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Master International Laws

Compulsory courses

This course is devoted to the advanced study of European Union law. It is primarily addressed to those students who have followed one or more introductory courses of EU law. However, students with little prior knowledge of EU law are also welcome to participate. Indications of recommended literature will help them to make up for possible knowledge deficits.

The course proposes an integrated study of EU law, in the sense that it emphasizes the interaction between the two traditional subdivisions of ‘Institutional EU law’ (which deals with decision-making processes and the role of the judiciary) and ‘Substantive EU law’ (which deals with the content of EU law in the various policy areas). The course will thus explore both how substantive EU law is influenced by the structure of the EU Treaties and institutions, and how the EU’s institutional framework has evolved in response to new social, political and economic challenges.

Students are able to situate new EU law developments (a new judgment, a new regulation, a new external agreement, etc.) in the overall context of the European Union’s legal order.

Students are able to discuss the normative implications of alternative interpretations of EU law.

Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Faculty of Law

The course is common to all tracks of the Master in Globalisation and Law. It thus aims to provide students with the knowledge of international law necessary to understand the content of the three tracks of the Master’s Programme (Human Rights; Corporate and Commercial Law; and
International Trade and Investment Law). The course focuses on the foundations and key conceptual principles of international law (e.g. the sources of law, the law-making process, participants in the international legal system and the nature of international legal obligations). Students thus learn what international law can and cannot regulate; who has the capacity to breach international law; where an international legal obligation is derived from and when is it breached. This course is conceptual in nature and is not primarily concerned with substantive subfields of international law, such as international trade law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law law. Such subfields of international law are covered elsewhere in the curriculum. In order to understand them properly, a thorough grounding in public international law is needed and this is what this course seeks to achieve.

Course objectives

Master International Laws

Malcolm Shaw, International Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017 (4th edition).

Martin Dixon, Robert McCorquodale & Sarah Williams, Cases & Materials on International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press (6th edition).

Master International Laws electives

Faculty of Law

Master International Laws

parent-child relationships;

international adoption ;

the right of contact between parents and children;

names;

Course objectives

With reference to contemporary issues in the field of family and child law, the student identifies the context and application of the right to private and family life and the right to marry as they are defined by the European Court of Human Rights.

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of domestic rules on family law as well as knowledge of the concepts of private international law is required in order to be able to discuss the topics in depth.

Teaching methods:
PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Faculty of Law

European Property Law

Course objectives

The aims of this course are to acquire:

Basic knowledge of the effects of the functioning of the internal market (particularly: the digital internal market) in the European Union and the effects thereof on private law in general and the law of property more specifically.

Obligatory literature:

Sjef van Erp and Bram Akkermans (eds.) with the collaboration of Alexandra Braun, Monika Hinteregger, Caroline Lebon, Michael Milo, Vincent Sagaert, William Swadling and Lars van Vliet, Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe, Text and Materials on Property Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2012) More information about the casebook project can be obtained at .

U. Mattei, Basic principles of property law, A comparative legal and economic introduction (Contributions in Legal Studies, No. 93; Greenwood Press, 2000)

References to articles and further materials are provided for each subject separately. Students will be offered the necessary assistance in finding these materials.

Master International Laws

R. Mackenzie, et al., The Manual on International Courts and Tribunals, second edition (Oxford, OUP 2010)

IER4008
Period 1
3 Sep 2018
26 Oct 2018

ECTS credits:
6.0
Instruction language:
English
Coordinator:

This course introduces students to the economic analysis of law, commonly known as law & economics (L&E). In applying economic concepts to legal rules and rulings, L&E attempts to determine efficient law or to point out the trade-off between efficiency and social values such as distribution, fairness and non-discrimination. L&E is on the curriculum of every major law school in the United States and has gained much importance in Europe and the rest of the world. The field of L&E counts many prestigious scholarly journals and received general recognition when Ronald Coase, one of the founding fathers of L&E, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1991. In a growing

Prerequisites

None

Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBL
Assessment methods:
Written exam
Keywords:
Law and Economics, Property, Contracts, Torts, Regulation, Federalism, Crime, Competition, Corporate Governance.

Faculty of Law

This course offers an overview of the main areas of EU competition law sensu lato, that is including State aid and liberalization measures. The importance of this area of EU law cannot be overstated.

This subset of the law sets out the rules of ‘fair play’ of the biggest economy of the world, which generates close to €14 trillion each year. In addition, the application of its principles have important consequences for the interplay, and respective roles, of the market and the state in providing certain services and products meant to promote welfare. Finally, EU competition law may be considered a‘laboratory’ of EU law: many of the innovations and developments in general EU law can be traced to developments in this area.

reflect on the purpose(s) of EU competition law, its place in the legal framework for the internal market of the European Union and its interface with legal systems of the Member States;

consider the role of each of the actors in EU competition law both at EU level and national level;

Literature:

Reader with selected legal sources, case-law and materials.

Teaching methods:
PBL, Lecture(s)
Assessment methods:
Final paper, Written exam
Keywords:
EU Competition Law, Cartels, Abuse of dominant position, concentration control, State aid, services of general economic interest
Faculty of Law

Furthermore, a number of current issues, which from the perspective of globalisation directly or indirectly impact upon the protection of human rights, will be discussed. These include victims’rights and reparation, human rights and counter-terrorism and globalisation and its impact on human rights.

The Bantekas/Oette textbook (see below) which will be used is not only about the theoretical framework underlying the protection of human rights, but also about practice. It will discuss how different actors use human rights instruments and procedures as practical tools to foster the protection of human rights, but also the limitations and dilemmas arising from this. Each chapter of

During the course a mock examination of a human rights state report by a United Nations treaty monitoring body will be organized. Participation is optional. Students are expected to play a role in this practical skills exercise. Participation in the mock examination will be incorporated in the final grade for this course. Details will be explained during the first tutorial meeting and lecture.

This course is a specialisation core course within the Human Rights Track of GAL. It prepares students for other courses, such as Human Rights of Women and Human Development and Human Rights.

Students have knowledge of and understand at an advanced level international human rights standards and monitoring mechanisms (especially those developed within the framework of international organizations) and are able to apply these to specific present-day cases and situations in a global society.

Students have knowledge of the possibilities, limitations and challenges of applying human rights in practice by different actors (governments, courts, NGOs, individuals, international organisations).

I. Bantekas and L. Oette, International Human Rights Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, second edition, 2016.

A compilation of International Human Rights Documents, to be determined.

ECTS credits:
6.0
Instruction language:
English
Coordinator:

Course objectives

One of the goals is to identify and understand the interaction between federal regulation and (member) state law in the area of company law within the EU as well as in the US and to learn students how to apply various principles underlying company law in various parts of the world to specific cases and compare the various solutions. The goal of this course is furthermore to further develop knowledge of company law from a European and comparative perspective. Students will study the way in which companies can cross borders and the various differences and similarities between the company law approaches in the legal systems under discussion. Students will gain insights into the positions of the various relevant corporate stakeholders. These positions and the regulatory approaches to safeguarding these positions are discussed in an interactive manner.

Recommended reading

Reference list with literature combined with handbooks on European and Comparative company law:

European Criminal Law

Full course description

Course objectives

The goal of the course is to examine the influence of European Union law on criminal law and analyse the emergence of European Criminal law norms. The course also aims at a deeper understanding of the practical areas of European Criminal law such as the implementation of EU rules and the preliminary reference procedure before the ECJ.

André Klip, European Criminal Law: An Integrative Approach, Intersentia, third edition, Cambridge-Antwerpen 2016;

André Klip, Materials on European Criminal Law, third edition Cambridge-Antwerpen 2017

European Labour and Social Security Law

To accomplish understanding in detail of European Labour Law and Social Security Law and of its place within the larger EU legislative framework.

To accomplish an accurate analysis of European Court of Justice cases on Social Law

General knowledge of EU law, and basic knowledge of Human rights and social law.

Recommended reading

Master International Laws

An important question is therefore, how to integrate this group of migrants into the host societies, balancing cultural identity and minority rights with the state’s interest in an integrated population.

Course objectives

Anja Wiesbrock, Legal Migration to the European Union, 2009

Papagianni (2014) EU migration policy, available at:
http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/30557/Chapter30.pdf

Master International Laws

K. Eisele, ‘Why come here if I can go there? Assessing the ‘Attractiveness’ of the EU’s Blue Card Directive for ‘Highly Qualified’ Immigrants’, CEPS Paper, October 2013.

D.H. Yabasun

G.R. de Groot

This course covers the substantial legal aspects of industrial and intellectual property law with specific relevance for the Information Society as well as the management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). As such the economic rationale of IPRs is covered in respect of the creation and the regulation of markets in information. In order to get a full grasp of legal entitlements for creators in the information age, copyrights, database, patents and trade mark law will be juxtaposed with technological developments, such as multimedia, (open source) software, file sharing, domain name grabbing, and placed in the economic context of competition, management of IPRs and electronic commerce. Knowledge of the legal and economic rationale for the protection of intellectual and industrial creativity through acquisition of the fundamentals of intellectual and industrial property rights, (unfair) competition law, and management of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on an international, European, and national level. Among IPRs covered in the course are copy- and neighbouring rights, software, databases, trademarks, designs, and patents. Study of procedural matters concerning the subsistence, acquisition, application, registration, opposition, duration, surrender, revocation, invalidity, judicial review, and jurisdiction of all IPRs is required. In addition, an understanding of international and EC competition policy in cases of passing off and unfair practices, free movement of goods, and abuse of rights in light of the information society has to be

Kur/Dreier, European Intellectual Property Law (2013, Edward Elgar)

WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook: Policy, Law and Use (2004, WIPO) -Online

This course on the rules regulating economic globalisation and international trade deals with the institutional and substantive law of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO, established in 1995, is at the forefront of the multilateral effort to manage economic globalisation and governs the trade relations between the WTO’s 164 Members. The WTO plays a crucial role in preventing international trade disputes from escalating into trade wars. However, WTO law not only plays an important role in state-to-state relations, it also affects each of us directly, as it significantly influences, for example, the price of the cars we drive and the quality of food we eat.

The course addresses the following themes:

Master International Laws

The student understands and is able to engage in debate on legal issues relating to the World Trade Organization and can assess the relationship between WTO rules and the protection of non-trade values;

The student can identify international trade law issues arising from fictional case studies;

Recommended reading

The textbook used in this course is VAN DEN BOSSCHE, P. and ZDOUC, W., The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization, 4th Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2017). This book is available at the Studystore, Maastricht or can be ordered on Amazon.

Master International Laws

The course focuses on the legal and constitutional foundations of the EU’s external relations. For this purpose the course divides into two parts. The first part is devoted to the Treaty foundations for external relations and its external policies, highlighting relevant case law and Treaty provisions. The case law of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) had and has a strong influence on the
interpretation of competences, effect (and direct effect) of international law and international treaty law in the past. Important aspects of this case law have been codified and updated with the Lisbon Treaty. The second part of the course will focus on a few selected and important external policies. More specifically we will concentrate on the (i) EU Trade Policy, (ii) EU Development Policy, (iii) EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and (iv) EU Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy. While the lectures will introduce into the different topics, the tutorials aim to further the knowledge on the EU external relations principles but also discuss matters such as the external dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the participation of the Union in international
organizations and the role of the European Parliament after Lisbon.

The course builds on knowledge acquired in previous EU law courses, especially EU institutional law. For students who have no prior knowledge on this subject, they are advised to consult general EU law books which cover EU competences, legal remedies, hierarchy of norms and direct effect in general and especially in regard to international agreements.