Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Identify complex legal issues in a literary text written in French;

2. Present concise legal arguments in French, in writing and orally;

3. Debate and respond to legal questions in French;

4. Work as part of a team in conducting legal research in French.

Indicative Module Content:

The content of the module includes (but is not limited to):

1. Studying of specific French legal terminology

2. Studying of the French legal argumentation technique

3. Analysing of French tales with underlying legal issues

4. Debating on the legal issues raised by the abovementioned tales

Student Effort Type	Hours
Lectures	10
Small Group	4
Tutorial	6
Seminar (or Webinar)	10
Specified Learning Activities	10
Autonomous Student Learning	90
Total	130

Not applicable to this module.

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  

Description	Timing		Component Scale		% of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Online activities completed via Brightspace (e.g. quizzes, discussions).	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	20
Assignment: Submission of "dissertation" in French.	Coursework (End of Trimester)	n/a	Graded	No	50
Presentation: Group presentation of legal aspects of a short story (in French).	Week 11	n/a	Graded	No	30

 

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Spring	No

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities

Not yet recorded.

+The key book that will be used in this module is:

François Ost, 'Si le droit m'était conté' (Dalloz 2019)

+Other relevant books that might be useful are:

--French legal terminology:
-Didier Guével, 'Petit lexique des erreurs usuelles de l'étudiant en droit' (7e ed, Lextenso 2018 )
-Denis Salas, 'Les 100 mots de la justice' (Presses Universitaires de France 2010 )

--French law and literature:

-François Ost, 'Raconter la Loi: Aux sources de l'imaginaire juridique' (Odile Jacob 2004)
-François Ost, 'Shakespeare: La Comédie de la Loi' (Michalon 2012 )
-Matthieu Aron, 'Les grandes plaidoiries des ténors du barreu' (Pocket 2013 )
-Marine Ranouil et Nicolas Dissaux, 'Il était une fois...analyse juridique des contes de fées' (Dalloz 2018)
-Astrid Boyer, 'Les arrêts illustrés by les Barons du Droit' (Enrick B Editions 2017)
-Valerie Ndior et Nicolas Rousseau, 'Le droit dans la saga Harry Potter' (Enrick B Editions 2019)

Name	Role
Assoc Professor Marie-Luce Paris	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer