European Public law

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4017554FNW for working students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

English

Faculty

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Department

Publiek recht

Educational team

Steven Verbeyst (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture

Course Content

Membership of the European Union has major consequences for public law at Member State level. Conversely the European Union legal order is itself inspired by concepts and principles that emanate from the various national legal orders. In this course these interactions are studied. After introducing a number of key concepts (such a central vs. shared administration and direct vs. indirect administration), the course looks at topical issues and developments. Substantial attention is paid to the technocratic nature of the EU and the specific challenges that this poses for administrative organization and judicial review. The course thus combines insights from EU constitutional law, EU administrative law and national (comparative) administrative law.

Some classes are organized with 'assisted teaching', meaning that a group of students does part of the teaching (e.g. discussing a particular CJEU judgement).

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Selected cases and materials, Canvas

Additional info

The textbook (K. LENAERTS and P. VAN NUFFEL (T. CORTHAUT (ed.)), EU Constitutional Law (OUP, 2021) (hardcover) of (OUP, 2022) (paperback) offers background reading for those unfamiliar with EU law, and a quick overview of some of the key subjects of the course. Main materials are, however, the PowerPoints, case law and legal doctrine posted on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The student is able to name the main institutions, officials, concepts, procedures, rules and principles of EU administrative law and explain their interrelationship in a specific case.

The student has insight in and can demonstrate the relationship (interdependency) between EU and domestic (Member State) administrative law.

The student can report on and critically assess developments in EU administrative law, especially recent case law of the CJEU.

The student can carry out research, in group, on topical issues of European administrative law and report on his findings in a thorough paper.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral exam, with a theoretical insight question and case problem.

Mondeling examen, met een vraag over theoretisch inzicht en een casusprobleem.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context