3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 6004201FNR voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
The course examines, from a legal point of view, the external relations of the European Union. The first part of the course analyses the EU as an international actor. It traces the historical development of the EU as an international actor, examines the legal personality of the EU, the institutional framework of EU external relations, and the external competences of the EU. The second part of the course is devoted to the instruments and procedures of EU external relations, including the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements, the relationship of EU law and international law, mixed agreements, the EU's participation in international organizations, and the relationship of Member States' agreements and EU law. The third part of the course is devoted to the major policy areas of EU external relations, in particular the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the common commercial policy, development cooperation, and other cooperation policies. Throughout the course, the innovations to EU external relations brought by the Lisbon Treaty are considered and critically assessed.
A detailed course outline and a reader containing mandatory and background readings is distributed at the beginning of the course. Students are expected to have read the mandatory reading before the scheduled lecture/seminar.
After the course, students should have a thorough understanding of all legal and institutional aspects of EU external relations.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
The students will be evaluated on the basis of a final written exam. The exam will be closed book; the text of the TEU and TFEU may be used. The exam will be a practical case, on the basis of which several questions will be asked. The questions will test the knowledge of the issues discussed in the lectures and the assigned reading, as well as the student's ability to critically discuss and reason on these issues.The weight attached to each question will be indicated in the exam. The last lecture will prepare students for the exam based on a sample exam from previous years.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in International and European Law: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)