LA 20241 EU Law l
This course presents an overview of the basic features of the EU legal system: the history of European integration; the role of law and the treaty structure; the institutions and court system; the EU's competences and legislative process; the core legal principles of direct effect and supremacy. The course then goes on to focus on areas of substantive law. In particular, it considers the provisions on free movement of goods and workers, and the provisions on the freedom to provide services are thoroughly analysed with reference to the case law of the European Court of Justice and to relevant secondary legislation. The course also examines the values and policies upon which the European constitutional architecture is founded, touching on issues such as: the protection of the environment; the relationship between trade and human rights; and the tension between market forces and sectors such as public health.