Free Movement under EU and EEA Internal Market Law - Master

Postgraduate course

ECTS credits: 10
Teaching semesters: Autumn
Course code: JUS3501
Number of semesters: 1
Teaching language: English
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Objectives and Content

The course aims to provide students with a thorough knowledge of substantive internal market law on the free movement, including the methodological features and core principles characterizing EU and EEA law and their differences across the pillars.

The topics covered by the course constitute the very core of EU/EEA cooperation, and will include (but not be limited to) both theoretical and practical aspects of the rules governing the EU Customs Union, the Four Freedoms and restrictions, derogations and justifications thereto, and the EU Common Commercial Policy (CCP).

Certain cross-policy aspects, particularly concerning the relationship between the Four Freedoms, state aid and competition rules, will also be touched upon during the course.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and skills:

By the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to:

demonstrate a high level of insight into the legal mechanisms governing the interplay between the EU, the EEA/EFTA - and national member states. This includes independently finding and critically assessing relevant internal market case law, as well as applying and evaluating other legal sources, such as seminal primary and secondary laws.

General competence:

By the end of the course, students should be able to (general competence):

critically analyze and evaluate legal sources, as well as academic works, in the field
employ academic writing and present legal issues through oral presentations and writing research papers
demonstrate a grounding in research skills and techniques/legal methods particular to EU and EEA internal market law

ECTS Credits

10 ECTS

Level of Study

Master level

Semester of Instruction

Autumn

Place of Instruction

Faculty of Law, University of Bergen

Required Previous Knowledge

Three years of law studies

Recommended Previous Knowledge

Good level of English language.

Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap

Combined with JUS287-2-A EU and EEA Commercial law or JUS2301 Free movement under EU and EEA market law this course will generate no new credits.

Combines successfully with JUS2315/JUS3515 EU and EEA Public Procurement Law, JUS2309/JUS3509Competition Law, JUS2300/JUS3500 EU and EEA Institutional Law and Policymaking and JUS2302/3502 EU and EEA State aid law.

Access to the Course

The course is available for the following students:

Admitted to the five-year master programme in law
Admitted to the two-year master programme in law
Admitted to the Master of Laws (LLM) in EU and EEA Law
Granted admission to elective courses at the Faculty of Law
Granted additional right to study following completed master in law degree at UiB
Exchange students at the Faculty of Law

The pre-requirements may still limit certain students' access to the course

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and seminars, master classes and workshops

Students may be asked to prepare case-studies and/or short presentations for certain lectures/seminars.

Compulsory Assignments and Attendance

Students will be assigned topics provided to them for a paper they will work on during the whole course (approximately 3500 words). This includes the following mandatory working requirements: 1. Delivering a disposition to the teacher and receiving feedback prior to a workshop. 2. Presenting their draft paper on a workshop together with their co-students and teacher present. 3. Delivering their final paper, written individually.

Forms of Assessment

Exam only in semesters with teaching.

Type of exam: Oral examination. Students should be prepared to receive questions on all topics covered by the course, including their paper.

Exam language: English

Grading Scale

A - E for passed, F for failed.

Assessment Semester

Autumn

Reading List

The reading list will be ready 1 July for the autumnsemester.

Course Evaluation

According to the administrative arrangements for course evaluation at the Faculty of Law

Examination Support Material

See section 3-5 of the Supplementary Regulations for Studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen.

Special regulations about dictionaries at school exam

According to the Regulations for Studies, one dictionary is permitted support material during the examination. Bilingual dictionaries containing for example both Norwegian-English and English-Norwegian are considered as one dictionary.
Bilingual dictionaries to/from the same two languages - for example Norwegian-English/English-Norwegian - in two different volumes are also considered as one dictionary (irrespective of publisher or edition).
Dictionaries as described above cannot be combined with any other types of dictionaries.
Any kind of combination which makes up more than two physical volumes is forbidden.

In case a student has a special need for any other combination than the above mentioned, such combination has to be clarified with/approved by the course coordinator minimum two weeks before the exam. Students who have not been granted permission to have a special combination minimum two weeks before the exam will be subject to the usual regulations (Section 3-5) about examination support materials.

Programme Committee

The Academic Affairs Committee (Studieutvalget) at the Faculty of Law is responsible for ensuring the material content, structure and quality of the course.

Course Coordinator

Melanie Hack and Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund

Course Administrator

The Faculty of Law¿s section for students and academic affairs (Studieseksjonen) is responsible for administering the programme.