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| DROI2055-2 | Advanced EU Law
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Public and Administrative Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Private Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional focus in Criminal Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Law, Professional Focus in Labour Law, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Anne-Lise Sibony |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course focuses on general mechanisms and principles of EU law. The course begins with revisions. Topics which have already been touched upon in other courses (introduction to EU law) will be reviewed, in English and in a different perspective. Drawing on court cases, most of which students have already come across, teaching will focus on enforcement mechanisms and remedies which characterise EU law: primacy, direct effect, indirect effects, duties of national courts.
The second part of the course is devoted to the study of general principles of EU law. The place of general principles in the EU legal order will be studied. The following principles will serve to illustrate the workings of general principles: non-discrimination, proportionality, duty to state reasons, transparency, access to justice. The Charter of fundamental right will also be covered.
Students will have the opprotunity to discover the potential of general principles in various areas of EU law. The practical implications of general principles will be emphasised. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of this course, students will have a better command of legal English. They will be able to understand the English version of a European Court case or a European legislative instruments. They will be capable of explaining in English a point of law within the subject matter of this course.
Students will have gained a deeper understanding of general mechanisms which ensure the effectiveness of EU law.
Students will capable of developing arguments based on general principles of European law in relation with a set of facts which is new to them. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic knowledge of EU institutional and substantive law. Ability to follow a lecture in English and to take part in discussions. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Students will have to prepare each class by reading the assigned materials and prepare for an oral discussion or other exercice as instructed.
One class will be taught by Margaret Gray, Barrister in the UK (Brick Court) and in Ireland, who specialises in European law. She will share with students her experience before the European Court in Luxembourg. Students will be given the opportunity to work with her on preparing arguments based on general principles of European law. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| This course is taught face-to-face. Taking part in this course implies preparing for each class and taking an active part in discussions. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| For the first part of the course, the recommended text is
Karen Davies, Understanding European Law, 4th ed., Routledge, 2010.
For the second part of the course, the recommended text is:
P. Craig and G. De Burca, EU Law, text and materials, OUP, 2011.
The following book is recommended for further reading;
Takis Tridimas, The General Principles of EC Law, 2nd ed., OUP, 2006.
A course pack containing cases and other mandatory readings will be available. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The examination is oral. Students will present for 10 minutes on a topic given in advance. In addition, students will have to answer precise questions (about legal rules studied during the course) and broader ones, which require comparing - or otherwise making a link between - different elements from the course. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| A visit to the Court of Justice is organised on november 29th. |
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Contacts :
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| Anne-Lise Sibony (alsibony@ulg.ac.be) |
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