Annex to Report: UK Law Faculties teaching French Law (or Law with French)

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University Level of French Law teaching Degree Expressly Featuring French Law Other Details (including teaching hours) Link with French University Contact Name
Aberdeen ug years 1+2 Ll.B with French Law Introduction to French law - 24 hrs Lyon II
Clermont Ferrand
Grenoble II
Hélène Boiron-Nguyen
Birkbeck College, London ug year 4   German and French law as final year options - 1.5 hrs per week   Dr Anton Schütz
Birmingham ug years 1-4 Ll.B Law with French :intrduction
to French law - 40 hrs, modern and contemporary France - 40 hrs
Year 2: French property law
40hrs and French language - 40 hrs
Year 3: Diplôme d'Etudes Juridiques - Limoges - 1 year full time
Year 4: Law with French - 40hrs;
French history and literature - 40hrs.
Limoges Sophie Boyron
Bristol ug year 2   Introduction to French law - 18 hrs Poitiers
Caen
Marie-Christine Allaire-Rousse
Cambridge ug year 3 and pg New course:  2 years Cambridge and 2 years Paris II - Double Maîtrise Comparative law (tripos) - 40 hrs
Comparative law (Ll.M) - 40 hrs + 16 seminars
Paris II
Poitiers
J A Weir (Trinity)
Dr R Munday (Peterhouse)
Cardiff ug Ll.B Law with French (Ll.M English and European Laws to be introduced shortly) Module "French Legal System"
- 10 lectures and 10 2hr seminars
Visiting lecturers come from:
Amiens
Nantes
Poitiers
RennesI
Toulouse I
Dr Stewart Field
Central Lancashire ug years 2-4 Ll.B Law with French Year 2: Aspects of legal French (1 module of 6)
Year 3: In France studying French law
Year 4: Dissertation on aspect of
French law or legal system (1module of  6)
Poitiers
Paris VII
La Réunion
Maria Lee
College of Law pg   French law and language (optional) - 12 hrs. Bordeaux IV Peter Burbidge
De Montfort, Leicester ug year 3 Ll.B Law with French - 4 years Year 3: Studying French law at Chambéry Savoie (Chambéry) Mrs Mary Mulholland
Derby   Law and French     Richard Grimes
Dundee ug years 2-4 Ll.B Law with French + possible Diplôme de Droit Français(Grenoble) Approx one third of course
+ possible full year studying French
law at Grenoble
Grenoble II
(Erasmus)
Toulouse I
(from 2001)
Robin M White
East Anglia (Norwich) ug years 1+2 Ll.B Law with French Law and Language : 1st semester - introduction
to French law - 30 hrs;  2nd semester - droit constitutionnel - 25 hrs
Year 2: 1st semester droit des obligations  - 30 hrs;  
2nd semester - droit administratif- 25 hrs
Year 3: Compulsory year of French law at French university 
Tours
Lyon III
Strasbourg
Nancy II
Nice
Claudina Richards
Edinburgh ug years 3+4 French Law (Hon)
Comparative Criminal Procedure (Hon) Comparative Law (Hon)
Each course -40 hrs Aix en Provence Paris Sud
Rennes
Joëlle Godard/ Elspeth Reid
Essex ug year 2 Ll.B English and French Law Introduction to French law - 80 hrs Lyon III
Strasbourg
Paris X
N Bernard
Exeter ug years 1-3 and pg Ll.B (European) (French Law) Ll.B: introduction to French legal system and public law - 30 credits
law of obligations I - 30 credits
law of obligations II - 30 credits
aspects of French law - 30 credits
Ll.M: European systems of law / comparative constitutional law - 10 credits
Aix - Marseille III Rennes I Professor J W Bridge
Glasgow[1] ug years 3+4   French law (Hon) - 40 hrs   Professor Esin Orucu
Hull ug years 1-3 and pg European Public Law (Ll.M) Ll.B Law with French French public law - 22 hrs
Droit administratif - 4 hrs
Introduction to French law - 24 hrs
Comparative law - about 12 hrs
Strasbourg III
Grenoble II (inc. Valence)
Bretagne Sud
(Vannes)
Orleans
Dr John Hopkins
Keele ug year 2   French law - 20 hrs
Comparative law - 20 hrs
Montpellier
Bordeaux
Limoges
W Kennett
Kent ug years 1+2 Ll.B English and French Law
Ll.B Law with French
Droit constitutionnel et administratif -66 hrs
Droit civil - 60 hrs
Paris X
Grenoble
Bordeaux IV
Susan Millns
Kings College London ug years 1-4 (including 4 year Ll.B with German Law or European legal studies - 3rd year at continental university) Ll.B English and French Law : French legal system - 40 hrs
Year 2: French private law - 40 hrs
For students not doing Ll.B in
English and French Law or not going
to Strasbourg on Ll.B(ELS):
Years 2, 3+4: elements of French
civil law - 40 hrs
comparative law (French 15-20 hrs)
Paris I (for Ll.B in English and French Law) Strasbourg (for Ll.B with European Legal Studies) Madame Eva Steiner
Kingston ug years 1-3 Ll.B with French Law French law I -40 hrs
French law II 40 hrs
Comparative law - 40 hrs
Lyon III Eric Jean-Pierre
Leeds ug year 1 Law and French French law (10 credits) - 10 hrs Le Mans A Cerfontaine
Leicester ug years 1-3 Ll.B Law with French Law and Language : introduction to French legal
system I - 11 hrs - introduction to
French legal system II - 11 hrs
Year 2: French legal studies I - 36 hrs
French legal studies II - 36 hrs
Year 3: French public law - 22 hrs
French private law - 22 hrs
Strasbourg Lyon III Paris XII Pascale Lorber
Liverpool ug years 1-3 (year 3 abroad)
+ possible pg
Ll.B English and French Laws with French  (+ Licence en Droit) : droit constitutionnel - 45 hrs
Year 2: droit administratif - 45 hrs - droit des obligations - 60 hrs
Year 3: droit du travail, administratif, commercial, libertés
publiques - optional subjects- 240 hrs
Bordeaux IV Paris I Kirsty Keywood
London School of Economics ug years 2+3   Introduction to civil law - 60 hrs Strasbourg Dr Igor Stramignoni
London - Guildhall ug years 2+3 and pg   ug: introduction to French law - 33hr
pg: comparative company law37.5hrs
Paris V Lyon III Stephen Judge
Liverpool ug years 1-3 (year 3 abroad) + possible pg Ll.B English and French Laws with French (+ Licence en Droit) : droit constitutionnel - 45 hrs
Year 2: droit administratif - 45 hrs
- droit des obligations - 60 hrs
Year 3: droit du travail, administratif, commercial, libertés
publiques - optional subjects- 240 hrs
Bordeaux IV Paris I Kirsty Keywood
London - Guildhall ug years 2+3 and pg   ug: introduction to French law -33hrs
pg: comparative company law37.5hrs
Paris V Lyon III Stephen Judge
Manchester ug year 2 Ll.B English Law and French Law Comparative law - 35 hrs Bourgogne (Dijon) Andrew Bell/ Martin Davey
Manchester Metropolitan ug years 1, 2+4 Ll.B(Hons) with French Year 1: introduction to French law - 30hrs
Year 2: droit public - 30 hrs
legal translation -
30 hrs
Year 4: droit Européen - 30 hrs
legal translation - 30 hrs.
Toulouse I IEPs at Aix, Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg Nantes (Faculté des Lettres) R McKeon
Newcastle upon Tyne ug year 2 BA Law with French French law - 36 hrs (20 credits) Socrates Exchanges - Nancy
Paris XII
Montpellier
Jean-François Pépin (to 30.6.99)
UC Northampton pg   International business crimes15 hrs
Comparative criminal law - 15 hrs
ESCEM Poitiers Peter Johnstone
Northumbria ug years 1-3 Ll.B(Hons) exempting with French Law Licence en Droit : comparative legal studies - 22 hrs
Year 2: French law - 44 hrs
Year 3: studying French law at
Orléans (droit administrative or
droit des sociétés, droit des obligations + 3 French law options)
Orléans
Savoie (Chambéry)
Dr Eileen Fry
Nottingham ug year 2   Introduction to French law - 18 hrs    
Nottingham Trent ug years 2+3 (Yr 2 for Law with French students,
(yr 3 for the few opting for French law module in Montpellier)
(Yr 4 for Law with German students)
Ll.B Europe (either Law with French or Law with German) Introduction to European legal
systems  -  5 out of 18hrs
Introduction to French law - 18 hrs
(for all Ll.B Europe students)
Montpellier Rennes (Erasmus link) Rachael Stretch
Oxford ug year 2 and pg BA (English Law with French Law) Introduction to French law and
method - 24 hrs (compulsory for BA
English Law with French Law)
Comparative law (delict) - 20 hrs
(optional in Masters programme)
Paris II Director, Institute of European and Comparative Law
Reading ug year 2 and years 3+4 (optional) Ll.B Law with French Law French law - 60 hrs Paris X Peter Smith
School of Oriental and African studies (SOAS) - London pg   Comparative commercial law -
10 hrs (Ll.M)
  N H D Foster
Sheffield ug year 2   Module - French law and legal system Aix
Nice
Nancy
Jeremy Scholes
Sheffield Hallam ug years 1, 2+4 Ll.B(Hons)/Maîtrise en Droit (4 yr degree:  Years 1+3 at Sheffield Hallam;  yrs 2+4 at Paris XII) Comparative law - 20 hrs Paris XII Andrea Nollent
Southampton ug years 2+3   Legal French - 60 hrs
Comparative law -
20 hrs
  Dr R Trost/ M R Asariotis
Southampton Institute ug year 2 and pg   European perspectives on the common law - about 15hrs (with German and Spanish law) Reims Raymond Youngs
Strathclyde ug years 2+3 Ll.B European (French)
Ll.B Law and Modern Languages (French)
Introduction to civil law systems
(French - 24 hrs)
Legal French - 24 hrs
Rouen
Le Havre
Lyon
Toulouse
Annick Masselot
Sussex ug year 3 BA/Ll.B (with French) Year 3 spent at one of six law
schools in France studying (interalia)
French law
  Professor Harry Rajak
Thames Valley [2] ug years 2-4 Until 1996 Ll.B with French Law and Language, now Ll.B European Law Introduction to civil legal system - 12 hrs
Introduction to comparative public
law - 12 hrs
Comparative obligations - 18 hrs
Comparative criminal law - 12 hrs
Toulouse I
Clermont Ferrand
Nantes (1990/96)
Caen
Eira Ruben
University College, London ug years 1+2 and pg Ll.B Law with French Law : French legal language -  60 hrs
Year 2: comparative law - 20 hrs
French law - 40 hrs
pg: (Ll.M European legal systems)
comparative law (inc
French law) - 50 hrs
Aix/Marseille III Paris II Margot Horspool
Wales (Aberystwyth) ug years 2-4 Ll.B Law with French BA Law with French Civil and compara- tive law - 48 hrs
(including 25 hrs on French law and
legal system)
+ 1 yr studying French law in France
Caen
 Rennes I
(and Lourain-la-Neuve in Belgium)
Anne Barlow
Wales (Swansea)     French legal language taught.  Those going abroad for one year are given an introduction to French law and then study it at French university Nantes
Angers (Socrates)
Jenny Levin
Warwick ug years 1-3 Ll.B European (French) : French legal language - 40 hrs
Year 2: French law (civil, constitutional, administrative) -
40 hrs lectures, 20hrs seminars
Year 3: studying French law in
France (Bordeaux or Lille)
Bordeaux
Lille
Marika Toumi

[1] No French Law course at Glasgow in year 1999/2000

[2]This entry summarises previous position:  ug teaching of French law will cease as from 2000 but development of Ll.M in Comparative Law is planned.

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