INL 435: European Union Law

The course offers an introduction into the European Union law. It basically provides insights into the way the EU functions and operates; the decision-making process of the EU; the sources of EU-law; the relationship between EU-law and the law systems of EU Member States; the internal market legislation of the EU as well as into the European Convention on Human Rights and the '93Treaty on European Union'94. In a second part, the course makes decision-making in the EU evident by focusing on EU anti-corruption legislation. By doing so, it provides students with insights about the problem of corruption in Europe in general and how this affects the efforts of the Community to combat corruption. Furthermore, the course intends to embed law related questions into the wider political, social and economic EU-context.