Face-to-face , second term, 15 hours of theory.

Second term
Saturday from 09:00 to 12:00 at 119 Marais 2200

The course is taught in French.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the approach to legal phenomena using the set of tools that legal theory provides.
This implies first of all an understanding of the benefits that human and social science approaches can bring to those who study legal phenomena.
Secondly, it means becoming aware of the strong link between law and the society in which it is born and the currents of thought that run through it. As a human and social phenomenon, law cannot be understood in depth by means of legal analysis methods alone. Other methodologies need to be added to them.
Thirdly, and more specifically, the ambition of the course is to teach students to appropriate a conceptual framework and to use it to analyse legal texts (in the broadest sense) and other normative texts.

For the Bachelor in Law (Evening Programme) :

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A theme is proposed to the students and is exposed through theoretical texts by proposing a specific analysis. Each session is thus devoted to the presentation of a part of the theoretical framework.
In parallel, texts of a legal, political, doctrinal or theoretical nature (human and social sciences) are analysed collectively using the tools developed in the theoretical part. These practical exercises prepare for the examination.

The teaching is partly lecture-based (theoretical presentation) (2/3) and partly made up of collective comments on texts (text analysis) (1/3).

The evaluation concerns the ability to produce a written analysis of texts using the theoretical framework studied in the course.
Two modalities are possible, depending on the circumstances. The face-to-face examination lasts 3 hours and is based on the analysis of two texts chosen from a portfolio of at least four texts. The distance examination lasts 1h30 and is based on the analysis of one text.
The assessment covers the use of the theoretical tools provided during the sessions to comment on the submitted text. It focuses on the coherence of the analysis, the quality of the argumentation, the quality of the use of theoretical concepts and the originality of the analyses produced.
The examination is an open-course examination: students may bring their notes, texts seen during the year and any works they consider useful. Communicating objects are forbidden.

The reading file will be provided by the professor during the year.