EU Substantive Law
Requirements
Achievement requirements for master’s level (10 credits):
Knowledge
The students are expected to have advanced knowledge of the following topics:
- The free movement of goods rules (Arts 28-36 TFEU)
- The free movement of workers rules (Arts 45. et seq)
- EU Citizenship
- The right of establishment rules (Arts 49 et seq)
- The rules on cross-border services (Art 56 et seq)
- External aspects of the internal market (Arts 131-135 TFEU)
Skills
- Practical skills in finding legal sources relevant to substantive EU law
- Ability to understand and analyse the core rules of the EU internal market
- Ability to read and interpret the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Ability to apply basic EU legal method to new cases and problems
General competence
- Advanced understanding of the core rules of the EU internal market
- Advanced understanding of the legal method of substantive EU law)
Achievement requirements for bachelor's level (10 credits):
Knowledge
By the end of the course the students are expected to have broad knowledge of the following topics:
- The free movement of goods rules (Arts 28-36 TFEU)
- The free movement of workers rules (Arts 45. et seq)
- EU Citizenship
- The right of establishment rules (Arts 49 et seq)
- The rules on cross-border services (Art 56 et seq)
- External aspects of the internal market (Arts 131-135 TFEU)
Skills
- Practical skills in finding legal sources relevant to substantive EU law
- Ability to understand and analyse the core rules of the EU internal market
- Ability to read and interpret the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU
General competence
- Basic understanding of the core rules of the EU internal market
- Basic understanding of the legal method of substantive EU Law
Literature
Reading list – master's level
Barnard’s The Substantive Law of the EU ( 4th ed. OUP, 2013) Chapters1,2 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12. (378 pages)
Barnard, “Unravelling the Services Directive” (2008) 45 CMLRev (323-394 = 71 pages)
Koutrakos, “On Groceries, Alcohol & Olive Oil: More on Free Movement of Goods after Keck” (2001) 26 ELRev (391-407= 16 pages)
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Total pages: 501 pages
Reading list – bachelor's level
Barnard’s The Substantive Law of the EU (4th ed. OUP, 2013) Chapters 1,2 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Total pages: 414 pages
Supplementary reading for both Master and bachelor levels
- Alexander, “Exhaustion of Trade Mark Rights in the EEA” (1999) 24 ELRev 56
- Barnard, “Fitting the Remaining Pieces into the Goods and Persons Jigsaw” (2001) 26 ELRev 35
- Dougan, “Free Movement: The Work-seeker as a Citizen” (2001) 4 CYELS 93
- Somek “Solidarity ….. Being and Time in European Citizenship” (2007) ELRev 787
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