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Postgraduate Course: Regulatory Governance in the European Union (LAWS11113)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course focuses on the role of the European Union as a regulatory authority. The EU has become a source of regulation governing the conduct of economic activities within its space and beyond. The course reviews this in theoretical terms and via an examination of specific instances of EU regulatory activism.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Governance and Policy in the European Union (LAWS11096)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  25
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One essay
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
This course is intended to complement existing courses by examining the regulatory framework of the European Union and will focus on particular regulatory activities. The course will equip students with the critical skills required to understand EU governance and policy, thereby going beyond the learning outcomes conventionally expected to result from the study of EU law. Accordingly, it will assist place EU law in the context of the economic challenges confronting the EU, and the governance structure within which the EU develops capacity to meet and respond to such challenges.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsEuropean Union, regulation, governance, economic activities
Contacts
Course organiserProf Andrew Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 2064
Email: Andrew.Scott@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
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