Law - Political Science - Administration

Master's degree in the law of punishment and the execution of sentences

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

The Master's degree in Criminal Law and the Enforcement of Sentences offers reinforced training in a rapidly expanding branch of criminal law, at the center of ever-changing legislative and jurisprudential developments and characterized by the development of numerous highly technical and sometimes recent litigation cases: judicial litigation with the creation in 2004 of new jurisdictions for the application of sentences, administrative litigation with the increase in appeals against decisions of the prison administration, litigation of the European Court of Human Rights relating to conditions of detention in prisons, constitutional litigation with the development of the QPC...

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Objectives

Acquire solid knowledge of criminal law and the execution of sentences, mastery of complementary legal and non-legal disciplines, handling of legal files, autonomy in work

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Know-how and skills

This training is multidisciplinary, both theoretical and practical, since it offers courses given by academics and practitioners (judges, staff of the Prison Administration, the Judicial Protection of Youth, lawyers, doctors, psychologists ...).

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Organization

Program

Select a program

Master 1 Law of punishment and execution of sentences

  • UE Language

    • English

  • EU Litigation system of the ECHR

    7 credits
    • TD Litigation system of the ECHR

    • CM Litigation system of the ECHR

  • Private international law group 1 (ST)

  • UE Penal sanction law

    7 credits
    • CM Penal sanction law

      4 credits
    • TD Penal sanction law

      3 credits
  • Criminology (ST)

    3 credits
  • Comparative constitutional law (ST)

    3 credits
  • UE Criminal Procedure 1

    7 credits
    • CM Criminal Procedure 1

    • TD Criminal Procedure 1

  • Digital skills - In-depth documentary research

  • Optional

    • Legal clinic (F)

    • Memory (F)

    • Internship (F)

    • Work integration workshops (F): CV/LM

    • Tutored project (F)

    • Apprenticeship (F)

    • Legal watch (F)

  • UE Criminal Procedure 2

    7 credits
    • CM Criminal Procedure 2

    • TD Criminal Procedure 2

  • EU Citizenship, immigration, asylum

    7 credits
    • TD Citizenship, Immigration, Asylum

    • CM Citizenship, Immigration, Asylum

  • Digital skills - Pix+Droit preparation

  • Criminal health law (ST)

  • Public digital law (ST)

  • UE Practice of constitutional litigation

    7 credits
    • CM Practice of constitutional litigation

    • TD Practice of constitutional litigation

  • International criminal law (ST)

Master 2 Law of punishment and execution of sentences

  • History of penal sanctions

    6 credits
  • Introduction to penalty law

    6 credits
  • Sanctions and vulnerable persons

    6 credits
  • Languages

  • Elective UE

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Professional integration

        14 credits
      • Professional integration/student commitment

        14 credits
        • Student Engagement

        • Professional integration

          12 credits
  • Choice of dissertation/tutored project

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Memory

        12 credits
      • Tutored project

  • Criminal sanctions and litigation

    6 credits
  • Sentencing and enforcement: theory and practice

    6 credits

Admission

Target audience

Students in law, medicine, psychology

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Necessary pre-requisites

Knowledge of private or public law

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