Ambassador John Bruton will be speaking at the Law school next Tuesday 24 January at lunchtime from 12.30-2pm in the Faculty Meeting Room on the 4th Floor of the Law School on the topic:
The European Union Today: Consequences of the Constitutional Impasse and Relations with the United States
If you plan to attend please contact Rosalia Lliraldi rllirald@law.miami.edu or 305 284 4210. Lunch will be provided.
I have been asked whether I could recommend any background material. If you are looking for some basic descriptions of the EU, there are some resources on the europa website you might want to take a look at in the “easy reading corner”. In particular, there is Europe in 12 Lessons (2003) and How the European Union Works (June 2005).
This is Caroline Bradley’s weblog for the Spring 2006 class in European Community/EU law at the University of Miami Law School. The materials for this class are available at the Law School’s Distribution Center.
Before the first class please obtain the first set of materials and read the first 5 pages. Read Articles 2 and 3 of the EC Treaty carefully. Don’t worry if the terminology seems strange at first. You will get used to it.
The proposed outline for the course is as follows:
1. Introduction to the EU (the first packet of materials)
2. Food Supplements Directive Case Study
i. Legislative Powers of the EU and its Institutions
ii. Challenging EU acts in EU and National Courts
iii. Free Movement of Goods
3. Services, Establishment: Lawyering Across Borders
4. Classic Cases
5. Equality Law
i. European Community Law as a Source of Individual Rights
ii. Features of EC equality law