Master EPDA

Opened in 2020 as a joint degree with the University of Luxembourg, the Master's degree in Parliamentary Studies and Assembly Law is now offered by Aix-Marseille Université's Faculty of Law and Political Science, and is taught entirely in Aix-en-Provence.

Part of the Public Law specialization, the two-year course (M1 and M2) is entirely devoted to the law of the land, with a particular emphasis on parliamentary law, assembly law and voting law in the first year.

The Master 2 is open to apprentices, enabling students to consolidate their knowledge and skills within partner structures that take on apprentices on a sandwich basis.

Terms and conditions

Mobilizing specialized knowledge

While perfecting their legal culture in public law, students will deepen their understanding and analysis of the different types of decision-making processes and control and evaluation functions specific to institutions and deliberative assemblies, as well as their human components, both political and administrative.

Implementing systems and producing normative instruments

Putting standards into practice is essential to mastering the various mechanisms and mechanisms for creating standards. Through writing assignments (book reports, dissertations, etc.) and role-playing exercises (legislative drafting, etc.), students will be able to assess the challenges of deliberative processes in a public context strongly marked by deontological and ethical issues.

Training professionals to think and act

Students will become experts in legislative and other deliberative institutions, capable of responding to the cultural, economic, scientific and technological challenges facing standards and laws in the 21st century. This expertise will be underpinned by practical exercises and professionalization, accentuated by a compulsory 4-6 month internship in the second year (S4).

  • Understand and analyze the workings of assemblies and deliberative institutions.
  • Identify and question the role and status of their administrative and political staff.
  • Master decision-making, control and evaluation processes.
  • Identify major contemporary issues in public law.
  • Develop normative instruments.
  • Acquire ethical reflexes in the public arena.
  • Prepare for professional integration by applying linguistic, technical and reflective skills to the various tasks required and during the internship.
SEMESTER 1
Hours ECTS
BCC1 Understanding DAs
UE1: Origins and history of DAs 36 4
UE2: The functions of a DA 18 2
54 6
BCC2 Mobilizing specialized knowledge in AD law
UE1 : Voting law and litigation 24 4
UE2: Status of elected representatives and administrative staff 24 4
48 8
BCC3 Master and apply public law related to ADs
UE1: CT law and territorial action 24h + TD 10,5h 33,5 6
UE2: Major State financial issues 24 3
UE3 : Administrative science 24 3
81,5 12
BCC4 Developing language and pre-professional skills
UE1: English applied to AD 2
UE2: Professional integration module 12 2
12 4
Total 195,5 30

SEMESTER 2
Hours ECTS
BCC1 Understanding ADs
UE1: Sources and control of AD law 36 5
UE2: Acts of the DAs and the basics of legislative drafting 36 5
72 10
BCC2 Mobilizing specialized knowledge in AD law
UE1 : Internal structure of DCs 16 2
UE2: Functioning of DCs 12 2
28 4
BCC3 Mastering and applying public law related to DAs
UE1 : Public liability law 24h + TD 10,5h 33,5 6
UE2: Local finance 24 3
UE3: Comparative constitutional law 24 3
81,5 12
BCC4 Developing language and pre-professional skills
UE1: English applied to AD 2
UE2: Scientific research 12 2
12 4
Total 193,5 30

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Career opportunities

Decision-making processes reveal a complexity and stakes that can only be understood, assessed and improved through in-depth studies. This is why, by creating a legal and francophone Master's degree on these themes, which ultimately contribute to anchoring democracy in the territories, the Master's degree in Parliamentary Studies and Assembly Law reiterates the objectives of the Chair by contributing to :

  • Improving understanding and analysis of the workings of deliberative institutions and assemblies, their decision-making processes, and the law of political elections through which citizens appoint their representatives;
  • Monitor trends and encourage the emergence of new decision-making processes and practices within a multi-level democratic and governance framework, involving both public and private players;
  • Raise awareness among students, whatever their status, by creating a specialized training program;
  • Participate in expert, empirical and practical research by pursuing and deploying reflection on these subjects;
  • Develop personalized studies through internship and/or research dissertations at the request of the institutions concerned;
  • Encourage discussion and exchange between players, academics and students by organizing federating events (internships and visits to institutions);

  • Offer graduates the chance to specialize in the art of preparing normative instruments (such as laws, regulations, guidelines, international texts, codes of conduct or standardized contracts) and in the development of public orientations and policies.

Professions and career prospects

  • Parliamentary staff, staff of parliamentary groups, ministerial and local government staff.
  • Consulting and auditing (public and private companies, law firms).
  • Legal affairs officers.
  • Administrators of parliamentary and local institutions.
  • Senior civil servants.
  • Scientific and public evaluation of governmental and parliamentary institutions.
  • Ethics and public affairs certification.
  • Doctoral studies.