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

Evaluation scale

H-5

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.

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,

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)

Materials

Material will be delivered before and during the course in the Moodle platform.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1-5, fail.