LW302-5-FY-CO:
Law of the European Union
2019/20
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 03 October 2019
Friday 26 June 2020
30
21 November 2019
Requisites for this module
LW103 or LW110
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
LLB M100 Law,
LLB M100MD Law,
LLB M100MS Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
MLAWM199 Law,
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB MV16 Law with Philosophy,
LLB MV18 Law with Philosophy (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MV19 Law with Philosophy (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics,
LLB MN00 Law with Business,
LLB MN01 Law with Business (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN02 Law with Business (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN10 Law with Finance,
LLB MN11 Law with Finance (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN12 Law with Finance (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM00 Law with Criminology,
LLB MM01 Law with Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM02 Law with Criminology (Including Placement Year)
What is the European Union? How do its institutions operate? How are decisions taken? What is the legal order of the EU? Understand EU law to obtain a qualifying law degree. Examine the concepts of EU law and how different areas are connected. Analyse EU law within its political and socio-economic context.
The aim of the module is to provide you with a thorough understanding of the institutional setting of the European Union and of the Union's distinctive legal order.
The relationship between the national legal orders of the Member States and the respective legal order of the EU is to be examined and explained. The module therefore, focuses on the legal order of the EU, the functions of the EU institutions and their mutual interaction, the legislative process, the Internal Market and its multi-aspect functions, the EU competition Law and the procedural law of the EU.
The module provides the students with a very thorough examination of most aspects of this multi-level legal order that includes the examination of important aspects of its policies such as competition law, consumer law, internal market law and human rights law.
The overall objective of this module is to build on the foundational doctrines of public law, commercial law, international law and introduce the students to the substantive law of the EU. One of the aims of the module is to equip the students with the analytical legal skills and thorough knowledge to study EU law or commercial law further.
The learning outcomes of the module are as follows:
* to provide a foundational knowledge of the creation and development of the European Union;
* to provide understanding of the nature and functions of the EU institutions;
* to provide a thorough knowledge and understanding of the core areas of EU substantive law (with a special focus on the law of the single market);
* to develop awareness and understanding of contemporary issues in EU law and policies;
* to develop critical skills of research and analysis regarding the EU law;
* to understand the impact of the EU legal order on the domestic legal orders of the Member States and importantly to understand the interrelationship between legal orders and institutions operating at the national and EU levels.
Lectures:
- Brexit and the Institutional Setting of the European Union
- The Legal Order of the European Union
- Human Rights in the EU
- The Single Market: The Free Movement of Goods (I and II),
- the Free Movement of Workers,
- the Freedom of Establishment
- the Freedom to Provide Services.
- EU Competition Law
- EU Consumer Law
- EU Procedural Law and Remedies
Weekly two-hour lectures supported by bi-weekly tutorials.
- Craig, P. P.; De Búrca, G. (2015) EU law: text, cases and materials, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Participation |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Formative Assignment |
|
0% |
| Coursework |
Summative Essay |
|
80% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 24hr during Summer (Main Period)
|
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Marios Koutsias, email: mkouts@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Marios Koutsias, Dr Carlo Petrucci, Mr Matthew Bodycombe, Mr Simon Malih, Mr Georgios Zouridakis, Ms Mallika Tamvada
Law General Office, 01206 872529, lawugadmin@essex.ac.uk
Yes
No
No
Dr Hedvig Katherine Schmidt Moutsatsos
The University of Southampton
Associate Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 406 hours, 82 (20.2%) hours available to students:
324 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Essex Law School
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