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| Unit name |
EU Trade Law |
| Unit code |
LAWDM1003 |
| Credit points |
30 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Ms. Boeger |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
University of Bristol Law School |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit explores the rules and principles governing trade in the internal market. It explores free movement of goods, including customs duties and taxation, quantitative restrictions and measures of equivalent effect, the relationship between intellectual property law and free movement, and technical standards. It also examines the rules governing the free movement of services, including financial and health care services, and the various models of harmonisation of national law. Finally, it examines the rules and principles governing external trade.
Aims:
The aims of the Unit are:
- to introduce the students to the main rules and principles governing EU trade law;
- to explore the application of these rules and principles in practice;
- to explore the various political and legal dimensions of decision-making in the area
- to identify the various mechanisms, additional to the adoption of secondary legislation, which govern intra-Union trade
- to explore the role of the European Court of Justice in the development of EU trade law
- to identify the economic and policy implications of the relevant law for the traders and consumers.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the unit, the student will be able, to a degree commensurate with the level to be expected from a postgraduate law student, to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in their constitutional, political and economic context.
- Make a personal and reasoned judgment based on an informed understanding of standard arguments in the areas covered in the unit.
- Summarise the current state of doctrinal debate on the matters covered in the unit.
- Apply the knowledge acquired to complex legal issues and suggest solutions pursuant to properly substantiated arguments.
- Bring together materials from primary and secondary sources dealing with topics presented in the module and present them coherently.
- Assess critically the extent to which the law achieves its policy objectives in practice.
- Discuss the policy choices facing the decision-making actors in the areas covered in the unit.
- Interact with other members of the seminar group, offering views, receiving information and modifying responses where appropriate.
- Assess his/her progress during the semester, identify areas on which assistance is required and react on feedback given.
Teaching Information
10 x 2 hour seminars
Assessment Information
Summative - One three-hour closed book examination in May/June, in which students answer 3 questions (at least one essay and at least one problem) from a choice of 7 or 8 questions. Formative - students should do one formative assessment and may do two.
Reading and References
- Barnard, The Substantive Law of the EU (OUP, 4th ed. 2013)
- Craig and de Burca, EU LAW (OUP 5th ed)
