ENTCourse organisation
Course Organisation
General presentation of the course
- The selection of the Chinese student candidates for this programme involves a four-step process. An initial selection is made within the best Chinese universities by the professors of these institutions. A second, on a national scale, is coordinated by the China Scholarship Council. The third, in Beijing, is decided by a jury composed of representatives of the China Scholarship Council, of the French Embassy in China and of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, fifteen months before the students' arrival in Paris (the selected students are then sent to the Alliance française for a year in order to improve their French). A fourth and final selection is then carried out in Beijing, by an identical jury, two months before the students' arrival in Paris.
- Every Chinese student admitted to this programme must attend both the programme's courses (reserved for the Chinese students) and one or two Master courses (in which they will join the French students of our University.
- The programme courses focus on European law (28 hours), European protection of Human Rights (37 hours), the History of the European Construction (10 hours), a general introduction to French law (8 hours), the French law of obligations (8 hours), the organisation of the French judiciary (8 hours), an introduction to German law (10 hours), an introduction to English law (10 hours), an introduction to Italian law (10 hours), and a comparison of French and Chinese contract law (9 hours).
- The list of available Master courses varies from year to year, according to the Chinese students' preferences and to the capacity of Master professors to welcome them. Since 1997, the hospitality of these professors has never failed.
- The students benefit from the help of a student adviser and from tutorials.
- Visits are organised to experience French and European institutions (Cour de cassation, Conseil d'Etat, Assemblée Nationale, Sénat, Conseil constitutionnel, Conseil de la concurrence, Assemblée parlementaire de l'Union de l'Europe Occidentale, Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe, European Court of Human Rights, European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels, European Commission).
- A doctoral seminar and a practical seminar on European law were added to the programme in 2006 (45 hours). The first seminar is composed of lectures given by heads of UFR, Doctoral Schools or research centers, and aims at presenting the research centre of our University, the demands of doctoral research and of the writing of a thesis. The second seminar is concerned with a series of conferences delivered by outside contributors, practitioners of European law. Each of these lectures and conferences is preceded by one hour of preparation under the supervision of the coordinator of these two seminars.
- The third term is devoted to an internship within a Parisian law firm.
Detailed Programme of the courses and conferences
- Programme of the courses (148 h.), seminaries (45 h.é.t.d.), tutorials (12 h.) and meetings with the student adviser (30 h.).
* French law (lectures : 24 h. ; tutorials : 12 h.)
o General introduction to French law (professor François Gaudu, head of the UFR 26, Scientific Head of the Diplôme Universitaire), 8 h.
o French law of torts and contracts (professor Laurent Aynès, head of the Doctoral school of private law), 8 h.
o Organisation of the French judiciary (professor Michel Verpeaux, codirector of the Research Center in constitutional law), 8 h.
o Legal methodology (Ms Marie Blocteur, attachée temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche), 12 h. (tutorials).
* The law of the main European institutions (85 h.)
o History of the European Construction (Mr Didier Boden, maître de conférences), 10 h.
o European protection of Human Rights (Mr Didier Boden, maître de conférences), 37 h.
o European Community law (Mrs Chahira Boutayeb, maître de conférences ; Mlle Marie Blocteur, attachée temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche), 28 h.
o Relations between the two European orders (Mr Didier Boden, maître de conférences), 10 h.
* Legal comparison (39 h.)
o General Introduction to English law (Ms Clotilde Camus, allocataire de recherche), 10 h.
o General Introduction to German law (Mr Patrick Remy, maître de conférences), 10 h.
o General Introduction to Italian law (Ms Ilaria Pretelli, Ph.D in French law and dottoressa di ricerca in Italian law, lecturer at the University of Urbino and at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), 10 heures.
o Comparison of the French and Chinese conception of contract law (Mrs Haiying Wang-Foucher, attachée temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche, coordinator of the diploma), 9 h.
- Seminaries (45 h.). The list of outside contributors is composed ad hoc.
* Doctoral seminar.
o February 20th, 2007, Public finance : Profressor Michel Bouvier, head of the European research group on public finance.
o February 23th, 2007, Business law : Professor Claude Lucas de Leyssac, head of the Institute of judicial studies of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, director of the Master 2 Recherche in Business law and economy.
o June 18th, 2007, Intellectual property law : professor Pierre Sirinelli, chairman of the AFPIDA (association for the international protection of the droit d'auteur), vice-chairman of the ALAI (literary and artistic international association), head of the CERDI (Studies and research center in law of immaterial), director of the DESS in law of numerical and new technics, member of the High Council of literary and artistic property.
o July 2nd, 2007, Law of obligations (contracts and torts) : professor Laurent Aynès, head of the doctoral school of private law.
o January 23th, 2008, Constitutional law : Professor Michel Verpeaux, codirector of the Research Center in Constitutional law of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
o February 19th, 2008, Criminal law and comparative law : professor Christine Lazerges, head of the doctoral school of comparative law.
o February 28th, 2008, Labour law : Professor François Gaudu, head of the UFR 26 (General legal studies).
o March 3rd, 2008, Public international law : Professor Pierre-Michel Eisemann, head of the doctoral school of international studies.
o June 16th, 2008, Administrative law : Professor Maryse Deguergue, head of the UFR 01 (Public law).
* Practical seminar on European law.
o February 16th, 2007 : Mr Olivier Guersent, Unit Head at the General Directory « Competition » (European Commission).
o February 26th, 2007 : Mr Frédéric Anton, Principal Administrator at the Council of the European Union.
o March 1st, 2007, Mrs Martine Diss, Administrator within the Unit « Space and coordination » at the General Directory « Firms » (European Commission).
o March 5th, 2007, Mrs Catherine Brouard-Gallet, référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
o March 8th, 2007, Mr Yves Gazzo, Head of the Representation of the European Commission in France.
o March 9th, 2007, Mr Prodromos Mavridis, Principal Administrator, Unit E.3 « Free movement of workers and coordination of the social security systems », General Directory « Employment, social affairs andequality of opportunities ».
- Student adviser (30 h.)
* Mr LIU Weihong, Ph.D. student at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
- Lectures and colloquium (scheduled on an ad hoc basis).
* May 21st and 25th, 2007 : international colloquium on Chinese investments in the Region of Paris and the French investments in the Region of Changzhou, on perspectives of ecomonic development and recruitment of future executives of the companies participating to this development. Organised by the Crédia in Paris, at the Pavillon Gabriel.
* October 17th, 2007 : lecture of Mr Fernando Herren Aguillar, professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) and dean of the Law Faculty of the São Judas Tadeu University in São Paulo, visiting professor of the Chair of Americas of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne : « Latin-America regional integration : present state of a profusion of organisations with an uncertain future », in Sorbonne, Amphithéâtre Richelieu. The lecture was followed by a pluridisciplinary debate on the respective reasons of the relative succes of the European construction and the relative failure of the Latin-American integration.
* October 23rd, 2007 : lecture of Mr Michel Laflandre, Counsellor, International Relations Service of the Senate : « The French Senate : the election of its members, its running and the perspective of its reform ».
* November 16th, 2007 : international colloquium in the Grand Amphithéâtre of the Sorbonne : Thirty years of legal binational programmes at the Sorbonne.
* December 10th, 2007 : lecture of Professor Mauricio Tapia : « Recodification and rationalization of private law droit privé ».
* December 12th, 2007 : lecture of Mr Jacques Biancarelli, Conseiller d'État : « Community Law and the Conseil d'État ».
* December 12th, 2007 : lecture of Ms Stéphanie Balme (IEP) : « Constitutional activism and citizenship in contemporary China », at the EHESS.
* December 13th and 14th, 2007 : colloquium at the Ecole nationale de la Magistrature : « Independance of Justice in China ».
* December 18th, 2007 : lecture of Professor Carlos Ramos Núñez : « Reception and circulation of the Law in Latin America ».
* January 18th, 2008 : colloquium of the Center of Legal Theory and Analysis (UMR 7074) at the Ecole Normale Supérieure : « Constitutional Justice in Asia ».
* January, 22th, 2008 : lecture of Ms Jacqueline de Guillenchmidt, member of the Constitutional council : « History, activities and composition of the Constitutional council ».
* February, 21st, 2008 : colloquium on « Law of Finance Industry : France-China », NYSE Euronext, in Paris.
* March, 7th, 2008 : colloquium of the Society of comparative legislation on « The influence of the European convention on human rights on the organisation and operation of the supremes courts », at the Conseil d'État.
* March, 18th, 2008 : Economic, commercial and Investment Forum of the City of Changzhou, in Paris.
* April 15th, 2008 : lecture of Mr Didier Eifermann, Counsellor, Secretary of the French-China Friendship group of the National Assembly : « History of the Palais Bourbon, Status of the staff of the National Assembly, Legistlative process ».
* June 30th, 2008 : lecture of the Doktor Otmar Philipp, Deputy Director at the General Directory of Information of the European Parliament : « Copenhague criteria, European identity and the European Parliament ».
* July 2nd, 2008, lecture of Mr Arkadi Sytine (Council of Europe, Directorate of Strategic Planning, Co-ordination Unit) and Mr José Cremades (Council of Europe, Head of Division, Directorate of Strategic Planning) : « Common actions of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the Organization for security and co-operation in Europe ; the training of State and Regional Public Servants and judges of the Member States by the Council of Europe, particularly in Russia »,
- Visits (scheduled on an ad hoc basis).
* June 14th, 2007 : visit of the Court of cassation, attendance at the hearing of the 1st division of the Court of Appeal of Paris and attendance at the hearing of the 29th division of the Intermediate Criminal Court of Paris.
* October 23rd, 2007 : visit of the Senate.
* December 3rd, 2007 : attendance at the inaugural session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union.
* December 12th, 2007 : visit of the Conseil d'État.
* January 22th, 2008 : visit of the Constitutional council.
* April 14th, 2008 : visit of the National Assembly.
* June 30th, 2008 : visit of the European Parliament in Strasburg.
* July 2nd, 2008 : visit of the European Court of Human Rights and attendance at the hearing of the Grand Chamber.
* July 2nd, 2008 : visit of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.