| CODE | FRE1028 | ||||||
| TITLE | Initiation au jargon juridique: études en droit | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | French | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit first introduces law students to the French judicial system. Students will then familiarise themselves with French legal jargon (lexical items and syntactic structures) in a specific context, relating to criminal, civil, commercial law, etc. Lectures will be delivered in French. This study-unit will broaden the students' knowledge with regard to a legal system that has both similarities and differences to the Maltese legal system. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is: - To assist students in understanding the French legal system, the French legal institutions - their composition and main functions; - To familiarise students with the French legal jargon; - To assist future lawyer linguists. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - understand and express himself in a specialized area, that is, French legal jargon; - comprehend the basic elements of the French legal system; - know which are the main legal institutions, what are their functions and how they are regulated. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - write in good French using proper legal terminology; - translate a legal passage from English into French and from French into English; - write about French legal institutions. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Beaudry-Lacantinerie & Wahl, Traité de droit civil, 3rd edition. - Bernard G. et al, Les Institutions de la France, Nathan, 2011. - Cabrillac R., dir, Dictionnaire du volabulaire juridique 2014, Lexis Nexis, Paris, 2014. - Mazeaud, H. (Author), Chabas F., 1999, Droit civil, LGDJ / Montchrestien. - Mazeaud, Henri et Léon, Francois Chabas.(1991) Leçons de Droit Civil, traité théorique et pratique de la responsabilité civile délictuelle et contractuelle - Vol. II Book 1, Obligations, Paris. - Various Internet sites. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisites: FRE1014 or a pass in French at Matsec Intermediate or Advanced Level | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carmen Depasquale |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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