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2016/2017  KAN-CJURO1045U  Advanced EU Law

English Title
Advanced EU Law

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory offered as elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Georg Ringe - Law Department (LAW)
Main academic disciplines
  • Business Law
  • Globalization and international business
  • Management
Last updated on 27-06-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: After completing the course, students should be able to:
  • identify EU law problems and relevant legal arguments on the basis of complicated material
  • place concrete problems in an EU law context in a way that demonstrates comprehensiveness, insight and understanding
  • analyse EU law problems, argue for well-grounded solutions and critically evaluate legal arguments and rationales for possible solutions
  • combine different legal approaches and analyses and choose a legally well-grounded solution.
  • present solutions and arguments in a systematic and coherent manner which demonstrates comprehensiveness, insight and understanding of the problems which comprise the focus of the course.
Course prerequisites
Knowledge of EU law equivalent to HA(jur.)
Examination
Advanced EU Law:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 3 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Autumn
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Open book: all written and electronic aids, including internet access
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
Course content and structure

The course aims to provide the students with in depth knowledge of salient issues in EU law. The course will focus on institutional and constitutional elements of EU law and on the principles of the Internal Market. The course is also intended to acquaint the students with the special characteristics of the legal method in the EU legal system and to train them to identify issues of current interest in EU law.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Student workload
Lectures/seminars 32 hours
Preparation 136 hours
Exam preparation 38 hours
Expected literature

Provisional Literature:
T. C. Hartley: The Foundations of European Union Law, Eigth Edition, OUP 2014

 

Catherine Barnard: The Substantive Law of the EU. The Four Freedoms, Fifth Edition, OUP 2016

Please check the syllabus at Learn for further informations.
Last updated on 27-06-2016