UE Public Law II: Administrative Law

This course is the second part of a full-year course, dealing with French Constitutional, Administrative and, in some respects, Political matters. Both semesters can be followed separately. During this second semester, we will focus more on administrative aspects, such as the Administrative organisation of the State, the centrality of the Conseil d’État (acting as a judicial institution, but also as a government advisor), the French notion of Public Service and its significance in the context of the Europeanization of French Law, or the difficult question of the protection of civil liberties, especially in the context of the 2015 bombings and the state of emergency.
The methodology will be the same for Public Law I & II: the semester will be divided into topics. Every lecture will start with an oral presentation, mixing French and Comparative aspects on the precise topic. Then we’ll open the discussion to widen the analysis of the topic. Assessment will be based on an oral presentation made in class and an essay (based on the oral presentation).