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| DROI8011-1 | European substantive law
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Anne‑Lise Sibony |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The aim of this course is to give a general introduction to internal market law and to European citizenship. The four basic freedoms (free movement of goods, persons, capital and services) will be studied. Note however that free movement of capital will only be dealt with briefly. Time permitting, a short introduction to European competition rules will be offered and the emergence of European private law will be evoked.
The methods which characterise European legislation on one hand and the and case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the other will be emphasised throughout the course. |
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| Course objective : | The objective of this course is to complement student's basic knowledge of European law. In the European institutional law course, students will have learned how EU's institution function and produce law. After taking this course, students should have a good basic knowledge of what the European Union has achieved. They should also be familiar with the various sources of European law possess the know-how to apply substantive internal market rules in simple factual situations. This is why the course also aims at developing analytic capabilities of students. At the end of the course, they should be able to identify whether or not a factual situation is governed by European law. They should be able to solve simple problems involving one or several of the four freedoms. Students should be able to develop by themselves the types of legal reasoning most common in European law. This capacity will be acquired through methodical reading and discussion of Court rulings gathered in the course documentation package. Students will have, a few times in the semester an opportunity to work on a case study in small groups with a tutor. |
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| Prerequisites : | Institutional European Law |
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| Workshops : | Three times in the course of the semester, the lecture will be replaced by small group sessions. Assignments will be made available in advance. Students will have to prepare exercices and submit them in writing via WebCT. |
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| Organization : | This course is offered in the second term.
Every week, students will have to prepare assigned reading (case law or legislation) and answer in writing questions which are to be found in the course documentation pack.
Two types of assignments will have to be handed in via WebCT: exercices to be prepared for each of the three small group sessions (see section "workshops" above) and short written assignments (typically one page presenting one court case from the required reading). These assignments will count for 2 points in the final mark for this course.
In class, students are expected to take an active part. They should be able to answer questions on the assigned reading. Questions from students be most welcome. |
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| Written notes : | There is no syllabus for this course. Students will receive a course outline and a bibliography. A documentation package containing cases and legislation studied in the course will be available. This course has a dedicated space on WebCT (e-learning tool) where, inter alia, slides used for the lecture are available. |
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| Assessment : | The exam for this course is written both in the first and second exam session. It consists of three parts: precise questions, broader essay questions and case studies.
Students may bring with them the European treaties as well as the documentation package for the exam. Authorised documents must not be annotated. Students may however highlight and/or flag certain sections in authorised documents.
Final exam will be graded on 18 points. 2 points in the final mak will reflect work produced throughout the semester (see section "organization" above). |
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| Contacts : | Anne-Lise Sibony alsibony@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : Alexandre Defossez adefossez@ulg.ac.be |
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