Law

Faculty of Law

Dr. BIGIRIMANA Fructuose

Dean of Law

Phone: +250 788 585 092

Email: bigirimana1@yahoo.fr

Entry profile

To be admitted in the Faculty of Law, the applicant should have a secondary school diploma in social sciences and arts.

Exit profile

A student who successfully accomplish is studies at the Faculty of Law of INES-Ruhengeri, shall be able to exercise as:

Programs overviews

Level I

Module title	Unit title	Hours/unit	Face to face hrs	Student hours	Total hours	Nr of credits
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO LAW	General introduction to law	140	91	49	140	14
HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF LAW	History of law sociology of Law	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY	Intro to Philo. and Ethics Formal Logic	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
LANGUAGES	Skills of Oral and Writing Expression/ French and English	100	65	35	100	10
RESEARCH SKILLS	Introduction to scientific research Computer and ICT research	140	91	49	140	14
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTING	Introduction to economics Principles of Public and Private Accounting	140	91	49	140	14
PRIVATE LAW I	Family Law	140	91	49	140	14
PUBLIC LAW I	Constitutional law	140	91	49	140	14
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW	General Principles of Criminal Law	140	91	49	140	14

Module title	Unit title	Hours/unit	Face to face hrs	Student hours	Total hours	Nr of credits
PRIVATE LAW II	Law of Contracts Law of Tort Liability	200	130	70	200	20
PROPERTY AND LAND LAW	Property and Land law	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
LEGAL TERMINOLOGIES	Kinyarwanda Legal Terminologies Comparative Law English II	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
PSYCHOLOGY OF LAW, CRIMINOLOGY	Psychology of Law Criminology	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
JUDICIAL ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONING AND JURISDICTION	Judicial organization	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
SPECIFIC CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Specific Crimes Criminal Procedure	200	130	70	120	20
CIVIL, COMMERCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL PROCEDURE	Civil, commercial, administrative and social procedure	100	65	35	100	10
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTENTION	Administrative Law and Administrative contention	100	65	35	100	10

Module title	Unit title	Hours/unit	Face to face hrs	Student hours	Total hours	Nr of credits
SOCIAL AND INSURANCE LAW	Labour and Social Security Law Insurance law	150	97.7	52.5	150	15
FISCAL LAW AND PUBLIC FINANCE	Fiscal law Public finance	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
LEGAL RESEARCH	Methodology of scientific research in law Seminar of private/public law	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
LEGAL PRACTICE I	Pleading Techniques (Moot Court) English III	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
PRIVATE LAW III	Commercial law (compulsory) Company law (optional) Law of competition (optional) Law of consumption (optional)	200	130	70	200	20
PUBLIC LAW	Public international law and International Organisations(compulsory) International humanitarian law (optional) African Union Law (optional) Comparative criminal law (optional)	200	130	70	120	20
PRIVATE LAW IV	Law on matrimonial regime, liberalities and succession Specific contracts	200	130	70	200	20

Module title	Unit title	Hours/unit	Face to face hrs	Student hours	Total hours	Nr of credits
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LAW	Economic and Financial law	100	65	35	100	10
FISCAL PUBLIC LAW III	International law of development (compulsory) Human Rights Law (optional) International Criminal Law(optional) Regional Systems of Human Rights Protection(optional)	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
PRIVATE LAW V	Law of securities (compulsory) Transport law (optional) Law of enterprise (optional) Intellectual property rights (optional) Arbitration (optional)	150	97.5	52.5	150	15
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW	Private International Law	100	65	35	100	10
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW	Philosophy of law	100	65	35	100	10
LEGAL PRACTICE II	Legal clinic Techniques of legal drafting Legal professional ethics	200	130	70	120	20
ENGLISH ET JUDGEMENT DRAFTING	English IV Judgment drafting	100	65	35	100	10
INTERNSHIP AND ENTREPRENARIASHIP	Internship Entreprenariaship	150	39	111	150	15
MEMOIR	Memoir	150		150	150	15