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This course, funded by a Jean Monnet grant from the European Commission, will be the first of its kind in New Zealand and will address a lack of knowledge in European Public Law. It will examine the constitutional and administrative structures of the EU (plus selected Member States), their practical operation and the rules and principles that govern EU decision making processes. It will focus in particular on the EU's external relations and its impact on the Pacific.
The European Union (EU) represents the largest and most populous trading bloc in the world. Twenty five states stretching from the Baltic to the Mediterranean have created a single market in which the factors of production - goods, services and people – are able to move freely. The EU also has broad political ambitions with some observers suspecting it of federalist intentions. Whatever the ultimate political aims of the EU, it is a union based on the rule of 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 the world's biggest market (and New Zealand's second largest), the largest distributor of overseas aid and the world's second largest economy. 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 essential.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/lectures.
Students will be expected to explain and critically evaluate: The key constitutional features of the EU. The relationship between EU and its Member States. The EU and International Relations. Selected key areas of EU Public Law (eg, Human Rights, Federalism). The EU’s constitutional system in a global context.
(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110 from 2013.
EURO333
LAWS202-LAWS206. Students enrolled in other degrees who do not have the above prerequisites and corequisites, but have completed appropriate courses in another discipline, may apply to the Head of Department for a waiver.
John Hopkins
Domestic fee $655.00
International fee $3,138.00
* 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 .