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LS2026: EU INSTITUTIONS AND LAW (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:00


Course Overview

This course examines the law of the European Union and its relationship with the legal systems of the United Kingdom. Lecture topics include the composition and function of the EU Institutions, sources and effects of EU Law, state liability and judicial review. Other topics covered include human rights in the EU, the fundamental freedoms, and competition law. Each lecture topic includes consideration of the evolving relationship between the legal systems of the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Justin Borg Barthet

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Programme Level 2 or Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • LS1025 Legal System (Studied)
  • Either Law (LS) or Legal Studies (Ma Honours) (LX)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

  • Introduction and history of the EU.
  • EU law’s effects in the UK after Brexit
  • EU Institutions.
  • Sources and effects of EU law.
  • State liability.
  • Fundamental rights.
  • The Single Market.
  • Persons and Citizenship.
  • Establishment and Services.
  • Free Movement of Goods.
  • Competition Law.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
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Learning Outcomes
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Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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Feedback

The assessed essay will be returned with written feedback. Feedback will be given on an ongoing basis in tutorials in the form of tutors' responses to students' in-class contributions.

 Word Count 1200
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

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Course Learning Outcomes

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