The extension focuses on the fundamental rights question. Some leading cases of the European Court of Justice will be examined in this light, as well as decisions by national courts concerning the protection of national fundamental rights against European communitylaw. The relationship between the European Union and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms will also be treated in this context. The 4 credits course consists of five weekly classroom sessions lasting two hours each. There are two additional classroom sessions for the extension.
Attendance is mandatory.
A reader and a case book will be available at the Repro Department. There will be a written examination at the end of the course. Derk Bunschoten studied law at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and postgraduate at University College Oxford. He is lecturer in constitutional law. Joost de Reede studied law at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law.