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Undergraduate law students and students of other academic backgrounds with a strong interest in the course topic
The EU is set to achieve an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe and at the same time it is bound to respect national cultural, linguistic and national constitutional identities. How can these two seemingly opposing aims be properly accommodated? Who claims to have the last word about it? What are the challenges and where lie the possible boundaries of the European legal integration?
The course will be combined from four thematic parts. Firstly, it will take a look into the basic features of a modern liberal democratic nation-state and its constitutional commitments. Secondly, it will examine the foundations of the EU, its governing principles and values and its sui generis nature as a supranational form. Thirdly, it will highlight a notion of national constitutional identity from a national as well as from the European perspective. And finally, it will delve into the questions of resistance and dissent in legal theory and try to find parallels with an uneasy relation between the member states and the EU.
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This course is taught in English, including readings in English. In order to understand the texts and participate in the discussions in class, a language level of B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is required.
Inexpensive meals are available in the cafeteria of Humboldt University.
HUWISU offers a fine selection of interesting extracurricular activities and aims to give all participants an unforgettable stay in Berlin. Your programme includes excursions, sport activities and social gatherings providing you the opportunity to get to know the city, the university and your international classmates better. The costs for these offers are included in the course fees.
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