Prospectus

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The Union in the World

Course
2017-2018

Admission requirements

Bachelor degree in law (or similar; see the general requirements for the Master European Law) and sufficient knowledge in English. Students are strongly advised to follow an EU law introductory course before enrolling in this course.

Description

This course takes as a point of departure the specific foreign policy objectives of the European Union, as defined in the Lisbon Treaty, and examines the legal means the Union has at its disposal to fulfill them. It envisages the various actors of EU external relations, and considers the legal principles which govern their (inter)actions. It also analyses the instruments and policies of EU external relations (e.g. the Common Commercial Policy, the Common Foreign and Security Policy), as well as their legal effects within the EU and Member States’ legal orders.

Course objectives

Objectives of the course
The purpose of the course is to introduce the students to the rich case law of the European Court of Justice in the field of EU external relations, however limited the Court’s jurisdiction has been in this regard.

Learning outcomes
After this course the student is able to:

  • Explain the constitutional foundations of the external action of the European Union

  • Develop an argument on the basis of the law and case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on external action

  • Identify a legal issue of external relations law within the broader landscape of the law and legal doctrine of the subject

  • Identify the law applicable to practical cases of EU external relations law

Timetable

The timetable of this course can be found in uSis.

Mode of instruction

Lectures

  • Number of 3 or 2 hour lectures: (16 hours in total): 6

  • Names of lecturers: Prof. mr. Christophe Hillion

  • Required preparation by students: Reading of materials prescribed on blackboard

  • Lecture attendance is compulsory, students may miss up to one class

Seminars

  • Number of (2 hour) seminars: 3

  • Names of instructors: Dr. Giovanni Gruni

  • Required preparation by students: Reading of materials prescribed on blackboard

  • Seminar attendance is compulsory, students may miss up to one class.

Assessment method

Examination form(s)
Open book exam

Regulation retake passed exams
In this course it is possible to retake an exam that has been passed (cf. art. 4.1.8.1 and further of the Course and Examination Regulations), on the condition that this course is included in the compulsory components of the degree programme. Students who have passed the exam may retake the final written assessment (test) of the course. Please contact the Student Administration Office (OIC) for more information.

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.

Blackboard

More information on this course is offered in Blackboard.

Reading list

Obligatory course materials

Literature:

P Craig and G De Burca, EU Law, Text, Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition (Oxford University Press, 2015)

Bart Van Vooren, EU External Relations Law, Text, Cases and Materials (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Course information guide:
Course information will be made available on Blackboard.

Reader:
Reader will be made available on Blackboard

Registration

Students have to register for courses and exams through uSis

Contact information

  • Co-ordinator: Dr. Giovanni Gruni

  • Work address:KOG room B2.29

  • Email: g.gruni@Law.Leidenuniv.nl

  • Telephone number: 071-5278905 (secretariat)

Institution/division

  • Institute: Public Law

  • Department: European Law

  • Room number secretariat: B1.21

  • Opening hours: 09.00-17.00

  • Telephone number secretary: 071-5278905

  • Email: europeesrecht@Law.Leidenuniv.nl