NIFB14005U EU Law - Environment, Agriculture & Food
Bacheloruddannelsen i naturressourcer
MSc Programme in Nature Management
MSc Programme in Agricultural Economics
MSc Programme in Animal Science
This course is aimed at non-law students. The course provides an introduction to basic EU law. This includes an introduction to the core elements of the EU legal system, EU institutions, decision-making procedures and sources of law. Also the concept of sovereignty and the relationship between EU law and national law will be touched upon. The course also gives insight into some substantive areas of EU law, including the internal market and the free movement of goods. Examples will as far as possible be drawn from areas such as environment and nature protection, agriculture and food production. The students will have the opportunity to specialise in EU law matters relevant to environment, agriculture or food through a mandatory written assignment.
The overall objective of the course is to ensure a good
understanding of how the EU legal system works. The
course aims to make students able to identify and evaluate
relevant EU law aspects of a specific case, including to identify
relevant sources of law and their possible interaction with
national law and to carry out a legal analysis based on relevant EU
legislation and case law.
Knowledge:
- demonstrate knowledge of key EU law concepts and principles
- demonstrate knowledge of core EU institutions and their roles in
EU law
- demonstrate knowledge about EU law-making and relevant sources of
law
- display insight into the relationship between EU law and national
law
Skills:
- ability to identify relevant matters of EU law in a specific case
- ability to carry out a legal analysis applying relevant EU law
- ability to use and assess case law from the European courts
- ability to assess national law and administration in view of EU
law
Competencies:
- discuss and co-operate with the purpose to provide well argued
and relevant solutions to concrete EU law problems
Will be announced
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 1
- Lectures
- 30
- Preparation
- 95
- Project work
- 40
- Theory exercises
- 40
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minutteroral examination (100 %)
- Exam registration requirements
- Submission of written assignment
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Re-exam
- Oral
Criteria for exam assesment
To obtain the grade 12 a student must fulfil the learning objectives displaying a high level of command of all aspects, with no or only a few minor weaknesses.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NIFB14005U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Bachelor
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedule
- C (Mon 13-17 + Wednes 8-17)
- Course capacity
- 50
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources and Environment
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Helle Tegner Anker (3-788471507976827f3e7b853e747b)
- Inger Høedt-Rasmussen (3-797882507976827f3e7b853e747b)