Programme

1re année : Introduction aux droits de common law

The constitutional and political framework of the UK

Introduction to the “common law”; the constitution of the UK ; Parliament ; the executive ; the judiciary, the structure of the courts and the legal profession.

The legal framework and an introduction to the English private law

Sources of law, common law and equity, common law and statute, the legal and constitutional limits on Parliament ; Parliamentary sovereignty ; judges and legislation : the interpretation of statutes ; judges as lawmakers ; the doctrine of precedent ; public law and private law : introduction to private law : the structure of private law.

2e année : Droits de common law

English contract law:

Formation (objective test, offer and acceptance, the doctrine of consideration) ; privity of contract ; mistake, misrepresentation, duress and undue influence ; contract terms ; frustration ; remedies for breach of contract (termination, specific performance, damages).

English tort law:

Negligence (general principles and some specific categories of duty) ; torts to land (trespass, nuisance; the rule in Rylands v Fletcher) ; defamation.

English property law:

The nature and protection of property rights ; the contribution of equity ; the trust and equitable property rights ; leases and licences to use land.