EURA311

European Union Legal Studies

30 points

Not offered 2025, offered in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences

Description

The course is designed to give non-lawyers a grounding in the basics of the European Legal System and its importance to the operation of the European Union. Topics to be examined will include the constitution of the European Union, the role of the European Court of Justice and the implications of European Union Law on domestic political and legal structures. Students will have the opportunity to examine these issues through deeper research-led examination of particular policy areas and constitutional structures.

Prerequisites

Either 15 points of EURA or EURO at 200-level with a B pass; or 30 points of  EURA or EURO at 200-level; or any 45 points from the Arts Schedule at 200 level.

Restrictions

EURO 311, LAWS355