Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
E-learning training provided in English and/or French.
The course offers instruction in customary law, taught in English and/or French. It is primarily intended for students at the China University of Political Science and Law and other audiences, mainly foreign (China, Africa, and Quebec).
It is open to students from French universities as well as legal professionals seeking specific information on the definition, normative force, and enforceability of customary law. Classes will be taught remotely, in the form of videoconferences and video recordings. The program may serve as a basis for exchanges with foreign universities.
- 100% remote training and rebroadcast
- English and/or French
- 35h
- Period: June
Objectives
The training provides a framework for studying issues relating to the formation, application, and extinction of customs. It enables participants to determine the circumstances in which legal subjects can invoke a custom and to identify the applicable customs in the event of a conflict of customs. It raises awareness of the legal risks associated with ignorance of customs.
Know-how and skills
Skills acquired at the end of the training course
• Know how to distinguish between practices that have no normative value and those that constitute customs with normative force.
• Identify the ways in which customs are formed and their effects (creating obligations or real rights, interpretative, evaluative, probative, procedural, standardizing effects, etc.).
• Understand the conditions under which customs can be invoked.
• Understand the relationship between customs and contracts.
• Understand the circumstances leading to the disappearance of customs.
Program
- General customary law (20 hours)
- Statutory law vs customary law (4 hours)
- Maritime customary law (4 hours)
- Environmental customary law (3 hours)
- Comparative customary law (4 hours)