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    General

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    • English Courses

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    Topic 1

    •  English Courses presentation

       Online module 

      Module’s presentation

      Module: English

      Unit: Discovery, methodology

      Level: Third year license (L3)

      Half-yearly hourly volume: 60 h

      weekly hourly volume: 2h15

      Evaluation method: Tests online+ face-to-face exam

      Coefficient: 2

      Teacher’s presentation

      Name and first name: YACOUB Zina

      Qualification : Doctorate in law (PHD)

      Professional grade: MCA

      Professional e-mail: zina.yacoub@univ-bejaia.dz

      University attendance time : Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

      Targeted audience

      Students in third years license (L3); private law specialty

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    • Content and organisation

      Module summary

      This modue of English is composed of 7 courses/ conferences that deal with different themes of law. Intended in general, but also in variety, the first course is a general introduction to law. We then move on to the most well-known branches of law, including criminal law and labour law.. We will also focus on the topic of artificial intelligence, with its generalities and implications in law.

      Content

      Course 1 : The law : general notions

      This lesson introduces the students at the general notions of law

      1/ definition of law

      2/ Areas of law

      a) Public law

      b) Private law

      c) Further disciplines of law

      Courses 2: Criminal law

      This lesson treats about the offenses and the pains

      1/ Definition

      2/ Categorization of Criminal law

      3/ The elements of the offense

      4/ Classification of the offense

      5/ Aggravating and mitigating circumstances

      Course 3: Artificial intelligence, generalities

      This lesson presents at students  the Artificial Intelligence as a field to study, not a simple tool.

      1/ AI, What is it? 

      2/ Birth and development of AI

      3/ Classification of AI

      4/ Dangers of AI

      Course 4: AI and law

      This lesson explains the different rapports between AI and law

      1/ Introduction: What relationship between AI and law?

      2/ Some legal uses of AI:

      a) AI and smart contracts

      b) AI and criminal law

      c) AI and labor law

      d) AI and justice

      3/ AI and Liability

      Course 5:  Individual labour law

      This course is an introduction to the labor law and individual labor relations

      1/ Employment contract

      2/ Working conditions

      Courses 6: collective labour law

      This course focuses on the collective aspect of labor law

      1/ Collective bargaining

      2/ Trade Unions

      Organization

      The courses are organized in independent sections (pdf file for each section)

      Some courses are supported by videos, others by slides

      Each course starts with a page of the most important translations

      Supports used: PDF files, slides chat, Forum, tests, devoirs 

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    • Objectives and prerequisites

      Preamble

      Being the most influential language in the world, and one of the most widespread, the current national strategy in terms of studies and training is oriented towards the progressive learning of English by including it and/or in optimizing it in school and student programs. Thus, we hope that this first experience of hybrid teaching of legal English to Third year students will be fruitful.

      Prerequisites

      Have a minimum knowledge of the English language, particularly grammar and spelling. Being able to understand simplified language. An A1 level is sufficient to be able to follow the courses in this module.

      Objectives

      Allow students to know the legal lexicon in English. Train students in the use of legal language in English in their readings, research work, etc. Introduce students to teaching and assessment methods that are fun and informative at the same time.

    • References    

      Black's Law Dictionary – Common law (10th ed.). 2014. p. 334. 3 LAW, Wikipedia, the Free Encylopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law#Areas_of_law

      Algerian Civil Code, Ordinance No. 75-58 of 26 September 1975 relating to the civil code, supplemented and amended, (J.O.R.A, n° 78 of September 30, 1975.

      Artificial intelligence, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

      Criminal law, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law  

      Brody, David C.; Acker, James R.; Logan, Wayne A. (2001). "Introduction to the Study of Criminal Law". Criminal Law. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

      the Algerian penal code provides : “ There is no offense, penalty or security measures without law”. Ordinance No. 66-156 of June 8, 1966 relating to the penal code, amended and supplemented.

      Copeland, J., ed. (2004). The Essential Turing: the ideas that gave birth to the computer age. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-825079-7.

      Russell, Stuart J.; Norvig, Peter. (2021). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (4th ed.). Hoboken: Pearson. ISBN 978-0134610993. LCCN 20190474

      National Highway Traffic SAfety Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation), Summary Report : Standing General Order on Crash Reporting for Automated Driving Systems, juin 2022, p. 3, disponbile à l’adresse suivante : https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2022-06/ADS-SGOReport-June-2022.pdf

      Artificial intelligence and law, under the coordination of Alexandre de Streel and Hervé Jacquemin, Collection du CRIDS, Editions Larcier, 2017.

      Jenks, C. Wilfred and Schregle, Johannes. "labour law". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/labour-law. Accessed 1 July 2024. 

    • Test of english: Skills assessment Quiz
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    Videos

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    Interactivity and continous evaluation

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