Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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DROI1366 - Advanced questions of criminal law and procedure



Credits : 5

Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory.

Timetable :
Second term
Tuesday from 10:45 to 12:45

Language of instruction :
French


Learning outcomes :
By the end of the course, students should know the legal and doctrinal texts and decisions of jurisprudence and they should be able to analyse them in the light of the transversal themes studied during the year.

Prerequisites :
Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
This course analyses legal and doctrinal texts, as well as decision of jurisprudence relating to contentious matters or criminal measures, which have not been studied in second year of the bachelor's degree (youth protection, enforcement of sentences, prisons, drugs, police, specific research methods, European arrest warrant, criminal record, social protection, etc.) by analyzing them in a particular light (transfer of the decision making process, criminal law/human rights, justice/security/freedom, etc.).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
This course is a lecture centred on the examination of legal, doctrinal and jurisprudential texts, related to transversal themes. Professional actors will regularly be invited to illustrate the subject matter; also, the visit of places, related to the course, will be organized during the year.

Assessment methods and criteria :
The assessment relies on an oral examination relating to the subject matter studied in class and includes a question that will be prepared in writing. This question aims to check the student's capability to read, understand and explain the texts studied in class and to render them in the light of the themes studied during the year. It is an open-book examination so that the students can have access to the texts studied in class. The students should also have their penal code with them.

Recommended or required reading :
None

Other information :
The course refers to legal and doctrinal texts as well as jurisprudential decisions made available on the Saint Louis University website.