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After this course:
- Students will further develop the basic knowledge of the concepts of international law and EU law, which they have acquired in the General Course on Public International Law and EU law master courses
- They will familiarize themselves with basic international law on the characterisation and responsibility of international organisations
- Students will consider key questions surrounding the hierarchy of norms within the international and EU legal systems
- They will examine issues regarding the acquisition of binding international obligations by individual states and international organisations
- Students will consider more generally the evolution of international law and the EU, and critically engage with how practitioners, Member States, the CJEU and academics have constantly considered and re-considered the relationship between international law and the EU
- Students learn to distil and evaluate legal questions from existing normative debates and provide reasoned answers to them by employing persuasive analysis or arguments using analogical and deductive reasoning
- Students learn to critically approach and assess the legal questions posed
- Students develop their research, analytical, writing and oral skills.
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Over the past decades, the European Union’s continued integration has given it a unique character as an international actor. While the EU characterises itself as a sui generis, autonomous and supranational legal order, this approach does not necessarily align with that of international law.
This module aims to discuss some key questions surrounding the interface between international law and the legal order of the European Union in the filed of international trade. In doing so, it seeks to uncover some inconsistencies between the international and EU approaches to the working of international law on both the EU and its member states. Interesting issues in this regard include EU competence to conclude international agreements such as Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada and the Kyoto Protocol, participation of the EU in international organisations such as the World Trade Organization, international responsibility, data protection in EU-US relations, and the hierarchy of international norms in the legal order of both the Union and its member states. The focus of the course is on questions of international trade and trade-related public policy measures.
This module is aimed at students with an interest in both public international and European law, and invites them to reflect critically on the EU’s role as a global actor in the field of international trade.
General information
In period 3 you will follow 5 modules on topics of European law. Period 3 is divided into 3 sub-periods of three weeks each. For each of the sub-periods you need to choose one or two modules from the modules offered in that sub-period. A sixth module, which is compulsory, regards the Research and Thesis Trajectory (RTT), and starts already in period 1. This module must be completed before starting the actual writing of the thesis in period 4. One week in period 3 is dedicated entirely to the RTT and no capita selecta teaching is scheduled during that week. For more information on this module, see the separate information document on Blackboard. Each of modules equals 2,5 ECTS.
The modules allow you to submerge yourself into a specific area of European Union law in a small-scale setting. It is an intense form of education, aimed at deepening your knowledge in a specific field of EU law and at developing a wide range of skills which will be important for your professional career. This means that none of the modules will be concluded by an exam. Instead, you will be tested in other ways. You might have to write a position paper, a case note, a weblog, a policy advice paper or you may be tested on the basis of a presentation or your input in a negotiating exercise.
If you fail one of the modules, you may not repair your grade within that module. Instead, a reparation module will be offered in period 4. The content and approach of that module will be announced at the end of period 3. If you fail more than one module, you will have to take the Capita Selecta course the next year.
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