LAWS388-10S2 (C) Semester Two 2010

Special Topic: European Public Law

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 12 July 2010
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 25 July 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 October 2010

Description

Special Topic: European Public Law

The course will examine and compare aspects of governance across the Member States of the European Union as well as the European Union itself.  The general aim of the course is to introduce students to the different constitutional traditions of Europe and compare them both with each other and those of New Zealand.  The general theme of the course is to explain these systems alongside the European Union's developing constitutional structures and examine how these are becoming part of a "European" constitutional system.

Students with an interest in public law, government or politics will find the course particularly interesting.  Although individual European states may be in decline, the European Union remains world's biggest market (and New Zealand's second largest), the largest distributor of overseas aid and an increasingly important international player.  For these reasons the course will also prove useful to those wishing to pursue career paths in the fields of foreign policy, diplomacy or politics.  More generally, those wishing to work in the EU will find knowledge of European Public Law useful.

As this course is made possible the generous financial support of the European Union's Jean-Monnet programme, a number of guest lecturers will be used to give expert insight into particular aspects of the European Public Law.

The course will be taught through weekly 2 hour seminars.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Co-requisites

LAWS202-206

Timetable Note

The seminars will take place on Thursdays 1.00-3.00pm.  Lecture room Commerce 637.

As a complement to the above seminars, a series of workshops and tutorials will provide additional support to students.  These will be problem focussed and student led.  For 2010, the following tutorials will be run.  It is intended to utilise visiting experts and current PhD students in these activities:
1.  Constititutional Futures for the EU
2.  Influencing European Policy Making
3.  Remedying breaches of Human Rights in the EU
4.  Accountability in the European Union – getting your voice heard
5.  Judicial Review in the European Union
6.  Non-judicial remedies at the European level

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

John Hopkins

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay One 20 Aug 2010 15%
Essay Two 22 Oct 2010 60%
Participation 15%
Presentation 10%


The course will be assessed through 100% internal assessment methods as follows:
Seminar Presentation, Participation and Portfolio: 25%
Research Project(s) (4,500 words): 75%

The new due date for the second essay is approved by the Dean of Law.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $435.00

International fee $2,017.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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