| Module Title and Purpose | 1. Module Title
LEGAL GOVERNANCE OF THE EU |
| 2. Aims of the Module:
Students who take this module will:
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Be able to comprehend basic reasons of establishment of the EU; |
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Be in a position to conceive basic elements of European law; |
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Be able to understand the relationship between International law, European law and national law; |
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Be capable to develop further specialised knowledge on European law
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| Module Delivery | 3. Contents:
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Introduction:
International law and its sources, especially international treaties;
The relationship between International law and internal law; Subjects
of International law and various sorts of international organizations;
Diplomatic protection of foreigners; International law of human rights,
especially European control over human rights;
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History
of the EU: Europe after the Second World War; Establishment of the
three supranational Communities; enlargement of the membership and
broaden of the competences: towards to the European Union; |
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Sources
and nature of the EU law: primary and secondary sources;
Characteristics and heterogeneity of the EU law: community law +
international law; Relationship between the EU law and national law; |
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Objectives,
values and principles of the EU; legal personality; Membership to the
EU: accession and withdrawal; A double nature of the EU: federation +
international organization; fundamental rights and citizenship of the
EU; competences and powers of the EU; Institutions of the EU:
composition, functions, decision-making process; Internal market: basic
freedoms; competition; Judicial protection in the EU: national courts
and the European courts: jurisdictions and procedures; The EU justice
and home affairs; The common foreign and security policy of the EU. |
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| 4. Indicative Reading:
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Ian Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, 1999
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M.W. Janis, R.S.Kay, A.W.Bradley, European Human Rights, Text and Materials, Sec.ed. Oxford, 2000 |
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T.C. Hartly, The Foundation of European Community Law, Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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P.J.G.
Kapteyn, P. VerLoren van Themaat, Introduction to the Law of the
European Communities, Third Edition, Kluwer, The Hague, 1998 |
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A. Craig and G. de Burca, EU Law, Text, Cases and Materials, Third ed. Oxford, 2003, |
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EU Law 2003/04, Sweet&Maxwell’s Statutes series, Edited by G. Love and N. Head, London, 2003 |
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Recommended Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and the Tribunal of the First Instance |
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| 5. Learning and Teaching Methods:
Total Contact Hours:
60
Range of Modes of Contact: 30 Lectures (two hours per week in one semester) and 30 weekly seminars (two hours per week in one semester).
Range of other Learning Methods: Independent learning and directed reading, 130 hours
Total Study Hours: 190 |
| Module Assessment | 6. Module Learning Outcomes:
After studying this module students will be able to:
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Describe basic values, principles and institutions of the EU;
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Be aware of distinction between nature of International law and Community law; |
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Explain a way of legal functioning of the EU; |
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Be aware of possibilities of judicial protection in the EU; |
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Understand a role of the EU in international legal order; |
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7. Assessment Methods:
Assessment is by individual participation in seminars, two written seminar papers and written test;
Number, Type and Weighting of Elements:
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Individual participation in seminars: 25% |
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two seminar papers 25% |
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test 50% |
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| Module Management |
8. Credit Points and Duration:
10 credit points; duration of the course is one semester |
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9. Contact Person:
Dr Rodoljub Etinski
E-mail: etinski@pf.ns.ac.yu |