Advanced questions of criminal law and procedure (2022-2023)

Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles

DROI1366 - Advanced questions of criminal law and procedure

USL-B

Credits : 5

Lecturer :

Guillain Christine

Mode of delivery :

Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory.

Timetable :

Second term
Friday from 08:30 to 10:30 at 43 Botanique 6

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 :

For the Bachelor in Law :

- DROI1213 - Criminal Law,

- DROI1214 - Criminal procedure + Exercises session with casus

or DROI1214N - Criminal Procedure + Exercises session with casus in Criminal law and Procedure,

- DROI1112 - Sources and principles of law

or the courses :
DRNL1130 - Seminaire on the Sources and Principles of Law,

- MHUB1110 - Introduction to legal sciences .

Co-requisites :

None

Course contents :

The course consists of the examination of legal texts, doctrinal texts and jurisprudence decisions concerning criminal litigation or measures that have not been dealt with (or not in depth) during the second year of the law degree.
Each session consists in dissecting a particular theme (alternative sentences, execution of sentences, drugs, terrorism, recidivism, criminal records, Covid19, prisons, etc.) and understanding the legal, political and institutional issues at stake.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course consists of a lecture centred on the examination of legal, doctrinal and jurisprudential texts, in relation to the themes addressed. Experts and professional actors are regularly invited to illustrate the subject and visits to places related to the course are organised during the year (as far as possible and depending on the number of students).
Students are also regularly invited to debates with key actors in the justice system.

Assessment methods and criteria :

The evaluation is based on the active participation of the students in the course as well as on the end-of-year work, which consists of elaborating a project or a law proposal, related to the subjects seen in the course. Depending on the number of students, the work is presented in an oral examination.

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.