Postgraduate Course: The EU's Changing Constitution (LAWS11417)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The principal aims and objectives of the course are to consider and analyse the evolving principles underpinning EU constitutional law.
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| Course description |
This course explores the foundations and evolution of the EU¿s changing constitution. It considers, first, the construction of the EU¿s constitution, reflecting on how ¿ and why ¿ its core principles emerged and how they have changed over time. Looking to recent developments, challenges that have the potential to destabilise the EU¿s constitution are then analysed, focusing on the EU in ¿crisis mode¿ in, for example, the Eurozone or rule of law context. Whether Brexit has further destabilised ¿ or strengthened ¿ the EU¿s constitution is also assessed in that light.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to conceive and defend an argument, drawing appropriately from both primary and secondary sources to support it ¿ and within a limited timeframe
- Develop research skills, drawing from library holdings, relevant databases and appropriate use of Internet resources.
- Synthesise material from a broad variety of research sources.
- Produce written research of postgraduate standard that displays critical understanding and analytical skills.
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Reading List
| Craig and de Búrca, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials (OUP, 7th edition, 2020) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
By the end of the courses, student will have:
» Strengthened their oral and written communication skills.
» Developed their critical analysis skills
» Improved their autonomy as learners and thinkers. |
| Keywords | EU,EU Constitutional Law,International,Constitutionalisation,Postgraduate |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Niamh Nic Shuibhne
Tel: (0131 6)50 2049
Email: niamh.nicshuibhne@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Chloe Culross
Tel: (0131 6)50 9588
Email: Chloe.Culross@ed.ac.uk |
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