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Présentation
Students should be familiar with the functioning of the EU.
At the end of this course, students should be able:
To describe the development of economic integration in the EU;
To describe and analyze the rationale, fundamentals and the functioning of the EU internal market and some other EU policies related to it;
To read and analyze judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU, as well as primary and secondary EU law;
To assess the daily impact of the EU and its laws in the Member States.
The EU internal market is at the very heart of the European integration process. It comprises an area where the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured. In this course the EU internal market will be studied through case-law of the European courts and their daily impact will be discussed: what are the consequences for natural and legal persons within the EU and how can their rights be protected? Can you establish yourself as a lawyer in other EU-Member States, can your family join, can your children get study grants? What are the rules behind French cheese, Belgian chocolate, Spanish wine and Swedish bread? These are just some of the issues which will be dealt with throughout this course.
Through assignments and class discussions, students will get a practical grasp of EU substantive law and will learn to work with the EU treaties and secondary EU legislation. Students will learn to read and analyze cases from the European Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and study some of its most important judgments.
Modalités
The course will be organized in the form of lectures which aim to be interactive. Students will receive the syllabus of the course before its start. The syllabus will contain reading materials for each class. Reading materials consist of mandatory and suggested sources. Mandatory sources consist of the assigned text book (see below), relevant primary and secondary EU law and cases (judgments) from the Court of Justise of the European Union. Suggested sources will be indicated accordingly. All assigned readings will be discussed in class. Students are expected to do the readings before class in order to allow for a sensible discussion. Guiding question or small fact patterns (case studies or exercises) will be included in the syllabus. One of the main objectives of the lectures is to put in practice all knowledge acquired through reading, hence there will be time allocated for exercise sessions.
24 contact hours: Lectures will be in the form of interactive seminars, in which the assigned reading materials will be discussed. Students are expected to present on assigned judgments. Knolwdge will be put in practice through discussion of fact patterns or case studies.
70h personal learning: This includes readings (text book, CJEU cases, primary and secondary EU legislation as well as any other recommended academic work) and research as part of preparation for class
46 hours personnal work: This includes individual or work group necessary to prepare for exercises, presentations, and for the final exam.
Ressources
Catherine Barnard and Steve Peers (eds.), European Union Law, Oxford University Press, 2014|| Nigel Foster (ed.), Blackstone’s EU Treaties & Legislation, Oxford University Press, latest available edition|| Cases and/or legislation assigned for each class|| Reading materials uploaded on Blackboard if applicable|| Essential EU Law in Charts (3rd Edition, 2014) by C. Tobler and J. Beglinger|||| For those who are not familiar with the constitutional foundations and institutional set up of the European Union, I suggest that you read before the course starts, The ABC of European Union law, by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, available online at http://europa.eu/documentation/legislation/pdf/oa8107147_en.pdf||||