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Postgraduate Course: EU Immigration and Asylum Law (LAWS11110)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course introduces students to that part of EU Justice and Home Affairs law which deals with the evolution of an EU immigration and asylum law. Students begin by studying the evolution of EU competences and institutions dealing with justice and home affairs matters, in the EU and EC Treaties, and then spend the latter part of the course looking in detail at mobility into and across the Member States for third country nationals.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union (LAWS11095)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- understand and critically analyse the development of the European Union as an 'area of freedom, justice and security', in particular in respect of the evolution of policies on immigration and asylum;
- understand and assess EU policy in relation to the free movement of persons, immigration, asylum and treatment of refugees;
- draw links between EU policy and relevant conceptual ideas and frameworks such as 'securitisation' and 'security'; the idea of 'Europe'; social inclusion and exclusion; the rule of law, justice and human rights; citizenship.
Assessment Information
One essay
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsEU law; justice and home affairs; immigration and asylum
Contacts
Course organiserProf Jo Shaw
Tel: (0131 6)50 9587
Email: jo.shaw@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
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