Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Master in law (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The world is becoming increasingly international: abolition of borders, freedom of movement, tourism, relocation, dematerialization, electronic transfers, telecommunications, internet,... These are all concepts that reflect this reality. Criminality follows the same movement and exploits these new possibilities.
This course is devoted to the means used both by the international community and by the individual States to give adequate answers to these developments.
The answers are threefold:
1. Organize and improve the cooperation between States in the fight against crime. This will involve police and judicial cooperation. It will take the form of exchange of information, operational cooperation (for police cooperation), mutual legal assistance, extradition, transfer of proceedings or cooperation in enforcement of sentences (for judicial cooperation).
2. Approximate the definitions and criminalization of specific acts for which the international community considers it necessary to cooperate, including terrorism, organized crime, corruption, money laundering, trafficking in human beings.
3. Set up international actors to assist national authorities in their action or to act directly at international level.
The course will highlight the answers given at the different levels: global (UN, OECD, FATF), regional (Council of Europe, European Union) and national levels.
Special attention will be given to current affairs, which will be the subject of specific presentations.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim is to give students an understanding of what is at stake in this domain, what are the founding concepts, and what is the balance of power at work (cooperation / harmonisation ; national justice / international justice, UN / Council of Europe / EU; ...)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
A mix of lectures and interactive parts in the form of questions and answers (in particular to identify the criminal phenomena or for the study of cases).
A few readings will also be required to prepare some of the courses.
The course is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation.
A visit will be organised in Luxembourg, at the EUCJ and the EPPO.
Recommended or required readings
Courses ppt presentations will be available.
The book "Droit pénal européen. Les enjeux d'une justice pénale européenne", Bruylant (3rd edition) 2022, will consitute a useful tool to go back and further into the details of a number of concepts that will come on board during the lectures.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
The assessment is carried out through an oral examination, which consists of a general question (with a time for preparation) to assess the students' understanding of the issues and principles governing the matter, supplemented by more limited questions, depending on the answer to the first question.
The student may dispose during the examination of all the relevant legal texts. A list of the most useful texts is distributed at the end of the course.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Daniel.Flore@uliege.be