COURSES & FACULTY
The Master 2 English and North American Business Law forms uses a comparative approach to train students in English and North American business law. This training has several specificities.
First, the teachings are provided in the English language. When choosing to write a “mémoire”, students are also encouraged to write it in English. This allows them to develop their language skills, indispensable when mastering a foreign law. Its usefulness is, today, indisputable in terms of research and legal practice, especially in business law.
Secondly, the teachings are provided by renown French, English and American professors with backgrounds in English and/or American law coming from the world's leading universities. In the classroom, professors are encouraged to use the methods and notation systems used in their home university in order to introduce students to other forms of teaching, including the Socratic and other interactive methods.
Furthermore, this program allows an important intellectual openness towards other disciplines, such as philosophy, legal epistemology, or the history of law in Common Law countries.
Finally, this program combines practice and theory by giving students concrete examples of how Common Law operates as well as the methodological tools needed to understand and compare legal systems.
Courses Model
FIRST SEMESTER
COMPARATIVE LEGAL REASONING
PIERRE LEGRAND. Comparative legal epistemology taught by Pierre LEGRAND, Professor of Law at Sciences Politiques and the Sorbonne, through the study of judgments.
ANGLO-AMERICAN LEGAL THOUGHT
RUTH SEFTON-GREEN. This course focuses on the institution of the trust and the practice of equity in the context of commercial and financial law. It is taught by Ruth SEFTON-GREEN, Senior Lecturer in Private Law at the Sorbonne Law School, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
SOURCES & METHODS OF US LAW IN CONTRACTS (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW)
KIRK JUNKER. Theoretical seminar on comparative law through the study of American and European environmental law taught by Professor Kirk JUNKER, a lawyer in the United States and Professor of Law in charge of the Department of Environmental Law at the University of Cologne in Germany.
COMPARATIVE CONFLICT OF LAWS
LAURENCE USUNIER. A comparative study of the rules of private international law in the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. It is taught by Laurence Usunier, Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: FASHION LAW, ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE
JOAN DIVOL. This course on intellectual property (patent law, trademarks, designs) focuses on the fashion industry. In addition to intellectual property issues, it also covers image rights and fashion shows in the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom (with a particular focus on the US). It is taught by Joan Divol, Senior Lecturer in Private Law and Criminal Sciences.
US COMMON LAW
CARLA BAKER CHISS. Study of the sources and legal reasoning of American Common Law with Carla BAKER CHISS, lawyer at the Paris Bar & Mediator, Doctor of Law, Secretary General of the French Branch of the International Law Association (ADI/ILA) and lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.
ENGLISH BUSINESS LAW
JOAN GONDOLO. A study of several themes concerning English business law by Joan GONDOLO, Senior Lecturer in Private Law and Criminal Sciences.
SECOND SEMESTER
US BUSINESS LAW
Johan PROROK. Course on American Business Law by Johan PROROK, Associate Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences.
EQUITY AND TRUSTS
DIANE LEGRAND DE BELLEROCHE. Course on equity and trusts by Diane LEGRAND DE BELLEROCHE, lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2004 and solicitor in England and Wales since 2008.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
CARLA BAKER CHISS. Course on international arbitration by Carla BAKER-CHISS, lawyer at the Paris Bar & Mediator, Doctor of Law, Secretary General of the French Branch of the International Law Association (ADI/ILA) and lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.
US ANTITRUST LAW
MARC EDELMAN. Course on American Antitrust Law by Marc EDELMAN, Professor of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.
COMPARATIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
JONATHAN GRIFFITHS. Course on a comparative study of Intellectual Property Law by Jonathan GRIFFITHS, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University of London.
LAURA SPITZ. This course focuses on corporations' role in American society through cultural representations and legal concept(s) of “citizenship". It is taught by Laura Spitz, Professor of Law and Vice-Provost at the University of Seattle. She was a Vice-Provost and Associate Dean at Cornell University, and before that, she served as a lawyer in the corporate commercial group at Miller Thomson LLP.
ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
THE NEW LOUCINE CENTRE
Previously located at the Malher Centre, the courses have been taking place since the beginning of 2019 at the new Lourcine Centre, on the Port-Royal Campus of the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, at 37 Boulevard du Port-Royal. The premises are home to numerous equipped classrooms, an amphitheater and a library, one floor of which is reserved for Master II students.
HCERES EVALUATION
NOTE : A
"The pedagogical project articulates knowledge of English and American law, and cross-cutting skills in both courses. English is thus a working language. The partnership with American universities allows some students, through a scholarship system, to continue their training in LL.M after graduation. The educational project thus appears to be of excellent quality. The teaching team is excellent: internationally renowned, it also has several guest teachers."