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