Public International and EU/EEA Law (BRV225)

Content

The course deals with important topics and issues of international public law and EU / EEA law and the interaction with domestic law.

International public law deals with the relationship between states, and states and international organizations. The connection between the subjects is partly due to the fact that obligations under international law are largely based on decisions made pursuant to rules of the national constitution and that international obligations are of great importance in national law in various ways.

The EU /EEA law part of the course explores both the internal and external dimensions of EU/EEA. The course will focus on the main objectives, principles, and values of the EU and EEA, how the institutions of the EU, EFTA, and EEA and how interact, including how EU/EEA law becomes part of domestic law. In addition to these objects and principles and legal institutions of the EU/EEA, an important part of the course is the EU/EEA internal market and the rules governing the four freedoms (goods, persons, capital, and establishment), including the relevance of case law from the ECJ and the EFTA court.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, students are expected to have acquired the following knowledge and skills.

Knowledge:

Within international law, the candidate must have good knowledge of:

1. what characterizes international law as a legal system
2. the sources of law in international law and the method of international law, including the interpretation of treaties
3. how rules of international law are created and changed, including the rules on the conclusion of treaties
4. subjects of international law
5. what characterizes a state and the rules of state territory and jurisdiction
6. the rules on state use of force and intervention
7. key actors in international law, with special emphasis on the UN, the purposes and principles on which the UN is based, and the competence of the Security Council

In EU / EEA law, the candidate must have good knowledge of:

1. The main objectives, principles, and values of the EU and EEA
2. The institutions of the EU, EFTA, and EEA and how they interact, including how EU/EEA law becomes part of domestic law
3. The EU/EEA internal market and the rules governing the four freedoms (goods, persons, capital, and establishment)
4. The relevance of case law from the ECJ and the EFTA court

Skills

In all subject areas, the candidate should be able to:

• identify, analyze, discuss and take a position on practical and theoretical legal issues based on recognized legal method
• analyze the legal argumentation in court decisions in the light of the recognized method in the relevant area of ​​law
• convey independent legal work both in writing and orally, and interact with others professionally

Required prerequisite knowledge

Recommended prerequisites

Exam

Coursework requirements

Mandatory assignment is a group assignment.

Further information about the assignment will be provided on Canvas. Deadline are set at the start of the course.

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Study Program Director:

Method of work

Open for

Course assessment

Literature