ADRO 23A10 - Fifth Republic: Constitutional Law (The)

Course Description

The course proposes the study of the mechanisms of French constitutional law thus providing the elements of reflection that are essential to the understanding of current political events. The course analyzes the Fifth Republic in a historical context, tracing its evolution and its current mutations. At the end of the course, the students will be able to evaluate the applications of the constitutional text as well as political practice, and to identify the potential differences between the two aspects. When relevant, elements of comparative law will be used in order to better highlight the specificities of the French Fifth Republic

Enseignants

Eleonora BOTTINI,Christophe COLETTE,Sara RAZAI

Type

Cours magistral et conférences

Language of tuition

English

Workload

To prepare for each session, one or two short readings will be uploaded on the Moodle at the beginning of the semester.

Semester

Autumn 2021-2022

Course validation

The final exam constitutes 1/3 of the course grade, while the tutorial grade (continuous assessment) constitutes the remaining 2/3 of the course grade.

Pedagogical format

Chapter I: Birth and evolution of the 1958 Constitution Chapter II: Current institutions of the Fifth Republic Chapter III: Mutations of the French constitutional model

Lectures conseillées / Recommended readings

Lectures principales / Main readings

Olivier Duhamel et Guillaume Tusseau, « Droit constitutionnel et institutions politiques », 3e édition, Seuil, 2013

Disponible / Available

Duhamel Olivier. Droit constitutionnel et institutions politiques. 5e édition 2020 [Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée]. Paris : Éditions du Seuil. 2019.

Lectures secondaires / Main readings

HAMON (F.), TROPER (M.), Droit constitutionnel, LGDJ, 40 e éd., 2019.

CARCASSONNE (G.), GUILLAUME (M.), La Constitution, 16 e éd. Seuil, coll. "Points", 2019.

SKACH (C.), Borrowing constitutional design. Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic, Princeton University Press, 2005.

ACKERMAN (B.), Revolutionary Constitutions. Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law, Harvard University Press, 2019 (chapters on France)

GINSBURG (T.) (editor of compilation), DIXON (R.) (editor of compilation), Comparative Constitutional Law – Research Handbooks in Comparative Law (chapter 4 French Constitutional Law)