Postgraduate Course: EU Criminal Law (LAWS11406)
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 | This course will provide students with foundational knowledge of EU Criminal Law. They will engage in discussion on primary and secondary sources, and work on developing different skills related to legal analysis. The conceptual discussion will go hand in hand with close consideration of the practice in this field. Therefore, students will be exposed to different approaches and address the main course themes from a theoretical, and hands-on, points of view. |
| Course description |
The course content will cover, inter alia:
- Legal and historical background of EU criminal law;
- Substantive EU criminal law; Procedural criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters; The European Arrest Warrant (legislation, interpretation and enforcement);
- Transnational policing;
- The external dimension of EU criminal law. Cooperation with third countries;
- EU Bodies, offices and agencies operating in EU Criminal Law, especially the European Public Prosecutor Office.
|
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
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) |
Formative Assessment:
(Component marks to do not contribute to student's overall course mark/grade. The aim of formative assessments is to monitor student learning).
500 words outline or short PowerPoint presentation on a topic indicated by the Course Organiser.
Summative Assessment:
(* Component marks contribute to student's overall course mark/grade. The aim of summative assessments is to assess student learning).
1) Class Participation - worth 10% of overall mark
2) Abstract - worth 25% of overall mark
3) Workshop presentation - worth 65% of overall mark |
| Feedback |
The students will receive feedback in class, in the context of the discussion of the materials assigned for each session.
The students will be given the opportunity to deliver a formative assessment, in the form of either an outline (500 words) or short essay (1000 words) on a topic to be indicated by the Course Organiser.
Furthermore, the course adopts the ¿continuing formative assessment¿: each week throughout the second part of the semester, a different group of students will be assigned an individual exercise resembling the summative assessment, which will be performed at the beginning of each seminar and on which they will receive feedback from the Course Organiser and their peers. More specifically, each student will be allocated a question for discussion relevant to the topic of the weekly seminar. They will present an answer in class in max 5 minutes. The answer will be analysed in class, both in terms of substance and presentation skills. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge, skills and understanding in practical contexts related to EU Criminal Law;
- Obtain, organise and use factual, theoretical and/or hypothetical information in problem solving;
- Use a wide range of routine skills and some advanced skills associated with EU Criminal Law;
- Exercise some initiative and independence in carrying out defined activities at a professional level in practice related to EU Criminal Law;
- Use a range of forms of communication effectively in both familiar and new contexts.
|
Reading List
1. Craig and De Búrca, EU Law, seventh edition, OUP, 2020;
2. Ambos, European Criminal Law, CUP, 2018;
3. Mitsilegas, EU Criminal Law, Hart Publishing, 2009;
4. Peers, EU Justice and Home Affairs Law, fourth edition, OUP, 2016;
5. Klip, European Criminal Law, second edition, Intersentia, 2012 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Demonstrate and/or work with:
- Knowledge that covers and integrates most, if not all, of EU criminal 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. |
| Keywords | Criminal Law,European,Treaties,Constitutional Law,European Arrest Warrant,LLM,Postgraduate,Level 11 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Coutts
Tel:
Email: scoutts@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Susanna Wickes
Tel:
Email: Susanna.Wickes@ed.ac.uk |
|
|
University Homepage