BA Course
EU International Relations Law
This BA course looks at the competences of the European Union as a global actor. It addresses the nature and scope of EU external competences and the consequences of this for the ways in which the EUengages in relations with third states and other international organizations. It analyses the EU’s procedures to conclude international agreements and looks at the effects of international law in the EU legal order. In addition, various external policies will be analysed, such as trade; development; foreign, security and defence; neighbourhood policies, the EU enlargement. This course will look at the internal and external aspects of EU external relations law. Internal aspects are the legal organisation of the EU as an international actor; its distinct legal personality; its exclusive policy competencies and those its shares with the Member States; the legal nature of treaties concluded by both the EU and its Member States (mixed agreements); and the institutional framework of EU external relations.
The course is taught twice in Semester 2.
BA 2022-2023: EU International Relations Law:
BA 2023-2024: External Relations of the EU:
BA 2024-2025: External Relations of the EU:
MA Course
EU Enlargement Policy and Europeanisation
This MA course offers an interdisciplinary approach and a two-fold perspective on the EU enlargement Policy and Europeanization in the candidate countries. This is informed by the different conceptual and theoretical approaches of Policy and Law, and the two-fold perspective looks at the internal (institutional, policy and legal framework) and external aspects (relation with and impact in accession countries) of EU Enlargement.
More specifically, the aims of this MA Jean Monnet course are:
- (i) to understand the development of EU enlargement policy, its legal foundations, and the current legal and political debates around it;
- (ii) to identify the state-of-play and legal and policy challenges in the current EU enlargement policy and its impact;
- (iii) to provide students with the analytical tools to critically think on the EU role, its political objectives and policy mechanism towards EU enlargement dilemmas and deadlocks from a two-fold legal and policy perspective.
The course is taught by Dr. Zamira Xhaferri, Course Coordinator and Lecturer, and Dr. Dorian Jano, Lecturer.
MA 2022-2023: EU Enlargement Policy and Europeanisation:
MA 2023-2024: EU Enlargement Policy and Europeanisation:
MA 2024-2025: EU Enlargement Policy and Europeanisation: