English lectures / Licence 2 Droit/ semestre 3 / Mme Bory / 2007-2008

FACULTE DE DROIT Année universitaire 2007/2008

DEUXIEME ANNEE LICENCE DE DROIT SEMESTRE 3 BRITISH INSTITUTIONS 1
Séries A.B.C. Cours magistraux : Stéphanie Bory, Marion Del Bove, Professeurs agrégés d’anglais. (bory@univ-lyon3.fr)

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COURSE OUTLINE INTRODUCTION LECTURE 1 : Introduction to English law
1. Chronology and history 2. The founding texts 3. Comparison with the US and France 4. Some notions: common law and equity Documents : The Magna Carta The Grand Remonstrance Habeas Corpus The Bill of Rights

LECTURE 2: A non written constitution
1. Introduction 2. Devolution to Scotland and Wales 3. The current debate on a written constitution for Britain Documents: “Brown Hands Key Powers to Parliament”, The Guardian “At Long Last, Here is a Chance to Start Rewiring Britain’s Creaky Democracy”, The Guardian

LECTURE 3: The Monarchy
1. The Queen’s functions 2. The Queen’s speech 3. The cost of the monarchy Documents: Civil List “How Much it Takes to Live like a Queen”, New York Times.

LECTURE 4: Parliament 1: the House of Commons
1. Chronology: historical focus on Parliament and its origins 2. The British Parliament: its organisation 3. The Gunpowder plot 4. Whips Documents: The Gunpowder plot

GRADING
Written test (during January exam period) = 50% Exposé + participation in TDs = 50%. Bibliography BROMHEAD, Peter, Life in Modern Britain, Harlow : Longman, 1991, 198 p. 941.085 BRO FRISON, Danièle, Civilisation britannique : documents constitutionnels, Paris : Ellipses, 1993, 302 p. 349.41 BEN FRISON, Danièle, Introduction au droit anglais et aux institutions britanniques, Paris : Ellipses, 2005, 288 p. 349 FRI JOHN, Peter & LURBE, Pierre, Civilisation britannique, Paris : Hachette, 2003, 223 p. 941 JOH

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