Towards European Constitutionalism 2200-1CWPA89-OG

The seminar, which is organized annually, is devoted to various aspects of the constitutional reality of the European Union. The course is structured as a crash course, it consists of a number of preparatory meetings and the final two-day seminar, chaired by world-known experts in EU law.

The participating students shall be divided into teams and assigned topics to elaborate on, which eventually are to take the shape of essays 20-25 pages long. Before the final two-day seminar, there will be 3-4 preparatory meetings with Professor Wyrzykowski and the tutors, during which the work progress shall be monitored and the students' ideas and problems discussed.

This year's subject is 'Permanent Evolution or Stagnation? The EU of the 21st Century'. The specific topics for your essays are to be decided in cooperation with the student participating and based on their unique skills.

The first preparatory meeting will take place on 26 February 2024, 8:15 pm, at the Raphael Taubenschlag Library (room 203, Old Faculty of Law).

Type of course

optional courses
general courses

Mode

Blended learning
Self-reading

Course coordinators

Paweł Marcisz
Adam Ploszka

Learning outcomes

Knowledge:
- knowledge on current issues concerning EU constitutional law,
- in-depth knowledge on specific area of research covered by the paper prepared by student

Skills:
- presentation and discussion of paper at open seminar,
- research skills in EU constitutional law area.

ability to communicate orally and in writing in academic English (B2+ level)

Assessment criteria

Students will be assessed individually on the basis of scholar quality of their papers and understanding of problems covered.

Bibliography

There is no requirement to read any specific literature. Rather in the context of their papers to be presented during the seminar students are expected to read the most important literature available - for the purpose of preparing successful paper.

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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