QLLM100 EU Immigration Law (Sem 1)
Module Description
- From Rome to Maastricht: the internal market and the push for the development of EU action in Justice and Home Affairs
- The Schengen experiment: an analysis of the Schengen Convention as a model for EU action on JHA
- The evolution of competence on JHA – from the third to the first pillar
- Developments in judicial protection
- EU measures on asylum
- EU action on economic migration
- EU action on irregular migration
- Border controls, in particular:
- The European Border Agency
- Population controls and EU databases: the development of EURODAC, the EU Visa Information System and the Schengen Information System and their interoperability
- The routine collection of information on passengers/movement in the EU
- Exchange of passenger data (PNR) with the US
- Towards a global system of exchange of passenger data
Applicable Groupings
- LLM in European Law
- LLM in Human Rights Law
- LLM in Immigration Law
- Laws (General)
- LLM Flexible Study.
Mode of Assessment
2 hour 15 minute written examination paper
Credits
22.5 Credits