EU Law

Aim

After completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

• account for the judicial regulation and historical background of the European Union,
• demonstrate how European law interacts with and influences Swedish national law,
• identify and solve legal issues within fields relevant for the course by means of the legal rules, legal practice and doctrine,
• use information technology as support for retrieving legal material from both the EU law and Swedish national law,
• explain more complicated legal arguments in the legal fields that the course covers,
• identiy and discuss issues relevant for EU-law,
• evaluate the reasonableness and/or consequence of chosen solutions,
• critically examine and analyse legal source material.

Content

The course are divided into three blocks. In the initial block, the historical background of EU is studied. Community institutions are examined concerning their tasks, competences and participation in the legislative process. The creation of the source of law order is also studied, as well as how the regulatory system is applied. The interplay between European law and national law, and the influence of the European law on national law, mainly the Swedish law, constitute the conclusion on the first block of the course.

The main part of the course, the second block, is devoted to the regulatory framework concerning the common market and the four freedoms for goods, services, capital and individuals. The focus is mainly on studying competition law. Certain in-depth studies take place at seminars, where the discussions revolve around questions that concern the four freedom and competition law.

The final block of the course covers questions concerning independent citizens' rights vis-à-vis the community organs, the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Union, union membership and the joint police and criminal law cooperation and the Schengen Agreement. The block, and the course, is completed with study of the common foreign and security policy, the external engagements of the EU and questions around the future development of the EU.