EU and EEA Institutional Law and Policymaking - Bachelor

Lågaregradsemne

Emnebeskrivelse

Mål og innhald

This interdisciplinary course aims to provide students with an overview of EU/EEA institutional and constitutional law, as well as providing an introduction to EU/EEA politics and policymaking.

Teaching on the course will focus particularly on how EU and EEA law is made, the various political theories of European integration which shape them, and how they are interpreted, applied, and enforced by various actors at national and international level in practice.

The topics covered by the course constitute the very core of EU/EEA cooperation, and will include (but not be limited to):

  • Theories of EU/EEA integration
  • Policy competences and institutional structures of the EU/EEA
  • The role of the EU as an international actor
  • The (non-)hierarchical sources of EU/EEA law, and how they interrelate
  • EU/EEA legislative processes
  • The joint role of the European Court of Justice, EFTA Court and national administrative and judicial authorities in affording judicial protection to individuals, Member States, and the institutions of the EU/EEA

The course will look to go further than, and for most students build further on, general introductory courses on EU/EEA law they may already have taken, by delving deeper into the issues and by providing interdisciplinary insights into the policymaking and political aspects and theories of EU and EEA cooperation.

Læringsutbyte

Knowledge

By the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to demonstrate:

  • Basic knowledge and understanding of the core institutional rules and principles set out in the EU Treaty, EEA Agreement and EFTA Surveillance and Court Agreement.
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the EU and EEA policymaking and regulatory regimes, and their relationship to the national political and legal systems of the EEA Member States.
  • General awareness of the most recent developments in the case-law of the EU and EFTA Courts and national courts of the EEA states concerning institutional legal issues.
  • General knowledge and understanding of the polity, politics, and policies of the EU and EEA, including the role of key political actors, such as interest groups and political parties.
  • Familiarity with the main theories of European integration.

Skills

By the end of the course, students should have developed the following skills:

  • Reading and critical analysis enabling them to understand academic works in the field on institutional EU/EEA law
  • Written skills, including the clear and succinct expression of ideas through case-studies
  • A basic grounding in legal research skills and techniques relevant and transferable to all fields of EU and EEA substantive law
  • Ability to relate the knowledge acquired throughout the course to current political and legal events and developments within the EU and EEA
  • Ability to reflect on the EU/EEA policies, the institutional arrangements behind them, and their possible legal and policymaking implications both presently and in the future
  • Ability to cooperate with law students from other countries, and gain perspectives on common legal challenges from students from a legal background different than their own,
  • Ability to contribute with perspectives from their own country and legal background.
  • Ability to cooperate with law students from other countries, and gain perspectives on common legal challenges from students from a legal background different than their own
  • Ability to contribute with perspectives from their own country and legal background.

General Competence

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • think critically, independently and constructively
  • formulate arguments based on a variety of sources, and to initiate a dialogue between those sources
  • reflect upon, synthesize and present knowledge in a simple and efficient way under time constraints (2 day home examination).
  • present and evaluate legal analyses and points of view in English, both orally and in writing

Studiepoeng, omfang

10 ECTS

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningssemester

Autumn

Undervisningsstad

Faculty of Law, University of Bergen
Krav til forkunnskapar
Two years of law studies
Tilrådde forkunnskapar
Good level of English language
Studiepoengsreduksjon

Combined with JUS3500 EU and EEA Institutional Law and Policymaking (Master) this course will generate no new credits.

This course combines well with:

JUS2301/JUS3501 Free Movement under EU and EEA Internal Market Law

JUS2309/JUS3501 Competition Law

JUS2302/JUS3502 EU and EEA State Aid Law

JUS2303/JUS3503 Privacy and Data Protection - GDPR

JUS2314/JUS3514 EU Copyright Law

JUS2315/JUS3514 EU and EEA Public Procurement Law

JUS330-A EEA Moot Court

Krav til studierett

The course is available for the following students:

  • Admitted to the five-year master programme in law
  • Exchange students at the Faculty of Law

The pre-requirements may still limit certain students' access to the course.

Arbeids- og undervisningsformer
Lectures and seminars.
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

Compulsory attendance at lectures/seminars.

Students will need to pass an online multiple-choice test, to be taken at the Law Faculty under invigilated circumstances, before the final examination. This additional test will allow more detailed knowledge of matters covered on the course to be tested, in addition to the more reflective questions which will be posed in the take-home examination. The multiple-choice test is assessed as a pass/non-pass, and students must pass this compulsory assignment to be able to complete the home exam.

Vurderingsformer
Home exam to be answered during two days.
Karakterskala
A-E for pass, F for fail
Vurderingssemester
Autumn
Litteraturliste
The reading list will be ready 1st July for the autumn semester.
Emneevaluering
According to the administrative arrangements for course evaluation at the Faculty of Law.
Hjelpemiddel til eksamen

No support materials may be used during the compulsory assignment (multiple-choice test).

Since the examination may be taken at home, there are no restrictions on supporting materials during the examination.

Programansvarleg
The Academic Affairs Committee (Studieutvalget) at the Faculty of Law is responsible for ensuring the material content, structure and quality of the course.
Emneansvarleg
Professor Christian Franklin and Professor Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen
Administrativt ansvarleg
The Faculty of Law's section for students and academic affairs (Studieseksjonen) is responsible for administering the programme.