Universität Wien

030125 SE How the European Court of Justice Thinks (2018S)

Landmark Cases from a Legal Theory Perspective

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

We have a first meeting on 8th March 2018. The propose of this meeting is to introduce students to the seminar and to have students sign up for topics that they would like to give a presentation on.

  • Thursday 08.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG (Kickoff Class)
  • Thursday 03.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SEM63 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Thursday 17.05. 09:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SEM63 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Friday 18.05. 09:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

It is widely acknowledged that the European Court of Justice has served as a major engine of European integration. Since the 1960s, at any rate, the Court has been the wellspring of ideas that helped to transform the original European common market into an instrument of constitutional significance. While the innovations made by the court used to be mostly welcomed by legal scholars, there has been a dearth of analysis as to whether what the Court has done in salient cases can be regarded as „legal interpretation“ or “law application”. What if it could not? Would the designation as a “court” turn out to be misnomer for an institution that is in fact engaged in projects of social engineering? The seminar would like to explore the reasoning of the Court in greater depth by looking at seminal cases.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral presentation on a topic of the seminar, seminar paper of roughly 12-15 pages, unless you decide to prepare a „Diplomseminararbeit“. The much more demanding requirements for the Diplomseminararbeit will be set out on the Moodle page.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

compulsary attendance at all dates, class participation, oral presentation and seminar paper

Examination topics

Oral presentation on a topic of the seminar, seminar paper of roughly 12-15 pages, unless you decide to prepare a „Diplomseminararbeit“

Reading list

selected downloads will be available at moodle

Association in the course directory

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