Building on Legal Foundations of the European Union, which focuses on the EU’s constitutional and administrative framework, this module considers some of the rules laid down by the EU with which Member States, businesses and individuals must comply. This may include: Does a national of a Member State have the right to work, provide a service or set up a business in another Member State? If so, under what conditions? Do the EU Treaties contain any rules to prevent businesses from dividing up the internal market along national lines? If so, how are those rules enforced? The module will be of interest to students interested in pursuing a career in legal practice or the national or international civil service or wishing to acquire a more rounded understanding of EU law.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the issues covered
Apply the knowledge acquired to reasonably complex situations, recognise potential alternative conclusions for particular situations and provide supporting reasons for them.
Bring together and present coherently materials from primary and secondary sources which deal with the issues addressed.
Summarise the current state of doctrinal and policy debate on the matters covered
Make a personal and reasoned judgement based on an informed understanding of standard arguments in the areas covered in the semester.
Evaluate the legal issues addressed in the semester in terms of doctrinal coherence and the extent to which the law achieves its policy objectives.
Participate appropriately in academic debate on matters covered, presenting specialist material in a manner, both written and oral, which is appropriate to the audience.
Interact with other members of a learning group, giving and receiving information and ideas and modifying responses where appropriate.
Assess his or her own progress, identify and formulate issues on which assistance is needed and act on feedback given.
Use standard paper and electronic resources to locate relevant and up-to-date information on the issues covered in the module.
Use word-processing, standard library and information retrieval systems and web-based resources.
