Admission requirements
This course is only open to students of the Legal Track (LL.M.) of the LDE Master on the Governance of Migration and Diversity, sub-track to European law LL.M.
Description
This course provides students with a thorough understanding and knowledge of the international and European (EU and ECHR) legal framework for the management of migration and asylum. The European situation will also be approached from a comparative perspective (OAU, Mercosur, East African Community, ASEAN) with the focus remaining on the European Union and its Member States due to the supranational integration of legislation within the EU.
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge and insight on the relation between the various levels of international and European migration and refugee law and their impact on individuals. Students will get familiarized with legal principles and concepts relating to migration and asylum law, which they will be able to recognize in the required judgments (of various adjudicating bodies). Due to the course’s comparative perspective, the students will be further able to observe regional differences between asylum and migration law applications.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Identify important legal principles and structures in International and European migration and asylum law. Apply these principles in practice in specific cases based on the study of legal literature, case-law, and primary legal materials.
Linking knowledge form the field of human rights to questions of immigration regulation and applying this in specific cases.
Understand the relevance and implications of legal rules and principles and structures for the governance of migration, as well for the protection of individuals.
Distinguish between regional applications of asylum and migration law.
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Lectures
Number of (2 hour) lectures: 6
Names of lecturers: tbd.
Required preparation by students: The lectures as well as the seminars in this course will be interactive and require that the students prepare the reading prescribed in the course book, prepare written answers to the questions asked (for the seminars) and take an active role during class.
Seminars
Number of (2 hour) seminars: 6
Names of instructors: tbd
Required preparation by students: The lectures as well as the seminars in this course will be interactive and require that the students prepare the reading prescribed in the course book, prepare written answers to the questions asked (for the seminars) and take an active role during class.
Other methods of instruction
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Assessment method
Examination form(s)
Written exam (80%).
Essay in which students in groups of two write a short case note concerning a case decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union or the European Court of Human Rights (20%).
Students will need to pass both the written exam and the essay in order to pass the course. Depending on the number of students that need to retake the exam, the retake may take the form of an oral exam.
Submission procedures
tbd
Areas to be tested within the exam
The examination syllabus consists of the required reading (literature) for the course, the course information guide and the subjects taught in the lectures, the seminars and all other instructions which are part of the course.
Reading list
Obligatory course materials
Course materials include case law of international, European and national tribunals, legislation and other legal documents as well as academic literature. More information about the concrete course materials will be available on Brightspace and in the course description (links in course reader).
Registration
Registration for courses and exams takes place via MyStudymap. If you do not have access to MyStudymap (guest students), look here (under the Law-tab) for more information on the registration procedure in your situation.
Contact
Coordinator: Moritz Jesse
Work address: Steenschuur 25, 2311ES Leiden
Contact information: KOG
Email: m.jesse@law.leidenuniv.nl
Institution/division
Institute: Public Law
Department: European Law
Room number secretary: B1.11 KOG
Opening hours: 09:00 - 17:00
Telephone number secretary: +31 (0)71-527 3596
Email: europeesrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl