LAW-90806 European integration and development

Course

Credits 6.00

Teaching methodContact hours
Lectures48
Literature study
Course coordinator(s)prof. dr. mr. JJM Tromm
Lecturer(s)prof. dr. mr. JJM Tromm
Examiner(s)prof. dr. mr. JJM Tromm

Language of instruction:

Dutch

Assumed knowledge on:

LAW-10306

Contents:

Origins and progress of teh European integration process, structure and shape of the European Union, instruments and effects.
The course consists of 4 parts:
- political integration;
- economic integration;
- societal integration;
- external relations.

Aims:

To offer the students some understanding of the governmental, economic and social contexts of their future professional sphere of activity.

Activities:

The whole course consists of two series of lectures, one to be given in the first period, the subsequent one during the third period.

Examination:

The students are considered as to write a paper of approximately 25 pages on a subject-matter of their own choice, connected with the European Integration. An alternative may be: an oral examination of ca 20 minutes.

Literature:

Study materials: four readers completed by, eventually, a Supplement, which together make up a complete textbook. In those readers references are made to further literature.
Study plan: the course is part of the curriculum 'International Policy and Administration' (Internationaal Bestuur), and is connected with the courses on European Law and on European Societal History.