LAW 787 Introduction to European Union Law
This course is an introduction to the legal system of the European Union (EU). Emphasis will be placed on the constitutional, administrative and commercial law of the European Union. The topics which will be discussed in this course include the political and economic origins of the EU, its institutional structures (with emphasis on the European Court of Justice), the interrelationship between Community Law and the laws of the twenty-seven member States, and the free movement of goods, workers, capital and services. The course will concentrate on the trans-national protection of economic and social rights and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice.