European Union Procedural Law (Preliminary Ruling) (5cr)

Objective

European procedural law course prepares student to work as an attorney or a judge in a case, where one needs to apply and use the procedural rules of European law. The course deepens student’s knowledge and skills especially in procedural European law (European union/European human rights).

After the course the student knows how to use in practice European legal material and method of literal, aim-oriented and systematic interpretation.

Content

1. Reading the cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Court of Human Rights
2. The obligation to refer a question for a preliminary ruling
3. Case study (reading of cases)
4. Homework (question referred)

Qualifications

Basic EU course (EU I in Lapland uni) or equivalent.

Accomplishment methods

1. Pretasks (reading)
2. Lectures and case exercises (15 h)
3. Own case (hometask, 3-4 pages)

Lectures: Lecture hall, remote Zoom connection, Zoom videos,