Syllabus
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This course builds on and substantially deepens and develops further knowledge conveyed at undergraduate level. Its core contents are as follows:
· Constitutional foundations of the EU and recent developments (advanced)
· Internal market, fundamental freedoms, harmonization (advanced)
· Economic and Monetary Union
· Area of freedom, security and justice
· EU competition law (advanced)
Upon completion of this course students will be able:
- To autonomously analyse and assess cases governed by EU law in areas covered by the course
- To properly apply the required knowledge to case solution
- To understand and assess the implications of both current and future developments in EU law
Moreover, this course promotes students’ skills:
- To autonomously identify and effectively synthesize problems, both orally and in writing; and to provide for adequate solutions
- To apply required knowledge in practice
- To independently develop acquired knowledge further, thereby allowing them to effectively keep pace with new legal developments
European Law is a course with continuous assessment (PI) which combines elements of a traditional lecture with those of a seminar or tutorial, thereby enabling students to acquire an advanced understanding of the topics covered. Students are expected to get themselves acquainted with the topics of each class in advance.
The course will be held in English.
Student performance will be assessed on the basis of two written exams (first exam 30%, second exam 30%) and their oral participation to the classroom conversations (40%).
Applicable to regular WU students only (not to incoming exchange students): Possible addittional places will be allocated to students according to ther position within the curriculum, not based upon their position on the waiting list.
In addition to the textbook(s) mentioned above, students are required to bring a copy of the relevant legal texts, notably the TEU and the TFEU, including protocols and the Charter of Fundamental Rights- We recommend Blackstone’s EU Treaties & Legislation (in English) or Kodex Europarecht (in German).
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