Master of Laws in European Union Law

The LLM in European Union Law presents the best of Ghent Law School’s renowned expertise in EU law for students aspiring to specialise in the law and institutions of the European Union.

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Faculty of Law and Criminology

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1 General Courses 25

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
EU Institutional Law	1	sem 1	en	Erwoan Lannon	6

EU Internal Market Law	1	sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

The Autonomous EU Legal Order	1	sem 1	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	6

Seminar: Foreign Chair	1	year	en	Inge Govaere	3

Skills for Lawyers and LLM Lecture Series	1	year	en	Inge Govaere	4

2 Elective Courses 20

Subscribe to 20 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.1 Introductory Course

Subscribe to no more than 3 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Law: the Basics		1	sem 1	en	Erwoan Lannon	3

2.2 Core Elective Courses

Subscribe to no less than 17 and no more than 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Comparative Contract Law				4

Contemporary Issues in EU Law			Inge Govaere	3

EU External Relations Law	sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

EU Trade Policy	sem 1	en	Guillaume Van der Loo	4

European and Comparative Company Law and Corporate Governance	sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

European Labour and Employment Law				4

European Media Law			Eva Lievens	4

European Private Law (Ius Commune)				4

International and European Environmental Law	sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

Selected Topics of International Human Rights Law	sem 1	en	Cathérine Van de Graaf	6

Constitutional Aspects of EU Integration	sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

Contemporary Issues in European and Comparative Law	sem 2	en	Inge Govaere	3

EU and the Wider World: Americas, Africa and Asia	sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

EU Banking and Capital Market Law	sem 2	en	Michel Tison	4

EU Competition Law	sem 2	en	Stanislas Adam	6

EU Enlargement and Proximity Relations	sem 2	en	Erwoan Lannon	4

EU Social Law and International Employment	sem 2	en	Yves Jorens	4

European Criminal Policy	sem 2	en	Gert Vermeulen	6

European Law & ICT	sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	4

International and European Biodiversity Law	sem 2	en	An Cliquet	4

International Economic Law	sem 2	en	Diederik Bruloot	4

Selected Issues: European and International Migration Law and Policy	sem 2	en	Ellen Desmet	6

Human Rights and Migration Law Clinic	year	nl,en	Saïla Ouald Chaib	8

Moot Court European Law	year	en	Inge Govaere	12

Moot Court International Commercial Arbitration	year	en	Maud Piers	12

Moot Court International Law	year	en	Frank Maes	12

3 Master's Dissertation 15

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	en		15

Learning outcomes

Possess an advanced knowledge of the European Union (EU), its institutions, competences, cardinal concepts, and substantive principles.

Have an in-depth scientific knowledge of specific legal areas of European Union law.

Have knowledge of scientific domains that frame and steer the European legal order, including international politics and international economics.

Have both theme-specific and general knowledge of the legal, political, economic, cultural, … issues of supranational legal integration.

Assimilate the source material and the special terminology of European Union law and use it to interpret, analyze and respond to legal questions.

Combine, interpret and apply legal rules on relevant legal questions from various layers of the international legal order - national, European and international.

Perform legal analysis and have argumentation for issues and cases of European Union law.

Qualify, develop, research, discuss, and critically answer questions regarding a scientific research question of European Union law.

Understand and contextualize the legal dynamics of the internationalizing legal order.

Appreciate and analyze scientifically the various legal sources and actors of EU law.

Daring to formulate a creative position regarding a legal question of European Union law, using a scientifically based analysis and logic legal reasoning.

Understand the national dimension of the concretization of European Union law and / or international law, and appreciate the differences in national legal systems and traditions.

Apply the techniques and methods of legal argumentation and presentation.

Have an attitude of self-study, lifelong learning and professional growth, particularly through preparatory reading for group discussions in the courses.

Draft a clear legal scientific text about EU law.

Present and defend orally an issue relating to European Union law on the basis of legal argumentation or a personal position, with a sense of presentation, synthesis and integration in the national context.

Act individually or in a team with a sense of responsibility, deontology and awareness of differences in national legal cultures.

Be open to insights from colleagues, also from other fields of knowledge, in approaching legal and multidisciplinary issues.

Participate in academic and extra-curricular activities relating to EU law.

Have awareness of the social responsibility and the role of the lawyer in the European integration and in the internationalization of the legal order.

Have awareness of the implications of broad societal, economic and financial developments, amongst which globalization, on the European Union.

Have awareness of the differences in national legal cultures and of the importance of national sovereignty, in the context of European integration.

Experience and acknowledge cultural differences, in the context of integration in a diverse international student group with interaction.

Integrate cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity, pluralism and tolerance in the scientific work and in the functioning as a lawyer.

Be conscious of the social commitment in and for the internationalization of the legal system, and creatively integrate personal commitment in scientific research and analysis.