/press
The euros: http://www.eurosduvillage.eu
EU Observer: http://euobserver.com/
The European Union Times: http://www.eutimes.net/
Blog of Charlemagne (The Economist):
http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne
Blog of Jean QUATREMER: http://bruxelles.blogs.liberation.fr/
Assemblée nationale, Commission des affaires européennes:
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/europe/
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Sénat, Commission des affaires européennes:
http://senat.fr/europe/quoideneuf.html
Tout l’Europe.fr: http://www.touteleurope.fr
Europeus: http://www.europeus.org
Euractiv: http://www.euractiv.fr
5) ACADEMIC CALENDAR
30 June to 23 July 2015
This syllabus is based on information that was available at the time of publication (March
2015). Changes may occur.
For updated information about course content, please contact us: [email protected]
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