Module LAW2103 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2103: European Union Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:
- Introduction to the EU
- What is the European Union?
- Competences, sovereignty and membership
- Institutions and sources of law
- Constitutional features of EU law
- Preliminary references
- Enforcing EU law
- Free movement of goods
- Free movement of persons
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 |
---|---|---|
27 | 123 | 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 & teaching | 11 | 11 x 1 hour lectures |
Scheduled learning & teaching | 6 | 4 x 1.5 hour syndicate workshop meetings & activities |
Scheduled learning & teaching | 6 | 4 x 1.5 hour seminars |
Scheduled learning & teaching | 4 | 4 x 1 hour Q & A sessions |
Guided Independent study | 60 | 12 x 5 hour individual reading and lecture preparation |
Guided Independent study | 12 | 4 x 3 hours syndicate preparation |
Guided Independent study | 12 | 4 x 3 hours Seminar preparation |
Guided Independent study | 9 | Formative assessment |
Guided Independent study | 30 | Summative assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
P. Craig and G. de Burca, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials (most recent edition)
D. Chalmers, European Union Law (most recent edition)
C. Barnard, European Union Law (most recent edition)
N. Foster, Blackstones EU Treaties & Legislation (most recent edition)
R. Schütze, An Introduction to European law (most recent edition)