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Study programmes 2009-2010Last update : 28/06/2010
DROI2214-1   Comparative substantive and procedurall criminal law
Duration :  45h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre8
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre8
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre8
Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre8
Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre8
Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre8
Holder(s) :  Ann Jacobs
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  1.- Introduction to legal anthropology - major families of criminal law: Russian, Anglo-American, Muslim -Elements of criminal policy systems.

2.- The major issues of criminal procedures: the balance between the group and the individual: who has the power to prosecute and with which means? What are the rights of the person being prosecuted? What are the rules of evidence?
3.- Relations between criminal law and criminal procedures according to the legal systems.
Course objective :  Understanding the different criminal and procedural systems in order to better master the structure of the Belgian system and understand the difficult relations between systems.
Prerequisites :  Criminal law and the Belgian criminal procedure and comparative law.
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Organization :  The course is organised entirely in the form of a seminar requiring students to prepare the subject.
Written notes :  among others, interesting readings : Les grands systèmes de droit contemporains, R. David (dir.), ed. Dalloz; J. Pradel, Droit pénal comparé, éd. Dalloz, 2009.
Assessment :  Assessment during the seminar and written summary handed in by the students at the end of the seminar
Contacts :  Course leader: Ann JACOBS
Bureau: Bât. B.33/I.48
Tel. 04/366.31.73
Mail: Ann.Jacobs@ulg.ac.be

Assistant: Patrick THEVISSEN
Bureau: Bât. B.33/I.11
Tel. 04/366.31.82
Mail: Patrick.Thevissen@ulg.ac.be
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