European Union Law

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Cursusdoel

After completing this course students are able to:
  • Goal 1 demonstrate knowledge of the specific characteristics of European law.
  • Goal 2 apply basic skills of research, analysis, and argumentation to questions of European law.
Relationship between assessment and learning goals:
In this course, the final course grade is based on four elements: on written exam (40 %), a group research clinic (20 %), a negotiation exercise with a written position paper (20 %) and an individual oral argumentation (20 %).
1. Written take-home exam: this tests your knowledge of the required literature and lecture material of Part 1 of the course (course goal 1). It also tests your ability to analyze and put forward argumentation in EU law (course goal 2)
2. Group research clinic: this tests your knowledge of EU law and your ability to do research on a specific question of EU law (course goal 2)
3. Position Paper: this tests your skills of research, analysis and argumentation of EU law (course goal 2)
4. Individual Oral argumentation: this tests your knowledge of EU law and your skills of research, analysis and argumentation of EU law (course goal 1 and 2)

Vakinhoudelijk

Since the impact of European law on the daily lives of citizens has increased, knowledge of this field has become important for practitioners engaged in a wide range of professional activities. This course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand the extent of this impact. It begins with a critical overview of the legal system of the European Union: its origin, the evolution of its legal rules, the legal construct of economic freedoms, and European integration.
Subjects include: the Internal Market and European competition law, the legal foundations of the European Union; the institutions of the European Union and their decision-making competence; the sources of the law of the European Union; the relationship between the legal system of the European Union and those of member States; and the enforcement of European Union law at the European and national level. The sessions on economic law introduce the four freedoms and competition law on which the internal market is based and the way in which these policies are affected through Community law and upheld by the European Court of Justice.

Format
The first part of the course is structured on the basis of a lecture/seminar set up. The instructor introduces main issues each week in an interactive lecture, whereas seminars are meant to further discuss legal issues more in- depth on the basis of seminar questions and cases. This part of the course is concluded by an exam in the first week of November.
During the second part of the course, each student is part of two small groups (3-4 students). The first group is the research clinic group. Each group is assigned a researcher studying a particular EU related issue. The group then acts as host for their researcher-of-the-day, presents the research and leads the class discussion. The second group each student is part of is the negotiation exercise. Students participate in a negotiation exercise that consists of a written and an oral part.

Werkvormen

UCU SSC 3 course

Toetsing

Negotiation exercise: written paper and oral negotiation

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Group research work

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Written exam

Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Voertalen

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Tentamens

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Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
BOEK Sonia Morano-Foadi & Jen Neller, Fairhurst's Law of the European Union, 13th Edition, Pearson, 2020, ISBN-13: 9781292298856 https://www.pearson.com/store/p/fairhurst-morano-foadi-and-neller-s-law-of-the-european-union/P100003002011
DIVERSE Select journal articles available through the UU Library.
DIVERSE Select case law of the EU Court of Justice and legislation adopted by the European Union.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Coördinator

dr. S. Nicolosi s.nicolosi@uu.nl

Docenten

dr. T. Ertuna Lagrand t.ertunalagrand@uu.nl
dr. S. Nicolosi s.nicolosi@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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