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EU Development Law


Semesterangivelse: Efterårs kursus

 


Udgave: Jura Kandidatuddannelsen 2011/2012
ECTS points: 10 ECTS
Punkter: 10 ECTS = 1/6 årsværk

Semester:

Autumn 2011
Uddannelsesdel: Kandidat niveau
Kontaktpersoner: Fagansvarlig: Morten Broberg
Andre undervisere: Professor, Morten Broberg
Undervisnings- periode: Wednesday 9-12
1. Day: Wednesday 7.9.2011
Formål: In Denmark the GDP per capita is approx. 34.700 €, in the EU the figure is approx. 19,000 €, whereas the average figure in the developing world (LDCs) is approx. 200 €. Many of these developing countries have close ties to the EU, not least due to the fact that many of them are former colonies. The EU and the Member States together account for more than 30 billion € per year in development assistance thus being the world’s most important donor. Likewise, the EU is the world’s largest provider of humanitarian aid. The provision of both development assistance and humanitarian aid is regulated by a large number of EU bodies and it is covered by both the EC Treaty and a number of secondary legislative measures (both hard law and soft law). This course will examine the different legal aspects of the EU's provision of development assistance and humanitarian aid. In doing so, the following will be covered:

• Background to the present regime
• The institutional framework
• The EU’s competences
• The legal framework – both the EC Treaty and secondary legislation
• EC development cooperation (in particular vis-à-vis the ACP countries; i.e. the former colonies of EU Member States)
• Humanitarian aid
• Tying/un-tying of aid

Indhold: The course will start by a brief introduction to field of EU development law followed by an overview of the historic development. Following this a presentation of the most important institutions, procedures and relevant sources of law will be given. Thereupon the course will turn to consider various specific issues related to EU Development law, in particular the cooperation with the ACP countries (non-trade issues in the Cotonou Agreement), the regulation of the provision of humanitarian aid and the requirement that aid be un-tied.

Throughout the course the different topics will be illustrated by EU case law.

Students are expected to take an active part during classes. It is planned that the course will contain a number of exercises (such as moot courts). This may entail that in certain weeks the course will consist of one session of four hours rather than the normal two sessions each of two hours duration.

Kompetence- beskrivelse: In order to obtain the grade 12 the student must – to the extent it is relevant for the exam – be able to:
- Present and explain the theoretical and practical problems of the course and their interaction.
- Identify both the basic and the complicated legal problems that present themselves in the course topics.
- Analyse complex problems that present themselves within the course and do so based on relevant and professional reasoned approaches.
- Argue the pros and cons of professionally reasoned solutions, make a critical weighting of the relevant arguments and make a reasoned choice in relation to theoretical and practical solutions.
- Put into perspective the specific problems of the course in a way that shows that she/he has a professional overview of and insight into the substantive issues of the course.
- Communicate and formulate her/his knowledge and arguments professionally and linguistically correct and in a structured and coherent way.

Eksamensform: Oral examination
Eksamen: 28. November - 2. December 2011(preliminary dates)
Kursus hjemmeside:
Pensum:
A compilation of materials
Required readings cover approximately 500 pages.
Sidst redigeret: 28/3-2011



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