Undergraduate Course: EU Law Honours (LAWS10137)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course examines the law of the European Union from constitutional and institutional perspectives, demonstrating how and why EU law has become such a distinctive and complex system of law beyond the state. Building on previous study of EU law at Ordinary level, EU Law Honours: Foundations also focuses in more depth on legal issues that are particularly timely or unsettled. For example, what are the competences of the European Union and the Member States respectively? Why is the principle of the 'autonomy' of EU law, which distinguishes the EU legal system from both international and national law, so significant? What does the Charter of Fundamental Rights add to existing protection under the ECHR? What is the role of the European Union in crisis management? What part can the European Union play in managing global challenges? And (how) has Brexit changed the EU's constitutional and institutional 'ecosystem¿? |
| Course description |
The course content will cover:
The sources of EU law
The EU's institutional framework
The competences of the EU and of the Member States
The fundamental principles of EU constitutional law
How EU law relates to both international and national law
The role of the EU in the management of crisis and global challenges
The legal implications of Brexit.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Pass in equivalent to EU Law (Ordinary) |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and understanding of the institutional, constitutional and substantive aspects of EU law, thus building upon and further developing the study of aspects of the substantive law of the European Union to which students were introduced in the Ordinary course. Students should acquire an in-depth understanding of the Treaty on European Union and Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; understand the division of competences between the EU and its Member States; be able to identify and understand the legal principles underpinning the application and operation of the EU treaties; and examine the application of EU substantive (internal market) law in detail.
In fulfilling these objectives, the course aims also to consolidate and deepen intellectual, practical and transferable skills involved in the legal research of Union law acquired at Ordinary level, including:
- to advance skills of communication, expression, argumentation and debate acquired in Years 1 and 2 via seminar participation;
- independently to produce a piece of research (the course essay) which displays critical understanding, sound analysis and independence of mind, clear and succinct expression of ideas, and the ability to pursue an argument with proper care and attention to academic literature;
- in preparing for seminars and essays, to synthesise material from a broad variety of sources;
- to develop research skills, primarily library skills, use of databases and appropriate use of Internet resources.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | EU hons |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Leandro Mancano
Tel: (0131 6)50 2050
Email: Leandro.Mancano@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | |
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