English Law & French Law
|LLB and Maitrise en droit (French equivalent of LLB)
|Full Time
| UCAS code: M121This is a four-year programme. Students study for an LLB in English Law & French Law at King’s and a Master 1 degree of the University of Paris I. In lieu of the third year of the LLB (M100) degree course, students on this programme study for two years in Paris. The third and fourth years of study provide 120 credits, taken equally from each year (60 plus 60) and treated in the same manner as for the final year of the three-year LLB degree.
Student applying through UCAS pay King's fees in years 1, 2 and 4, with no fees in year 3 (Erasmus year). Students applying through Paris 1 pay no fees years 1 and 2 (Erasmus year), and Paris 1 registration fees only in years 3 and 4.
Currently, students study the modules shown below. King's reviews its modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes and this list is therefore subject to change. Please check here for updates, or contact the School for further advice.
Module code: 4FFLK903
Credit level: 4
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern: 2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description:
The general nature of criminal law;
The various actus reus and mens rea requirements;
The principal offences against the person;
The principal property offences;
The inchoate offences;
The liability of accomplices;
The defences.
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Module code: 4FFLK902
Credit level: 4
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern:
2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Recommended reading: Ewan McKendrick Contract Law (7th ed), Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description:
Function of contract.
The formation of contracts.
Form and consideration.
Privity.
The terms of a contract.
Exemption clauses.
Capacity of parties.
Discharge of contracts.
Contractual remedies.
Mistake.
Misrepresentation.
Frustration.
Duress and undue influence.
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Module code: 4FFLK905
Credit level: 4
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern:
2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Recommended reading: Steiner and Woods, EU Law (OUP- last edition) and Wyatt & Dashwood, EU Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2006).
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description:
The political and legal history of European integration.
The structure of the basic European Union treaties.
The institutions of the European Union and the process of law-making.
The competences of the European Union.
Introduction into substantive European Union law.
Rights and remedies in European Union law.
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Module code: 4FFLK904
Credit level: 4
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern:
2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Recommended reading: Bradley & Ewing, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Longman).
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description:
The nature of constitutional law - sources and characteristics of British constitutional law - separation of powers - the supremacy of Parliament - constitutional conventions - the constitutional position of the judiciary - the rule of law.
Parliament, its meeting, composition (including elections), functions, powers and procedure, devolution.
The Executive - monarchy - royal prerogative - Cabinet government - the position of the Prime Minister - ministerial responsibility - the Crown and foreign relations.
Administrative law in England - types of government powers - remedies against public authorities - the Crown in litigation - delegated legislation - tribunals and enquiries.
The citizen and the State - liberties of the individual - police powers - freedom of assembly - freedom of expression.
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Students take four core modules, the three listed below as well as French Private Law (All classes and examinations in French Private Law are conducted in French).
Module code: 6FFLK002
Credit level: 6
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern:
2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Recommended reading: Perrins, Introduction to Land Law (3rd ed 2000) and Elizabeth Cooke, Land Law (Oxford, 2007).
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description
Property law involves a study of the types of interests which can exist in land, the rights and duties generated by them, and whether and how they can be protected against third parties acquiring other interests in the land, and (in outline) how they can be transferred.
The interests studied include interests in the family home and co-ownership interests generally, and commercial interests such as leases, mortgages, easements (eg rights of way) and covenants. Informal interests such as occupational licences and interests arising by estoppel are also considered. The module also considers the extent to which the Human Rights Act 1998 affects property rights.
The module involves a mix of case law and statutory provisions, with emphasis on reform proposals.
Structured seminar materials are provided, consisting of references to case law, statutes, articles and Law Commission reports, followed by a list of discussion points and problem questions.
! Property and Trusts are in some respects complementary, so that students intending to take both options are recommended to take them concurrently.
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Module code: 6FFLK001
Credit level: 6
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern: 2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description
The module focuses on general principles of tort liability as reflected in the law governing negligence, intentional interference with the person and the law of nuisance. In particular, the course seeks to promote understanding of and reflection upon:
- The principles of the tort of negligence. This includes the duty of care owed in respect of physical damage, psychiatric injury, purely economic loss, omissions to prevent harm, and harm caused by public authorities. It also covers the applicable principles of causation and remoteness.
- Defences to an action in negligence
- The statutory regulation of occupiers’ liability and product liability
- The principles of the tort of nuisance (including the rule in Rylands v Fletcher)
- Protection of Privacy and Defamation
- Vicarious liability
- Principles of the law of damages and other remedies
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Module code: 6FFLK003
Credit level: 6
Credit value: 30
Semester: Full-year
Teaching pattern:
2 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week.
Recommended reading: J E Penner Law of Trusts 5th ed (2006), Hayton & Marshall’s Commentary and Cases on The Law of Trusts and Equitable Remedies 12th ed (2005).
Assessment: written examination/s
3-hour closed book examination.
Module description
Aims and Objectives:
The function of the course is to develop an understanding of the nature and utility of the trust concept and of equitable remedies in a changing social and commercial environment. The course encourages students to develop their analytical faculties and to think for themselves, so that they have the ability to tackle practical problems and to forecast how the law should develop to fulfil its purposes.
Syllabus:
The development of equitable principles. The trust concept as distinguished from other related concepts.
Express private trusts: certainties, beneficiary principle, perpetuity rules. The machinery of trusts. The various uses of trusts.
Charitable trusts: distinctions from private trusts; charitable purposes.
Duties of trustees: accountability, duty of care, delegation, investment, avoidance of a conflict of interest.
The nature and scope of fiduciary obligations.
Breaches of trust or fiduciary obligation: proprietary and personal remedies.
Resulting and constructive trusts.
Compulsory for The Law Society: Yes
Exemption from the LPC: Yes
Twelve compulsory one-semester subjects are taken:
Introduction au Droit, Droit Pénal, Droit de la Famille, Droit Constitutionnel*, Droit Administratif*, Droit des Affaires*, Droit de l’Union Européenne, Contrats, Responsabilité Civile (* = two semesters). All classes and examinations are conducted in French.
Students must study Droit International Privé, Droit Social (or Droit Fiscal) and Contrats Spéciaux for two semesters. In addition, students must choose six one-semester subjects from a list of options.
