LW302-5-AU-CO:
Law of the European Union
2024/25
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 13 December 2024
15
10 March 2023
Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
(none)
LW430
(none)
LLB M100 Law,
LLB M100CD Law,
LLB M100DE Law,
LLB M100LD Law,
LLB M100MD Law,
LLB M100TD Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M107DE Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
MLAWM199 Law,
MLAWMA98 Law (Including Placement Year),
MLAWMA99 Law (Including Year Abroad)
This 15 credit module teaches students about the laws and institutions of the EU and their relationship with the English legal system.
It will address questions such as: what is the European Union, and how does its institutions operate? How are decisions in the EU taken? What is the legal order of the EU? How can we critically understand the concepts inherent to EU law and how its different areas are connected?
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, and freedom of movement for workers. The overall objective of this module is to build on and introduce foundational doctrines of public law, commercial law, international law and the substantive law of the EU. The module also aims to equip students with the analytical legal skills and thorough knowledge to study EU law or commercial law further.
By the end of this module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the creation and development of the European Union
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature and functions of the EU institutions
3. Explain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the core areas of EU substantive law
4. Apply critical skills of research and analysis regarding the EU law
5. Understand the impact of the EU legal order on the domestic legal orders of the Member States and understand the interrelationship between legal orders and institutions operating at the national and EU levels.
The syllabus includes:
* Development of the EU
* Institutions and decision-making in the EU
* Competences of the EU and instruments of EU law
* Direct effect
* The primacy of EU law
* The free movement of goods
* The free movement of workers
This module will be delivered via:
1. One 2-hour seminar per week
2. One 1-hour tutorial per week
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
LW302 Summative Essay |
|
80% |
| Practical |
LW302-5-AU - MCQs |
|
20% |
| Exam |
Main exam: In-Person, Open Book (Restricted), 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: In-Person, Open Book (Restricted), 180 minutes during September (Reassessment 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
Yes
No
No
No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
Essex Law School
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