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The course will examine key elements of the European Union's Constitutional and Administrative Law. The course also explores the relationships between the supra-national EU structures and the individual constitutional and administrative traditions of individual states. This will provide students with an understanding of the complexities of Twenty-First Century multi-layered governance in general and the European Union model in particular. Topics to be examined will include, democracy in multi-layered systems, federalism, executive accountability, administrative/law justice and policy making in the EU. Specific topics examined will vary according to current issues.
The European Union (EU) represents the largest and most populous trading bloc in the world. Twenty-eight states stretching from the Baltic to the Mediterranean have created a single market and a unique form of quasi-federal government. This course will examine the legal structures that underpin the operation of this complex entity from legal, political and social perspectives.The course will examine and compare aspects of governance across the Member States of the European Union as well as the European Union itself. The general aim of the course is to introduce students to the different constitutional traditions of Europe and compare them both with each other and those of New Zealand. The general theme of the course is to explain these systems alongside the European Union's developing constitutional structures and examine how these are becoming part of a "European" constitutional system.Students with an interest in public law, government or politics will find the course particularly interesting. Although individual European states may be in decline, the European Union remains the world's biggest market (and New Zealand's second largest), the largest distributor of overseas aid and the world's second largest economy. For these reasons the course will also prove useful to those wishing to pursue career paths in the fields of foreign policy, diplomacy or politics. More generally, those wishing to work in the EU will find knowledge of European Public Law essential.
Students will be expected to explain and critically evaluate: The key constitutional features of the EU. The relationship between EU and European (Member State) constitutionalism. The development of European Administrative Law. The ability of individual to access European Union remedies. Selected key areas of EU Public Law (eg, Human Rights, International Relations, Federalism). The EU’s Public Law system in a global context.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Subject to the approval of the Programme Director
EURO333; EURA333; LAWS388
John Hopkins
The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures but will likely comprise of a 7,000 word essay and a class presentation.
Domestic fee $962.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Faculty of Law .