Introduction to law

Introduction to law

Données clés

Professeur(s)	Victor Monnier
Cours	Introduction to law

Lectures

• The definition of law
• The State
• The different branches of law
• The sources of law
• The great formative traditions of law
• The elements of the legal relationship
• The application of law
• The implementation of a law
• The evolution of Switzerland from its origins to the 20th century
• Switzerland's domestic legal framework
• Switzerland's state structure, political system and neutrality
• The evolution of international relations from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century
• The universal organizations
• European organisations and their relations with Switzerland
• Categories and generations of fundamental rights
• The origins of fundamental rights
• Declarations of rights at the end of the 18th century
• Towards the construction of a universal conception of fundamental rights in the 20th century

This teaching should enable students who are not lawyers to familiarize themselves with the essential concepts of law. The course covers the different approaches to law, general legal theory, Switzerland's internal and external legal frameworks, international organisations and fundamental rights. This teaching is provided in the form of courses, but also of working sessions, the objective of which is to introduce the student to the study of the sources of law, in particular through the analysis and commentary of a series of fundamental texts.

Languages

English Español

Lectures

Approaches to law

The definition of law

The State

The different branches of law

The sources of law

The great formative traditions of law

The general theory of law

The elements of the legal relationship

The application of law

The implementation of a law

Switzerland's Legal and Political Frameworks

The evolution of Switzerland from its origins to the 20th century

Switzerland's domestic legal framework

Switzerland's state structure, political system and neutrality

Developments in international law and international organizations

The evolution of international relations from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century

The universal organizations

European organisations and their relations with Switzerland

Fundamental rights

Categories and generations of fundamental rights

The origins of fundamental rights

Declarations of rights at the end of the 18th century

Towards the construction of a universal conception of fundamental rights in the 20th century

Documentary resources

• Code civil suisse
• La Confédération en bref
• Constitution fédérale de la Confédération suisse
• Histoire du droit - cours et textes ; 2008 - 2009 ; basé sur le cours du professeur Monnier