Commissaire de Justice CI study plan
Commissaire de Justice CI · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Droit civil et procédure civile
Carte the architecture of the Code de procédure civile applicable in Côte d'Ivoire: identify the texts governing the matter before the jurisdictions, the place of the code in the hierarchy of norms and the articulation with the organisation judiciaire texts.
Distinguish the competence rules (d'ordre public vs. territoriale, exceptions de procédure, fins de non-recevoir) and produce a decision grid that assigns a hypothetical dispute to the correct jurisdiction.
Reconstruct the timeline of a civil instance from the assignation to the jugement: list each acte, its author, its deadline and its sanction in case of irregularity.
Build a personal lexicon of 40 procedural terms (conclusions, mise en état, radiation, clôture, exécution provisoire) with a one-line definition for each.
Your checkpoint
A 6-page synthesis sheet: a jurisdiction competence grid plus an annotated procedural timeline with deadlines and sanctions.
Droit civil et procédure civile
Analyse the regime of the nullités de procédure and the principle that no nullity without grief; apply it to three concrete irregularity scenarios.
Compare the regimes of the jugement contradictoire, réputé contradictoire and par défaut, and state the appeal routes and deadlines attached to each.
Explain the effects of the chose jugée, the autorité de la chose jugée and the voies de recours extraordinaires (opposition, tierce opposition, recours en révision).
Draft a set of conclusions de première instance on a simple contested claim, respecting the formal requirements of the code.
Your checkpoint
A 2,500-word case note resolving a procedural irregularity scenario, plus one drafted set of conclusions.
Voies d'exécution et procédures de recouvrement
Map the voies d'exécution available under Ivorian and OHADA law (saisie-vente, saisie-attribution, saisie immobilière, saisie des rémunérations) to their competent jurisdiction and the titre exécutoire each requires.
Trace the saisie-attribution from the commandement to the contestation, listing each deadline and the effects of the acte on the tiers détenteur.
Identify the causes of suspension and interruption of execution and the sanctions for abusive or premature seizure.
Draft a commandement aux fins de saisie-vente and a procès-verbal de saisie on a supplied fact pattern.
Your checkpoint
A comparative table of the four main saisies with deadlines and jurisdictions, plus two fully drafted execution acts.
Voies d'exécution et procédures de recouvrement & Droit commercial, sûretés et procédures collectives
Explain the regime of the titre exécutoire and the conditions for obtaining an injonction de payer and a référé-provision as recovery shortcuts.
Summarise the OHADA uniform acts on sûretés: distinguish cautionnement, garantie autonome and hypothèque, and state their formal and registration requirements.
Outline the procedure collective (prévention, redressement, liquidation) and the role of the mandataire and the créancier déclarant.
Solve ten timed multiple-choice items mixing execution and sûretés, and log every error with its rule.
Your checkpoint
An error log of ten items with corrected rule statements, plus a one-page flowchart linking recovery route to the appropriate titre exécutoire.
Droit pénal et procédure pénale & Droit administratif et procédure administrative
Reconstruct the phases of the procédure pénale (enquête, information judiciaire, jugement, voies de recours) and state the authority competent at each phase.
Distinguish the roles of the officier de police judiciaire, the ministère public and the juge d'instruction, and the limits of each power.
Classify the modes of saisine of the administrative judge and the conditions of recevabilité of the recours pour excès de pouvoir.
Compare the responsabilité administrative pour faute and sans faute, and apply the distinction to three short scenarios.
Your checkpoint
A two-column comparison sheet (pénal vs. administratif) covering authorities, deadlines and remedies, with three solved scenarios.
Droit du travail et sécurité sociale & Droit foncier et régimes matrimoniaux
Explain the formation, execution and rupture of the contrat de travail under Ivorian law, including the licenciement procedure and its contestation before the labour jurisdiction.
Identify the employer's obligations toward the caisse de sécurité sociale and the consequences of non-declaration.
Distinguish the regimes matrimoniaux (communauté, séparation de biens, participation) and their effect on the liquidation of the conjugal estate.
Outline the rules of immatriculation foncière and the effects of the titre foncier on proof of ownership and on third parties.
Your checkpoint
A 3,000-word written answer to a cross-cutting case combining a licenciement dispute and a matrimonial liquidation.
Organisation judiciaire, statut et déontologie des officiers publics & Techniques professionnelles : rédaction d'actes, tarification et comptabilité
State the conditions of access to the profession of commissaire de justice, the incompatibilities and the disciplinary regime, citing the governing texts.
Explain the duties of impartiality, confidentiality and probity, and apply them to three ethical dilemmas drawn from practice.
Draft an exploit de signification and a procès-verbal de constat respecting the mandatory mentions and the rules of redaction.
Reconstruct the tarification of a common act and the accounting obligations (compte client, maniement de fonds, conservation des pièces).
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of two drafted acts with a self-checked compliance checklist, plus a worked tarification and a client-account reconciliation exercise.
Droit civil et procédure civile & Voies d'exécution et procédures de recouvrement & Techniques professionnelles : rédaction d'actes, tarification et comptabilité
Sit two full timed mock exams under exam conditions and score each domain separately to identify residual gaps.
Re-drill every item missed in weeks 4 to 7 and rewrite the underlying rule from memory.
Rehearse the redaction of an execution act under time constraint, checking mandatory mentions against the checklist built in week 7.
Consolidate a one-page per-domain revision sheet containing only the rules that were missed twice or more.
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a gap analysis and a final one-page-per-domain revision pack.
Milestones
Week 2: Can reproduce the procedural timeline and the nullity regime from memory, and score at least 70% on a 20-item procedural quiz.
Week 4: Can name the titre exécutoire required for each of the four main saisies and draft a compliant commandement without notes.
Week 6: Score at least 65% on a mixed 30-item set covering pénal, administratif, travail and foncier.
Week 8: Average of the two mock exams at or above the target pass mark, with no domain below 50%.