American law 2
Bachelor 2nd year
Record #325
American law 2
US legal system, US constitutional law, Bill of rights, fundamental rights, common law
This course follows the course dedicated to US constitutional legal history. It is aimed at deepening students' knowledge of the main stakes associated with the current US legal system. To that end, students will be presented the specificities of the US judiciary branch (role and structure of state and federal courts, theories of interpretation) with an emphasis on the difficulties raised by a dual court system (conflicts of laws and conflicts of jurisdiction) as well as its main characteristics embodied in the adversarial nature of the adjudication of conflicts and the specificity of the jury trial. Students are introduced to evidence law as well as to the great principles governing civil and criminal procedures. Beyond, students are introduced to specific topics in the field of civil liberties and fundamental rights such as the death penalty, voting rights issues, abortion and privacy, affirmative action, habeas corpus, or the fate of Guantanamo detainees, etc. For each topic, students must orally present a major US Supreme Court decision. Students are also required to read a legal novel (i.e. Guideon's trumpet, Contempt of court, Devil in the grove, Buffalo Creek disaster, etc.) and must each week restitute in a theatrical and legalistic way the content of relevant chapters (defense attorney/plaintiff’s lawyer, witness testimony, examination, cross-examination, etc.)
Bachelor 2nd year
Law
Analytical knowledge of forein law rules and institutions
Legal culture enrichment
Critical comprehension of foreign law court decisions
English proficiency
Oral skills/speaking in public
Oral skills enhancement and English proficiency
Pauline Abadie - Associate law professor - Hourly volume: 20
Campus-based teaching
C1 - Effective operational proficiency or advanced