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Description The course provides an overview on the legal foundations of the European Union: The main focus will be put on the study of European Community law but the second and third pillars of European integration will also be taken into due account. The course starts with an introduction to the historic foundations and the development of European integration from Rome 1957 to the most recent developments (European Constitution). It gives a well-founded overview of the political institutions and actors, their decision-making procedures, as well as the various areas of common policy. The legal instruments, the role of the various institutions and the judicial system of the European Community will be studied in depth. An important part of the course will be dedicated to the federal structure of the European Union, the relationship between Community law and the law of the Member States, and the basic principles of Community law. Main areas of substantive Community law to be looked at are the free movement of goods, the free movement of persons, EC environmental law, and the foreign relations and trade law of the Community. The course will use a broad selection of actual cases decided by the European Court of Justice to explain the current state of European Union law.
LLM Specialisations European Union Law; Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law.
Recommended Prior Knowledge There are no prerequisites necessary for this course, however students may find that having taken or taking concurrently, Public International Law, Business Associations 1, International Trade Law and Commercial Law would prove to be particularly helpful. Some basic knowledge of and/or interest in European history and culture are of advantage though not a prerequisite.
Course Objectives Students are expected to gather a good overview over the legal foundations and the economic rationale of the Internal Market and the foreign economic policy of the European Union: In particular, the following areas are analysed in detail:
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