Huvudområden och successiv fördjupning:
Rättsvetenskap: Grundnivå, har endast gymnasiala förkunskapskrav
Betygsskala: Väl godkänd, godkänd, underkänd
Ansvarig institution: Juridiska institutionen
Beslutad av: The Head of the Department of Law, 2009-06-01
Reviderad av: Stefan Lidberg, 2010-01-15
Innehåll
The overall aim of the course is for the students to attain basic knowledge of the EU legal system. The course begins with a presentation of the historical background of the EU and its institutional structure as well as a cursory overview of the common market. The character of sources of Union law and the legislative process are thereafter studied. Furthermore, the relationship between the legal system of the EU and those of the Member States will be the main focus of the course. All aspects of this course, including the examination, are conducted in English.
Förväntade studieresultat
After completing the course, the student shall:
be familiar with the history and development of the European Union, the institutions of the European Union, the sources of Community law and the policy making process,
exhibit a basic understanding of the central areas of substantive Community law,
have knowledge of the extent and limits of the powers of the European Union, including central principles and the role of Community courts, the position, reception, and enforcement of Community law in the Member States, including central principles and the role of national and Community courts,
be able to identify, explain, analyze and evaluate Community law as it has developed in the case law of the European Court of Justice and to apply that knowledge and those abilities to concrete situations.
Behörighetskrav
General qualifications for university studies.
Undervisningens upplägg
The decisions of the European Court of Justice have played a pivotal role in the development of European Community law. Consequently the course consists mainly of seminars, where leading judgments of the European Court of Justice are analyzed and discussed. It is therefore necessary that students study assigned cases, along with relevant Community legislation and textbook chapters and/or academic articles before each class. Further instructions on the preparation requirements for each class will be handed out to the student at the beginning of the course. The course is taught in English and all materials used in the course are in the English language.
A student who has been accepted and registered for the course has the right to teaching and guidance only during the term/academic year when he/she was accepted and registered.
Examination
Examination on the course consists of a written test. On the written test the grades awarded are Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG). For the course as a whole the grade awarded are Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG). The grade for the course as a whole is based on the result of the written test.
The appointed examiner may decide to use other forms of examination if required by particular circumstances.
A student who has not received a passing grade on a test will be afforded an opportunity for re-examination. A student who has passed examination may not be re-examined.
A student who has taken two tests for a course or segment of a course, without passing, has the right to have another examiner appointed, unless special reasons exist. A written request for change of examiner is submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Education.
Övriga föreskrifter
The course cannot be included in a Diploma together with Grundläggande EU-rätt, 7,5 credits.
Litteratur
Giltig från:
2010 vecka 3
Literature
Hartley Trevor C. The foundations of European Community law : an introduction to the constitutional and administrative law of the European Community 6. ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2007 : lxii, 472 s. : ISBN: 0-19-929035-0 Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Compilation of Cases and Materials distributed by the Department of Law.
Consolidated versions of the EC and EU Treaties.
