Study Programmes 2015-2016
| DROI1106-3 | |||||||||||
| Introduction to penal law and criminology | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 45h Th, 15h Pr | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Adrien Masset | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| As an introduction course to criminal law, this course situates criminal law in the historical, social and juridical sphere. The introduction to criminology aims to present the student with importance of criminological sciences through several specific topics (economic criminal law, terrorism, victimology, etc.). | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Following themes are dealt with : - the historical development of criminal law and its philosophy ; - the sources of criminal law ; - the basic principles of criminal law ; - the application of criminal law in time, space and towards the person ; - the crime : the constitutive elements, the classification ; - the punishable attempt and the punishable participation ; - the punishment. - the importance of criminological sciences through several specific topics (economic criminal law, terrorism, victimology, etc.). | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Introduction to judiciary law. Criminal law. Criminal law procedure | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practical cases | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Ex cathedra lecture during the first part of the year. Tutorials : Exercices sessions. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students have a book and a casebook which are available to Faculty of Law's Legal Editions (update 01.09.15)
Students have to acquire by themselves an exemplary of the Penal Laws (or by internet site SPF Justice). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam in january, oral in may-june and august 2016. | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher: a.masset@ulg.ac.be (bureau Trifac, 1/10) - 04/366.31.84 Secretary : Julie DEBROUX - 04/366.31.59 Lecturer: Hélène LURKIN (bureau Trifac, 1/47) - 04/366.31.82 - hlurkin@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||
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Items online :
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 | syllabus and case book syllabus and case book |
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