Courses for Exchange Students (ECTS) 2018/2019 at
School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences


EU Law and the Constitutions of the Member States, Second Cycle

Spring week 14 (2019) - 23 (2019) Appl.code: 31094
Full-time, daytime class

ECTS credits: 15

Level of education: Second Cycle (master level)

Level: A1N

Prerequisites: 180 credits at the first level out of which 90 credits with increasing depth within law, including an essay (G2E) of 15 credits; alternatively 180 credits at the first level of which 90 credits with increasing depth within political science, including an essay (G2E) of 15 credits. Additional requirements: English Course B/English Course 6.

Content: Within this course, a clear emphasis will be put on the EU Reform Treaty, which was enter into force in the summer of 2009. This new text highlights a number of interesting constitutional questions, such as the protection of fundamental rights, the principles of loyalty and solidarity as well as subsidiarity, the supremacy of EU law and closer cooperation, which will all be carefully studied.

Teaching Methods: Lectures, seminars and a final written exam. Students shall follow the practice of EU courts and comment recent judgments, scholarly articles and news related to the EU's constitutional dimension in small groups, in the form of posts to be published on a blog created on purpose for the course: http://eulaworebro.wordpress.com.

Course Syllabus: Spring 2019

School: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences