This course aims to:
- Develop your understanding of the law of external relation as a specialised sub-field of EU law
- Familiarise you with the activities of the European Union on the world stage and place these within their relevant context
- Study the main legal aspects of its interaction with other international actors, both states and international organisations, at an advanced level
- Offer insight into the application of general rules and principles of EU law within this specific field, and any deviations which may apply
- Enable you to expand your oral and written skills, through active class participation and the delivery of a presentation during the concluding seminar
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The present course focuses on the external dimension of European Union law: the rules that govern the Union's international relations, as well as the so-called Common Foreign and Security Policy. This means that, basically, all activities of the EU on the global scene will be considered and discussed from a legal perspective. Among the course topics will be, inter alia: the external competences and international legal personality of the EU; the role of the institutions; the effect of legal measures and the methods of decision-making; means of judicial review on external action; the European security and defence policy; EU trade relations with third countries and its activities under international economic law (WTO/GATT). Overall, the course aims to provide students with the most recent insights in law and policy, so that they obtain a comprehensive perspective on the role and powers of the Union as a global actor.
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DUTCH STUDENTS: Preferably you have completed at the least 14 EC of courses in European and/or international law to be able to participate in this master course.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE LAW STUDENTS:
- A good command of the English language;
- A good basic knowledge of EU law;
- Preferably, participating exchange students successfully completed an undergraduate course in European constitutional/institutional law at their home university.
Students who have not yet completed a course on the institutional law of the EU are strongly advised to engage in self-study before enrolling and during this course, to make sure that they are able to cope with the more advanced topics that will be addressed. (If necessary, the lecturer can be contacted for further advice.)
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Contact information
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. H. de Waele, Montessorilaan 10, room 01.015, tel.: +31-24-3615707, e-mail henri.dewaele@ru.nl.
Secretariat: Department International and European Law, Mrs. M.C. (Charley) Berndsen-Teering, Montessorilaan 10, room GR 01.005, e-mail charley.berndsen@ru.nl
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