The Law Faculty
Adress : Ben Aknoun II Campus, Ben Aknoun, Algiers
Telephone/fax : 21321 912879
Web Site : http://www.fac-droit-alger.dz
Diplomas conferred : : Licence, DPGS, Magister, Doctorate
Language of Study : Arabic
Study Premises : Ben Aknoun II Campus
Admission Requirements : among requirements for accessing undergraduate studies, candidates should hold a Baccalauréat degree in one of the following specialties :
letters and Islamic sciences;
letters and humanities;
letters and foreign languages;
exact sciences;
management and economy;
accounting techniques.
The Law Faculty is composed of two departments :
the department of public law;
the department of private law.
Brief historical survey :
The teaching of law at the University of Algiers dates back to 1879, the year when the School of Law was created. This school experienced constant developments. For a number of years, it was one department within the former Faculty of Law and Economics, before becoming part of the Institute of Law and Administration Sciences in 1974. A full-fledged Law Faculty was established in 1998.
THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
Duration of studies leading to the Licence degree in Law : : 04 years.
CURRICULUM OF STUDIES LEADING TO THE LICENCE DEGREE IN LAW :
1st Year :
Introduction to judicial sciences and to the theory of law;
introduction to constitutional law;legal methodology and the;
philosophy of law; the international community; political;
economy; foreign language terminology.
2nd Year :
Commitments; administrative law; criminal law; international law; the Shari’a ; general finance; terminology.
3rd Year :
Private contracts; constitutional law; lawsuits; implementation of law; administrative disputes;labour and social security; private law; human rights and responsibility .
4th Year :
International law; family law; commercial law.
Seminars on: comparative law; the civil service and law implementation; commercial law and legal process.
Job openings :
After graduating, one may find employment
in the justice sector;
as public notary;
as lawyer;
as bailiff;
in the civil service;
in economic firms;
in a wide range of security departments.
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Main areas of graduate research:
national law and public institutions;
diplomatic law;
international law and international relations;
intellectual property;
private law.