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

This course aims to provide participants with a deeper understanding of EU law and to equip them with tools to critically analyse the evolution of the EU's legal system and key legal mechanisms. We will study legal developments in the EU's internal market and the EU's area of freedom, security, and justice, with also some space for discussing their economic, social and political significance for the European construction and integration process. Special attention will be paid to the various actors that breathe life into the EU legal system, and the many faces of the ‘individuals' involved: workers, undertakings, citizens, consumers, asylum seekers, etc. Accordingly, we will emphasise the essential function of fundamental freedoms and fundamental rights in the dynamics of EU law.

Catherine WARIN,Keren RAJOHANESA,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 EU legal system and the exercise of the EU's competences - the European institutions (missions, functioning) - the main types and design modes of EU legal instruments (directives, regulations, etc.)

Autumn 2024-2025

The final exam is an exam to be written in limited time (3 hours). It will account for 60% of the final grade. The mid-term exam will be taken from home (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 framework and main concepts in the Internal Market and the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice) and the study of practical cases (especially CJEU case law). Active participation in the discussion is encouraged and much appreciated. Students will be graded according to the ECTS system used at Sciences Po.