EUM5110

European integration: the legal dimension

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

8 points
* 2 hours per week
* Clayton

Objectives Students taking this subject should acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the constitutional development of the European Community, the process of legal integration and the difficulties of implementing EC law in the member states.

Synopsis The constitutional development of the EC will be discussed in political context. In turn this constitutional development will provide a framework for the discussion of the case law of European Court of Justice and EC legislation. This would be presented so as to be accessible to students who are not lawyers. The problems of reconciling domestic law and EC law will be highlighted. The development of human and social rights through the European Convention of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights will also be addressed.

Assessment Written (4000 words): 50%
* Examination (2 hours): 50%
* or one research essay (6000 words): 100%

Prescribed texts

Berger V (ed.) Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights 2 vols, U Dublin
Fabricus F Human rights and European politics Berg, 1992
Lasok D and Stone P Conflict of laws in the European Community Professional Books