The course aims to provide students with knowledge of technical/specialist French terminology relating to the legal area and to develop their ability to understand the French language from a grammatical, syntactical and phonetic point of view, also through exercises on legal topics, practical exercises on specific material carried out in class and/or at home, and through the study of purely legal documents (e.g. judgements) and/or articles, including current political and social issues.

The course will cover the following topics

1. Le cadre du droit en France

a. les grandes divisions du droit : droit privé et public

2. les sources du droit

a. les sources internationales

b. le droit de l'UE

c. les sources nationales

3. Droit international

4.    Droit de l’Union Européenne

a. les actes juridiques de la UE

b. Les institutions européennes

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Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course the student will have acquired basic knowledge of the French legal language.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

At the end of the course the student will have acquired the basic knowledge of the French legal language.

The student will be able to understand and interpret legal texts in French, to translate them from and into French, to apply the theoretical knowledge learned in practice.

JUDGEMENT AUTONOMY (making judgements):
The student will have acquired the necessary critical capacity to assess the content and effectiveness of legal texts in French.

COMMUNICATIONAL EQUIPMENT (communication skills):
the student will be able to communicate the contents of the course, arguing, in written and oral form, in French, contents, theories and legislation.

LEARNING CAPACITY (learning skills):
the student will be able to study in a completely autonomous way, finding materials that he considers useful to integrate his own preparation. 

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Additional information about the course, materials and exams are partly published on the Moodle Blended platform, other materials will be provided per lesson or on request by email. 

Teaching

Attendance at the course is not compulsory. The final exam will be taken on the legal material (judgements and legal texts). During the classes, the explanation of the topics by the teacher in French will be accompanied by practical exercises including grammar and reading of material and documents in French.

Attendance

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Course books

Suggested books (not compulsory):

Dictionnaire du vocabulaire juridique, Rémy Cabrillac, Lexisnexis, 2016

or

Lexique des termes juridiques, Thierry Debard, 2016, Dalloz

Assessment

The final exam involves the verification of lexical and theoretical knowledge on the subjects covered by the lessons, as well as on the specific structures of the legal language. It consists of a written comprehension, a verification of lexical and theoretical knowledge.

Students enrolled in the Master's Degree Course in Law (LMG/01) and the Bachelor's Degree Course in Legal Sciences for Work Counselling and Worker Safety (L/14) must take an exam in a language of their choice between French and English.

The examination consists of two parts:

The first part consists of a B1 level language qualification organised and managed by the University Language Centre (CLA)
Once the language proficiency test has been taken and passed, the student must pass a specialist language test (legal English or legal French) organised and managed at the School of Law, Department of Law, directly by the holder of the language teaching identified.
For further information, please visit http://www.cla.uniurb.it/dip_digiur.php

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.

Teaching

Attendance at the course is not compulsory. The final exam will be taken on the legal material (judgements and legal texts). During the classes, the explanation of the topics by the teacher in French will be accompanied by practical exercises including grammar and reading of material and documents in French.

Attendance

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Course books

Suggested books (not compulsory):

Dictionnaire du vocabulaire juridique, Rémy Cabrillac, Lexisnexis, 2016

or

Lexique des termes juridiques, Thierry Debard, 2016, Dalloz

Assessment

The final exam involves the verification of lexical and theoretical knowledge on the subjects covered by the lessons, as well as on the specific structures of the legal language. It consists of a written comprehension, a verification of lexical and theoretical knowledge.

Students enrolled in the Master's Degree Course in Law (LMG/01) and the Bachelor's Degree Course in Legal Sciences for Work Counselling and Worker Safety (L/14) must take an exam in a language of their choice between French and English.

The examination consists of two parts:

The first part consists of a B1 level language qualification organised and managed by the University Language Centre (CLA)
Once the language proficiency test has been taken and passed, the student must pass a specialist language test (legal English or legal French) organised and managed at the School of Law, Department of Law, directly by the holder of the language teaching identified.
For further information, please visit http://www.cla.uniurb.it/dip_digiur.php

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.