Courses

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Seminar (SE) The European Union and Its Member States At A Crossroads (4 ECTS)

This seminar deals with recent developments within the relationship of the EU and its Member States - that is, mainly with "steering" the European Union. Recent challenges and developments render questions of furthering and possibly deepening integration more relevant. In the wrap-up discussion perspectives and legal policy issues shall be raised and discussed. Interdisciplinary perspectives are more than welcome.

Course (KU) EU Energy Law and Policy: The European Energy Market: Fundamentals, Geopolitics and Climate Change (4 ECTS)

The course deals with issues of European and International Energy Law and Energy Policy. The focus of this course lies with the following topics: Fundamentals; the impact of climate change regulation and renewable energies; geopolitics and the "external dimension" of the European Unions energy supply; and the transformative effects of climate change on the EUs Member States and societal systems. Discussions will highlight perspectives and legal policy dimensions where of interest. 

Course (KU) EU Constitutional Law – An In-depth Look at Common Structures and Traditions of Member States (4 ECTS)

This course aims to introduce students to the common constitutional traditions of the nowadays European Union by drawing from the (constitutional) legal history of its Member States. This course thus deals with the foundations and structural characteristics as well as principles of EU constitutional law. Furthermore, current challenges for the European Union shall be examined and discussed on the basis of the principles of European constitutional law and general policy.

Exercises (UE) in European Law - How to solve a case and systemic features (4 ECTS)

This course is geared towards exam preparation at this faculty. The focus of "Exercises in EU-Law" lies with the development and discussion of case-solving competences in EU-law.