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| DROI2055-2 | Advanced EU Law
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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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 opportunity 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 gained a deeper understanding of general mechanisms which ensure the effectiveness of EU law and of several general principles of EU Law. They will have acquired a sense of the varied situations in which general principles may be relied on.
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 orally in English a point of law within the subject matter of this course.
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.
Depending on assignments, preparation for class will involve working individually or in small groups.
Some classes will include a lecture part.
The syllabus for this course is available here
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/156550 |
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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 following textbook is most strongly recommended:
Karen Davies, Understanding European Law, 4th ed., Routledge, 2010.
For the second part of the course, large parts of the following book will be compulsory reading:
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 European Court of Justice will be organised on November 14th (date to be confirmed). It will take up the whole day. |
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Contacts :
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| Anne-Lise Sibony (alsibony@ulg.ac.be) |
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