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| DROI8011-2 | European substantive law
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| Duration : | 40h Th, 5h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Anne‑Lise Sibony |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course complements the course on European institutional law (2nd year bachelor in law), in which students have studied EU institutions and learned how legislation is produced as well as enforcement mechanisms of EU law.
The EU substantive law course focuses on the content of EU rules. More precisely, it gives 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. A short introduction to European competition law will be provided.
The methods which characterise European legislation on one hand (harmonisation, mutual recognition, administrative cooperation) and the and case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the other (typical patterns of reasoning) will be emphasised throughout the course. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Learning outcomes specific to EU law
After taking this course, students will have a good command of internal market law and possess the know-how to apply the relevant legal rules in simple factual situations. They will be familiar with the various sources of European law and be capable of conducting a basic legislation or case law research.
Generic learning outcomes
The teaching also aims at developing abilities which students will find useful beyond the practice of European law. In particular, students will be led to develop their analytic capabilities.
At the end of the course, students will be able to identify whether or not a given factual situation is governed by European law. They will be capable of solving simple problems involving one or several of the four freedoms and develop by themselves the types of legal reasoning most common in European law. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Institutional European Law |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Knowledge and abilities which this course aims at developping will be acquired through methodical reading and discussion of materials gathered in the course documentation package as well as (compulsory) exercices. Small group sessions with a tutor will provide opportunities to discuss student's work and give them feedback. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| This course is offered in the second term.
For every class, students will have to prepare assigned reading (case law or other documents) and answer in writing questions which are to be found in the course documentation pack.
Before each of the small group sessions, written assignments will have to be handed in via e-Campus. They will consist of problem questions as well as other exercices (small piece of research, citations, summary of a ruling).
In class, students are expected to take an active part. In particular, it is their responsibility to ask if they would like the professor to give the answers to the questions which had to be prepared for. They should also be prepared to answer questions from the professor on the assigned reading. Questions from students are always welcome during lectures.
Students are also invited to use the forums on the course space on e-Campus to ask questions or further discuss issues arising from the readings or from the lectures. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A course pack containing all the required readings is available. It contains cases and other materials to be studied for this course, as well as questions to be prepared before each lecture.
This course has a dedicated space on e-Campus. Students will find there, inter alia, detailed outline for the course (in pdf and also word and text formats for note taking), the course calendar, the slides used for the lecture, supplementary reading, l deinks to websites relevant for this course, as well as tips for writing succesful case studies and exam papers.
The recommended textbook is J. Molinier et N. De Grove-Valdeyron, Droit du marché intérieur européen, 3è ed., LGDJ, 2011 (available at the Point de vue shop on campus).
There are no written notes for this course. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| 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.
Students may take a monolingual and/or a bilingual dictionnary.
Assessment criteria are as follows: knowledge of legal rules, ability to select relevant knowledge in relation to a given question or problem, ability to correctly identify a legal issue in a given factual situation, logical reasoning, quality and sufficiency of reasons given to justify the analysis proposed or the point of view argued, quality of writing, including correct use of legal vocabulary. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Students who enrolled in "option droit" and all other students who have signed up for course "case studies in European law and civil procedure" (DROI1241-1) will take part in seven small group sessions with a tutor and two joint session with the civil procedure class of Frédéric Georges (See DROI1241-1 for details).
Students not in the "option droit", as well as students who have not signed up for the course "case studies in European law and civil procedure" (DROI1241-1) will take part in three small group sessions.
In all cases, handing in preparation and participating in small group sessions is compulsory. Assignments will be made available in advance. Students will have to submit their work in writing via e-Campus.
The above applies to Erasmus students as well as to all other students.
Students will sign up on the course website on eCampus and choose their group.
Groups 1 to 6 consist of students who take the course "Case studies in European law and civil procedure". Groups 7 and 8 are made up of students who do not take this course.
Teachers in charge of each group are as follows:
Groups 1 and 2: Alexandre Defossez and Laura Léonard. Contact person: Alexandre Defossez (adefossez@ulg.ac.be)
Groupe 3 and 4: Sophie Lieven and Julie Meyer. Contact person: Sophie Lieven (sophie.lieven@ulg.ac.be)
Groups 5 et 6: Cathy Piront and Nathalie Schynts. Contact person: Cathy Piront
Groups 7 and 8: Anne-Lise Sibony (alsibony@ulg.ac.be) |
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Contacts :
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| Anne-Lise Sibony alsibony@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : Alexandre Defossez adefossez@ulg.ac.be |
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