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Europe's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

Course
2019-2020

Admission requirements

Admission to the LL.M. in Law Programme, European Law Track

Description

This course will offer students a sound basis in the constitutional foundations of Member States’ cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs. It does so by examining some of the core concepts and principles of justice and home affairs cooperation that follow from article 67 TFEU, which defines the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. It will offer students a sound basis in the constitutional foundations of Member States’ cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs and specific knowledge on selected substantive rules governing mobility and security in Europe.

Course objectives

Objectives of the course

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

  • Understand core concepts and principles that govern EU cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs

  • Identify the tension between the different core concepts and principles

  • Apply the different core concepts and principles to concrete cases

  • Find and use legal sources in the field of AFSJ, including the Treaties, secondary legislation and case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union

  • Improve argumentation and writing skills during the seminar sessions

  • Participate in the academic and public debate on current affairs pertaining to the AFSJ

Achievement levels
The following achievement levels apply with regard to the course:

  • Carry out basic research, finding relevant legislation, literature and case law

  • Solve practical cases

  • Construct a legal argument both orally and in writing

Timetable

The timetable of this course can be found in uSis.

Mode of instruction

Lectures

  • Number of (2 hour) lectures: 6

  • Names of lecturers: Dr. J.J. Rijpma

  • Required preparation by students: prepare the reading prescribed in the course reader.

Seminars

  • Number of (2 hour) seminars: 4

  • Names of instructors: Dr. J.J. Rijpma

  • Required preparation by students: study the prescribed reading materials, prepare the prescribed questions and case studies in the course reader and prepare short presentations.

Assessment method

Examination form(s)

  • This course will be concluded with a three hour written 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 or check ‘Course and exam enrolment’ on the student’s website.

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

Recommended course materials

This course will primarily use primary sources of EU law, as well as academic commentary. All treaties, legislation and case law can be found on Blackboard, as well as online (EU: http://eur-lex.europa.eu, ECHR: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int). For reasons of copy right protection not all journal articles can be made accessible on blackboard. If the reading is not made available you will have to look it up in the library or use the library’s online resources: http://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/.

We will not use a handbook, but you may want to refer to any of the manuals below to guide your learning:

  • Boeles, P. et. al., European Migration Law (Antwerp, Intersentia, 2014)

  • Barnard, C. and Peers, S. (Eds), EU Law (Oxford, Oxford University Press), Chapters 25 (EU Criminal Law) and 26 (EU Migration and Asylum Law)

  • Chalmers et al., European Union Law: Text and Materials, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014), Chapters 12 (EU Law and Non-EU Nationals) and 14 (EU Criminal Law)

  • Craig and de Búrca, EU law: Text, cases, and materials (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015), Chapters 11 (Human Rights) and 25 (AFSJ: EU Criminal Law)

  • Mitsilegas, V., EU Criminal Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2016)

  • Peers, S., EU Justice and Home Affairs (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016) (Non-Civil)

Registration

Students have to register for courses and exams through uSis

Contact information

  • Co-ordinator: Dr. J.J. Rijpma

  • Work address: KOG, B1.25

  • Contact information: Appointment via e-mail

  • Email: j.j.rijpma@law.leidenuniv.nl

Institution/division:

  • Institute: Public Law

  • Division: European Law

  • Room number secretariat: KOG, B1.11

  • Opening hours: 9:00 – 17:00

  • Telephone number secretariat: 071 – 527 7416

  • E-mail: europeesrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl

Remarks

This course is taught within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair on Mobility and Security in Europe (MOSE) with the support of the EU Commission.