Lublin, Poland

European Union Law

Master's
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⇑European Union Law at KUL

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: law
Kind of studies: full-time studies
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University website: www.kul.pl/kul,21.html

⇑Test: Is European Union Law the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. During your undergraduate studies you come across a Court of Justice of the EU ruling that changed how national rules are applied. How do you react?

2. How do you feel about working with a piece of legislation in several language versions at once?

3. Seminars, case law and reading will all be in English, and you’ll work through cases with lawyers from different countries and legal traditions. How does that sound?

4. On a placement at a law firm, a client asks whether a national rule that affects them complies with an EU directive. What do you do?

5. How do you approach debates on the future of European integration, such as how powers are divided between the EU and its member states?

6. The company you work for wants to sell its products in several EU countries. Which part of the job grabs you most?

7. The court where you’re doing a traineeship is considering a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU. How would you like to help?

8. How do you cope with long, complex legal texts?

9. Where do you see yourself after your Master’s?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in European Union Law?

⇑Definitions and quotes

European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 4,475,757 km2 (1,728,099 sq mi), and an estimated population of over 510 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002, and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency.
Law
Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. Law is a system that regulates and ensures that individuals or a community adhere to the will of the state. State-enforced laws can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes, by the executive through decrees and regulations, or established by judges through precedent, normally in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals can create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that may elect to accept alternative arbitration to the normal court process. The formation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people.
Union
Union is the state of being united or joined.
European Union
If you cannot join them, beat them!"
Danish Foreign Minster Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, in a short statement to television before the European Championship 1992 Final, won by Denmark, shortly after the Danes voted against the Maastricht Treaty
European Union
When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.
Rupert Murdoch, in conversation with reporter Anthony Hilton, as reported in the London Evening Standard (25 February 2016)
Law
But is this law?
Ay, marry is 't; crowner's quest law.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act V, scene 1, line 23.
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