KAFP 4015 - Advanced EU law – A Europe of Freedoms and Rights

The Internal Market and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice are objectives of the European Union, prominently featured in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Both those objectives have major economic, social and political significance for the European construction and integration process. The aim of this course is to provide the tools to understand and critically analyse the development of the EU's internal market and its area of freedom, security and justice, and their evolution in connection with the European integration process. Special attention will be paid to the various actors that breathe life into the internal market and the area of freedom, security and justice, and the many faces of the ‘individuals' involved: workers, undertakings, citizens, consumers, asylum seekers, etc. Accordingly, in our analysis of the successive topics we will emphasise the essential function of fundamental freedoms and fundamental rights in the EU's legal system.

Keren RAJOHANESA,Catherine WARIN,Anke VANDEREET

Cours magistral seul

English

For each session, the required readings include a book chapter or doctrinal article (corresponding to the day's topic) and one or two CJEU judgments (sometimes a directive or a regulation instead). Students are asked to read actively and critically so that they are ready to comment on and question the materials.

Basic knowledge of the history of the EU, the main principles governing the functioning of the EU (principle of subsidiarity, exclusive competences, primacy, direct effect), the European institutions (missions, functioning), the main types and design modes of EU legal instruments (directives, regulations, etc.), the main remedies before the CJEU

Autumn 2023-2024

The final exam is an exam to be written in limited time (3 hours). It will count for 60% of the final grade. The mid-term exam will be taken from home on Moodle, also in limited time and will account for 40% of the final grade. Class participation may be taken into consideration to adjust up the final grade.

The course will be based on theoretical input (presentation of the fundamentals of the regulation in the Internal Market and main concepts of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice) and the study of practical cases (especially CJEU case law). Active participation in the discussion is strongly encouraged and much appreciated. Students will be graded according to the ECTS system used at Sciences Po.