6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4001609FNW for working students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Guest lectures on current legal aspects of European unification. Visit to and lectures at institutions/committees of the European Union (EU).
The course allows to deal with several EU legal aspects.
The objective of the visit to EU institutions/committees is, inter alia, to study the EU from a less abstractive perspective.
During the academic year 2020-2021, visits to EU-institutions/committees could, unfortunately, not take place due to the COVID-19 outbreak. All guest lectures were offered online (via Teams): 'The new economic governance of the European Union' (Petr Blizkovsky; three lectures)); 'EU asylum and migration law' (Aniel Pahladsingh); 'Linguistic diversity and the EU internal market' (Stefaan van der Jeught); 'The European Union and sport (law)' (Niels Verborgh), 'Brexit - what now' (Sir Jonathan Faull), 'The EU and the protection pof the rule of law' (Ben Smulders) and 'New case-law of the European Court of Justice in the fields of EU-external relations and trade' (Luca Prete). Also three recorded guest lectures (2019-2020) were offered to the students: 'Brexit and the internal market' (Sir Jonathan Faull); "Widening the legal arsenal against non-compliant Member States" (Luca Prete) and "The Green deal" (Bart Staes).
Lectures are given in Dutch, English or French (Belgian and foreign guest speakers).
The students also gather knowledge through self study.
The students are informed, via E-mail, of the content and the learning outcomes of the course (see also the "leerplatform").
Study materials are distributed via the "leerplatform".
Recording (audio-visual) of the lectures is not allowed.
Exam contract: not possible.
One separate contact moment will be organised for the "evening students".
At their level, the students must be able to reflect on and to process (in a critical manner), different legal aspects of European unification (interaction in class is, therefore, encouraged).
The students must be able to show that they understand the legal aspects covered (in a critical manner). The students must also be able to express knowledge as a result of self study.
Exam questions are "knowledge questions", but sometimes allow the students to also reflect.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Written exam with open (and possibly closed) questions. The students may use the EU Treaties during the exam. They will be informed beforehand if and which other documents may be used during the exam.
The exam questions depend on the content of the lectures.
Examples of exam questions:
The students may, at their request (tljoris@vub.ac.be), inspect the copy of their exam paper within five calendar days after the announcement of the exam results. Within the same period, they may also ask for a clarification of their exam result (see the Teaching and examination regulations).
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, a digital written exam with multiple choice questions was organised in the academic year 2020-2021. The students were not allowed to use materials to answer the questions.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Laws: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Civil and Procedural Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Economic Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Tax Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: International and European Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Public Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Social Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminal Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of International and European Law: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)