Foundations of the European Union (1885) |
| Language of instruction : English |
| Credits: 6,0 | | | | | Period: quarter 2 (6sp) | | | | | 2nd Chance Exam1: Yes | | | | | Final grade2: Numerical |
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No sequentiality
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Advising sequentiality bound on the level of programme components
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The student knows the basic underpinnings of EU law, for instance through the course on International and European Law (1880), and is aware of the recent history of as well as current political evolutions in the EU.
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This course is devoted to an in-depth study of EU institutional law, within the broader perspective of EU law. Building on basic concepts of EU law, it seeks to advance the knowledge of the students to the level where they could handle EU institutional law matters in a professional or academic context. The four main topics of the course are: the 'horizontal' division of competences between the EU institutions (including legislative and administrative decision-making), the 'vertical' division of competences between the EU and the Member States (e.g. principles of conferral and subsidiarity), the judicial enforcement of EU law (infringement proceedings and preliminary reference procedure) as well as the position of the citizen in the European legal order (fundamental rights, review of EU action). 1. The history of the European integration process: from Rome to present: ECSC Treaty, EEC Treaty, Euratom, Single European Act, Treaty of Maastricht, Treaty of Amsterdam, Treaty of Nice, Constitutional Treaty, Treaty of Lisbon 2. Institutional structure of the EU and the (former) EC, tasks and competences of 7 institutions, institutional balance, other EU organs 3. Decisionmaking in the EU, decisionmaking procedures, ordinary legislative procedure, special legislative procedure, delegated decisionmaking 4. Judicial protection in the EU (judicial review of EU acts, infringement actions against Member States, preliminary rulings) 5. Fundamental principles of EU law (supremacy, direct effect, (in)direct effect, state liability) 6. Protection of fundamental rights within the EU
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Lecture ✔
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Period 2 Credits 6,00
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| Additional information | For the multiple choice questions on the written exam, there will be no correction for guessing. In consultation with the Education Management Team and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
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| Explanation evaluation | The exam during the second evaluation period will be the same as the
exam during the first evaluation period. Depending on the number of
participants, the evaluation form can be changed at the second chance. |
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| Compulsory textbooks (bookshop) |
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Textbook 1:
Blackstone's EU Treaties & Legislation, Nigel Foster, latest edition, Paperback
Textbook 2:
European Union Law, Catherine Barnard and Steve Peers, 4th edition, Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192863836 |
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| Compulsory coursebooks (printed by bookshop) |
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Coursebook 1:
Subtitle: Coursebook
Extra info: |
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Learning outcomes Bachelor of Laws
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- EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to use, with an increasing degree of independence, a variety of Dutch, French and English legal sources, including digital sources. | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to collect, select, analyse and critically process Statute, case-law, scholarship and other legal sources. | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general competences: is able adequately to use (legal) Dutch, French and English. | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general competences: is able to appreciate a simple legal problem and to approach it from the area of law concerned. He can identify those factual and legal issues which are of relevance. He is able to solve cases, at bachelor level, by applying problem solving techniques, including from a comparative perspective. | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general competences: is able actively and constructively to contribute to a common goal, whether in group or not (formal or informal). | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general competences: is able independently and clearly to communicate, either orally or in written form, about legal information, ideas, arguments, problems and solutions. Where required he uses the most adequate conversation or presentation technique. | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following general competences: has a questioning outlook and is able to appraise a variety of legal positions, to question them and reflect on them. He is able to construct an argument and defend it. | - EC
| A graduate of the Bachelors of Laws programme has developed the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: has (basic) legal knowledge and understanding of the concepts and structure of the major branches of national, international and supranational law as exemplified by recent developments and research in the sector and with appreciation of societal reality. |
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| Offered in | Tolerance3 |
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2nd year Bachelor of Laws
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.
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