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Please access the Students' Policies & Forms through this link. The following documents are all available in the link - Student Handbook, Student Code of Conduct,  Students' Privacy Notice, Deferral, Suspension, and Cancellation Policy, Assignment Extension Policy, Re-Sit Policy, Complaints Procedure Policy, Equality Policy and Student Disciplinary Policy.

Online Sessions Link

To connect to the online sessions of this module please click on this link . You will be asked to register your attendance if you are not already signed in into your Zoom account. You will also be asked for the password which is below.

Meeting ID: 883 2069 7368
Passcode: 199383

Link for March 6, 2023 session only

Link

Meeting ID: 892 7306 6572
Passcode: 298499

Make sure that you show with your name & surname as you have been registered for the study programme. This is very important for attendance purposes.

Lecture Schedule & Notes

Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.

LectureDateTimePresentationNotes (If Any)Session Recording
Lecture 0117 January 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 01Request
Lecture 0224 January 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 02Request
Lecture 0331 January 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 03Request
Lecture 0407 February 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 04Request
Lecture 0514 February 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 05Request
Lecture 0628 February 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 06Request
Lecture 0706 March 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 07Request

Lecturer

Dr Chris Vella

Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading 

Lecture 1 - Background, Development of European Integration and the Institutions

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • From World War II to the European Union
  • Theories of European Integration
  • The different treaties
  • The Institutions
    • The European Parliament
    • The European Council
    • The Council
    • The Commission
    • The Court of Justice of the European Union
    • European Central Bank
    • Court of Auditors

Core Reading List

  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 1 ‘The Development of European Integration’
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 2 ‘The Institutions’

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 2 - Institutions, preliminary ruling and the jurisdiction of the CJEU

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • The Commission
  • The Council
  • The European Parliament
  • The Court of Justice of the European Union
  • The Procedure of the CJEU
  • The Jurisdiction of the CJEU
  • Nature and effects of Preliminary Ruling
  • Various actions before the CJEU

Core Reading List

  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 1 ‘The Development of European Integration’
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 2 ‘The Institutions’

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 3 - The Sources of EU Law and General Principles of EU Law

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • Primary Sources
  • Secondary Sources
  • Regulations
  • Directives
  • Human rights in EU Law
  • Other General Principles of EU Law

Core Reading List

  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 7
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 9

Supplementary Reading List

  • Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 4
  • Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 5

 

Lecture 4 - Direct Effect, principle of supremacy and competence

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • Exclusive Competence
  • Shared Competence
  • Support, coordination and supplement areas of competence
  • Supremacy of Union Law
  • Supremacy vs National Law
  • Direct Effect and Indirect Effect

Core Reading List

  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 7
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 9

 

Lecture 5 - The Four Freedoms

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • Free Movement of goods
  • Free Movement of capital
  • Free movement of workers
  • Freedom of establishment and to provide services

Core Reading List

  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 18
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 19
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 20
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 21
  • Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 22

Supplementary Reading List

  • Woods & Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapters 15 - 26

 

Lecture 6 - EU Labour Law

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • Selwyn’s Employment Law
  • Craig & De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 19

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 27

 

Lecture 7 - Data Privacy and Education Implications Part II

The following topics will be covered in this lecture:

  • Introduction to Competition Law
  • Article 101 of the Treaty
  • Article 102 of the Treaty: Dominant Position
  • Abusive conduct
  • Basic Principles of State Aid

Core Reading List

  • Alison Jones and Brenda Sufrin, EU Competition Law

Supplementary Reading List

  • Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 28
  • Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 29

 

Methods of Assessment

2 Assignments 100% of final score

Assignment

You have to choose 2 out of the 4 questions which are available in the Assignment Submission form below. Assignment should be submitted by not later than Thursday 11 May 2023. The assignment has to be submitted together with the Assignment Submission Form. Please indicate the questions which you have addressed in the Assignment Submission form.

Assignment Submission Form

If you need information on how to plan, draft and submit your assignment follow the 21 Academy presentation on Writing and Submitting your Assignment.

We are also making the 21 Academy's Assignments Rubric available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them to allocate scoring while it allows students to understand what is required in the assignment and how it will be graded. For referencing purposes, as much as possible please use the Oscola Referencing Guide.

Submitting Assignment - Turnitin

The Academy will notify you that assignment questions are available through an email. Through another email sent to you by turnitin (probably on the same day) you will be notified that you have been added to a "class" where you may upload your assignment/s. Assignments should be submitted by not later than 23:59hrs of the assignment submission deadline shown on the Assignment Submission form and/or the "class".

At 21 Academy you can submit more than one draft of your assignment before the submission final deadline. The last version left uploaded at the submission deadline will be considered to be your final submission paper and will be the one which will be assessed. Make sure that your final submission does not go beyond 20% similarity when including direct quotations (the sentences in-between quotes).

Follow this very short video to understand how to submit your assignment through turnitin - submitting a paper

To understand the similarity report generated by turnitin follow this 1 minute video - understanding the similarity report

Referencing Style

Oscola Referencing Guide

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