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European Public Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_473 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; International Rights | Target Audience: | Law | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Erik Hahn | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | International public and private law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The students know the constitutional principles of the EU and they are able to classify and evaluate current political processes against this background. They know the organs and decision-making mechanisms of the European Union and they are familiar with the hierarchy of norms of European law. The students know the principles of European primary law (TEU, TFEU and Charter of Fundamental Rights) and they can check specific facts for compatibility with European requirements. The students know the main tasks and competencies of the European Court of Justice and the importance of its decisions for the individual member states of the European Union. The students know and understand the European market freedoms as a central accelerator of European integration. In the course, important judgments of the European Court of Justice are discussed and classified. In this way, the students also get to know the way the court argues. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the theory and dogma of European Union Law | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | European Constitutional Union | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Order of competences in the European Union/The institutions of the European Union and their roles | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | EU Legislation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Constitution of the European Union, citizenship and protection of fundamental rights | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Infringement procedure | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Jurisdiction and jurisprudence of the European Union | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work - essay on chosen topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independent work assignments – 50%; knowledge is checked in an oral examination – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the most important concepts of the European Public Law. 2. Describe the key institutes of the European Public Law. 3. To understand the influence of European Union law on the national law 4. Explain the legal actions to be carried out by a lawyer in a particular case. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On completion of the study course, students will be able to: 1. Sum up the most essential legal information. 2. Analyse a practical case. 3. Use the terminology of the European Public Law. 4. Present and defend their point of view on a specific issue. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On completion of the study course, students will be able to: 1. Use the acquired knowledge in practice. 2. Interpret legal norms. 3. Logically formulate their opinion about the case in discussion. 4. Judge the particular legal case. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Robert Schütze. European Constitutional Law. 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Koen Lenaerts, Piet Van Nuffel, Tim Corthaut. EU Constitutional Law. 2021. | ||||||||
