Postgraduate Course: EU External Economics Relations Law (LAWS11242)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Law | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Short description: This course aims to explore the evolution of the law on EU external economic relations, through both successive Treaty amendments and ECJ case-law, including inter alia: 
* EU Competence to Act Externally: legal personality and principle of conferral; express and implied attribution of EU external powers; general objectives/values of EU external economic action. 
* Nature of EU External Economic Competence: exclusive, shared and concurrent powers; relationship between the EU and its Member States in the international economic field; mixed agreements. 
* Institutional/Procedural Aspects: negotiation, conclusion and implementation of international agreements; status of international agreements in the EU legal order; adoption of unilateral measures. 
* Substantive Scope of EU External Economic Competence: Common Commercial Policy, Development and Economic Cooperation Policies; external aspects of other EU economic policies (e.g. EMU, competition). 
The course also seeks to look into the practical implementation of the EU external economic relations, by examining a number of bilateral/multilateral agreements concluded by the EU (and its Member States) as well as unilateral measures.  
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Learning outcomes: At the end of the course students will have: 
- acquired an understanding of EU external economic relations law and of its evolution over time. 
- been exposed to the EU's growing role as an actor in international economic relations, including through the analysis of practical case-studies. 
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Assessment Information 
| 100% essay |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Keywords | European Union Law, International Economic Law | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Gracia Marin-Duran 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2008 
Email: gracia.marin-duran@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Ginny Spencer 
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246 
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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