Dutch students

• Interaction between Legal Systems – Globalizing law: legal reasoning in International, EU and national law.
• European Protection of Human Rights or EU External Relations Law 

• European Protection of Human Rights
• EU External Relations Law

All students

• EU Institutional Law & General Principles of EU Law 
• Research Seminar in European Law - Privatissimum 

• EU Internal Market Law
• EU Competition Law 
• Moot Court European Law – Practicum
• Thesis Master of Law

In this course students will focus on a particular topic of European law under the supervision of a lecturer who is an expert in that particular field. Students will thus benefit from lecturers who teach about the very core of their own research interests. In previous years, topics included EU constitutional law, EU migration law and EU fundamental rights. The course format allows for working in small groups and receiving personal feedback from the tutor. A number of introductory lectures will be offered on research methodology, academic writing and presentation skills. After this, students are required to formulate their own research proposal, prepare and present draft-research in class and comment on the work of their peers.

In this course students will be introduced to the practical side of EU law both from a procedural as well as a substantive point of view. Students will solve cases and act in groups as applicant, defendant, advocate general, and as judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union in a series of moot courts in the fields of internal market law and/or competition law. In their respective teams, students will research, analyse and apply EU law and case law from the Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU. Students will be required to prepare written submissions to the Court of Justice on a variety of issues. Furthermore, they will be asked to present their case orally and will thereby practice their presentation skills in a courtroom situation.

This course examines the four fundamental freedoms underpinning the EU’s internal market - an area without internal frontiers that ensures the free movement of goods, persons, services, and capital. As the backbone of European integration, the internal market continues to evolve while facing significant contemporary challenges, including environmental, technological, and geopolitical pressures, which will be critically explored throughout the course.

This course offers an introduction to the rationale, principles, rules, and procedures of EU competition law. The competition rules are a key pillar in safeguarding the proper functioning of the EU internal market as they aim to ensure a level playing field for all market participants. Adopting a blended learning approach, the course combines self-directed study with interactive, practice-oriented seminars. In the first part, tutorials focus on the substantive rules and their application to concrete case scenarios. The second part shifts focus to enforcement, with Policy Labs that challenge students to engage with current enforcement and policy challenges.