Description
The course examines some key features of the legal order of the European Union (EU) with the aim to deepen students’ understanding of the interaction between law and policy in the EU. Classes will focus on several dimensions of the EU constitutional system, exploring the institutional architecture of the EU (the executive, the legislature and the courts), the interaction between the EU and the national legal orders – as well as a number of substantive policy areas, including economic governance and the rule of law. The course will also offer students the possibility to debate in depth several recent legal and political developments, which are taking place in the EU and currently are attracting heightened public attention – notably the challenges of maintaining the unity of the Union in the face of growing centrifugal pressures.
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| Workload |
Full-time hours per semester |
| Type |
Hours |
Description |
| Lecture | 88 | Lecture attendance including active participation, contributing to discussions and debate (22 hrs)
Lecture preparation including research, reading and self-directed learning on a number of issues. (6 hrs x 11 = 66) | | Assignment Completion | 37 | Selection of topic and completion of an extended assignment on a topical issue of EU law. Students will be expected to conduct original and substantial research in EU and master the various research resources. The assignment will take the form of an essay in which students will be expected to display a critical approach and advance an original argument or analysis. | | Total Workload: 125 |
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml
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Indicative Reading List
- CRAIG, Paul & DE BURCA, Grainne: 2015, EU Law, 6, OUP,
- HARTELY, Trevor: 2013, The Foundations of EU Law, 8, OUP,
- VAN MIDDELAAR, Luuk: 2013, The Passage to Europe, Yale UP,
- ALTER, Karen: 2001, Establishing the Supremacy of European Law, OUP,
- FABBRINI, Federico: 2016, Economic Governance in Europe, OUP,
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