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Postgraduate Course: EU Immigration and Asylum Law (LAWS11475)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course is aimed to provide the students with the foundations of EU Immigration Law. They will engage in discussion on primary and secondary sources, as well as analysis of the centrepieces of the area. Through the involvement of practitioners, they will be exposed to different approaches and address the topics from a theoretical, and practical, points of view.
Course description EU Immigration Law is probably the fastest-growing area in EU Law, and its relevance and impact have only been growing over last decades. Its uniqueness lies in combining two completely different legal phenomena: on the one hand, EU law, a transnational discipline mainly built around economic freedoms; on the other, immigration law, the most sensitive stronghold of national sovereignty. Even though for decades this was not considered proper area of EU Law - due to the lack of Union's competences - major interaction materialised between the law of the fundamental freedoms and domestic rules related to migration control. This dramatic interaction has been heightened by recent EU Treaties reforms, which have conferred upon the Union explicit powers in this respect. There is now a comprehensive body of measures in this area, subject to judicial interpretation and implementation by agencies and offices at different levels throughout the Union. Thorny issues have been arising in terms of fundamental rights protection, with an increasing interplay - or even friction - between EU Immigration Law, on the one hand, and international and constitutional laws, on the other.

The course content will cover, inter alia:

- Legal and Historical Background of EU Immigration Law;
- Principles and Legal Bases;
- The Common European Asylum System;
- Control of irregular migration. Detention, surveillance and prevention;
- EU Bodies, offices and agencies operating in EU Immigration Law.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  25
Course Start Semester 2
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) Formative Assessment (does not contribute to final mark):
Outline (500 words) or short essay (2000 words) on a topic to be indicated by the Course Organiser.

Summative Assessment:
1) Class participation - worth 10% of overall mark;
2) Blogpost (1000 words) - worth 25% of overall mark;
3) Essay (3000 words) - worth 65% of overall mark.
Feedback Feedback on the formative assessment may be provided in various formats, for example, to include written, oral, video, face-to-face, whole class, or individual. The course organiser will decide which format is most appropriate in relation to the nature of the assessment.

Feedback on both formative and summative in-course assessed work will be provided in time to be of use in subsequent assessments within the course.

Feedback on the summative assessment will be provided in written form via Learn, the University of Edinburgh's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate and/or work with an appreciation of the body of knowledge that constitutes EU Immigration Law.
  2. Apply knowledge, skills and understanding in practical contexts related to EU Immigration Law.
  3. Obtain, organise and use factual, theoretical and/or hypothetical information in problem solving.
  4. Use a wide range of routine skills and some advanced skills associated with EU Immigration Law.
  5. Exercise some initiative and independence in carrying out defined activities at a professional level in practice related to EU Immigration Law.
Reading List
1. Craig and De BĂșrca, EU Law, seventh edition, OUP, 2020;
2. Peers, EU Justice and Home Affairs Law, fourth edition, OUP, 2016.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Demonstrate and/or work with:
- Knowledge that covers and integrates most, if not all, of EU immigration and asylum law;
- Deal with complex issues and make informed judgements in situations in the absence of complete or consistent data/information;
- Apply knowledge, skills and understanding In demonstrating originality and/or creativity, including in practices.
KeywordsEU Law,European Law,Immigration,Level 11,Postgraduate,LLM,Law
Contacts
Course organiserDr Leandro Mancano
Tel: (0131 6)50 2050
Email: Leandro.Mancano@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Chloe Culross
Tel: (0131 6)50 9588
Email: Chloe.Culross@ed.ac.uk
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