Ce cours apparaît dans les formations suivantes :
• Faculté de Droit Lille - Licence 3 Européenne de Droit - S5 - 3 ECTS

Pré requis

The student must remember the basis they learnt in 1st year during the course General principles of English law.

Objectifs du cours

Discovering the Tort Law and going further in its study, reminding what the student learnt in 1st year (it was a part of “Great principles of English law"), studying a foreign branch of law.

At the end of the course, the student should be able to solve cases on English Tort Law.

Contenu du cours

Introduction to Tort Law and to the Tort of Negligence

• The duty of care


• Types of damages


• Breach of duty and limiting liability for negligence – causation and remoteness

Tort of defamation

• Specific defences for defamation


• General defences


• Revision

Modalités d'enseignement

Organisation du cours

Study of case law to see how this law is implemented in practice. The courses and presentations of each subject rely on Powerpoint presentations. The slides are then sent to the students so they can use them to study for the exam.

Méthodes pédagogiques

Évaluation

Examen : coeff. 1