Module LAW2093 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2093: EU Trade Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Constitutional Foundations:
Competence in matters of common commercial policy
Distribution of competences
Express and implied powers
The life-cycle of international agreements
Mixed agreements
Duty of loyal cooperation
Policies:
Common commercial policy, including
- Development of the Common Commercial Policy: the internal market and external trade
- Common customs tariff
- Generalised trade preferences
- General import regulations
- Export policy etc.
EU development policy and trade
- Human rights conditionality
- Preferential terms of trade
Foreign policy and trade
- EU sanctions
- Impact on third states
- Impact on EU states (banking sector etc.)
External dimension of the internal energy market
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
---|---|---|
28 | 122 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 6 | 3 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 55 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
Guided independent study | 15 | Seminar Preparation |
Guided independent study | 12 | Formative Assessment Preparation |
Guided Independent study | 40 | Summative Assessment Preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/en/
Other Learning Resources
Opinion (C-1/94) (WTO Agreement)
Opinion (C-2/15) of 16 May 2017 (EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA))