ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
To understand the importance of legal history, one need only read these few introductory lines from the 19th-century Répertoire Dalloz! "Few studies are as interesting and useful as that of legal history. It is full of fruitful lessons for philosophers, historians, and legal experts. (...) But knowledge of it is especially necessary for the true legal expert, in order to penetrate the true meaning and understand the real scope of the civil institutions of his time; for the present, even after the most profound moral or social revolutions, is always linked to the past by powerful ties that cannot be broken without reducing it to an enigma itself."
Objectives
The course is designed to provide students with the fundamental skills required for research in legal history, as well as to give Master's students in legal history a grounding in French law and other European legal systems. Finally, it aims to perfect their knowledge of the foundations of legal institutions and techniques. This program allows students to supplement the strictly technical knowledge of positive law acquired during their legal training by broadening their thinking on the concepts and techniques they will need to apply in their professional lives.
Know-how and skills
Knowledge of fundamental research methods in legal science
Mastery of the fundamentals of legal reasoning, ability to refine legal concepts.
Ability to implement techniques that develop legal rigor and logic.
Knowledge of how to use all available sources of law.
Know how to identify legal issues in order to apply one's knowledge.
Situate legal concepts and public institutions in time and space.
Master the auxiliary sciences necessary to carry out one's personal research work.
Master the art of written and oral expression.
Organization
Program
The Master's program is organized into classes and seminars.
In addition to these compulsory courses, students must complete independent research (under the supervision of a faculty researcher) in order to write a thesis on legal history (on a topic chosen in consultation with a faculty member from the teaching team).
Select a program
Master's Degree in History of Law and Institutions
History of Property Law (ST)
2 creditsEU Language
Criminal Procedure 1 (ST)
EU History of Labor Law
6 creditsTD History of Labor Law
2 creditsCM History of Labor Law
4 credits
History of Medical Law (ST)
EU History of Legal Thought
6 creditsCM History of Legal Thought
4 creditsHistory of Legal Thought Seminar
2 credits
Civil law: Matrimonial property regimes group 2 (ST)
EU History of Family Property Law
6 creditsDigital skills - In-depth documentary research
Optional
Civil law: Inheritance (ST)
3 creditsEU History of Public Law
6 creditsPublic Law History Tutorial
2 creditsCM History of Public Law
4 credits
Criminal Procedure 2 (ST)
3 creditsMemory
2 creditsDigital skills - Pix+Law preparation
Constitutional litigation practice (ST)
EU History of Business Law
6 creditsBusiness Law History Tutorial
2 creditsCM History of Business Law
4 credits
EU History of Justice
6 creditsHistory of Justice Seminar
2 creditsCM History of Justice
4 credits
Master's Degree in History of Law and Institutions
Sources of law in antiquity
2 creditsHistory of written law
3 creditsSeminar on the history of public law
2 creditsMethodology seminar
1 creditSeminar on the history of private law
2 creditsHistory of colonial law
2 creditsHistory of private law
3 creditsHistory of criminal law
3 creditsSeminar on the history of criminal law
2 creditsHistory of public law
3 creditsLegal culture (codification)
2 creditsLanguage
EU of choice
Choose one of two options:
Criminal procedure law and practice
2 creditsLaw and literature
2 credits
Internship
2 creditsEU list to choose from
Choose one of two options:
Memory
28 creditsList of choices Memory/Commitment
Student engagement
Memory
26 credits
Sources of law - Contemporary sources
Optional
Admission
Recommended prerequisites
Candidates must above all have a good legal background and have demonstrated an interest in the history of law courses taught in law schools.
And after
Continuing education
Holders of a Master 2 degree in legal history who have produced a good research thesis may continue their studies with a doctoral thesis.
Professional integration
The career opportunities available therefore extend beyond the strict field of teaching and research (teacher-researcher, research director, research fellow). The graduating classes of recent years demonstrate the diversity of legal professions available. Of course, most professions in the public sector are accessible after competitive examinations or specific exams. Master's degree holders tend to choose careers in local government (attaché, editor), the Ministry of Culture (archivist, documentalist, librarian), and decentralized government (IRA). The most popular sectors are justice (magistrate, clerk) and security (police, gendarmerie, prison administration, etc.). The liberal professions, particularly that of lawyer, are also highly sought after, with EFACS students entering the profession either after passing the pre-CAPA exam or, after completing a thesis, as a Doctor of Law (history of law). Some M2 graduates have gone directly into the "private sector" (insurance, real estate, mutual insurance).