Final note
With the last lecture in April 2009, this website has been
finished. It will stay available for the purpose of deepening and repetition.
With best wishes for a lot of fun and success in your future studies and
professional career, yours
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitz
Course
Description
The European Union represents not
only the institutional framework but as well the location for the substantive
law of the European integration. The law of the European internal market
forms the biggest part of that substantive law. This course deals with this
subject, in particular with the economic fundamental freedoms of the
citizens of the Union (free movement of goods, freedom of movement for workers,
freedom of establishment, freedom to provide services, freedom of the movement
of capital and of payments). These economic freedoms have a great impact on the
daily life in the European Union. The course will present the general theory and
the specific features of the fundamental freedoms. It will introduce to
new developments like the adoption of the Services Directive (2006) and the
judgement in the case Laval (C-341/05, december 2007). The course also deals with the approximation of laws in the internal
market and the competition law of the European Union. As well, it presents an
overview of the European Economic and Monetary Union.
The handling of practical cases is an important part of the everyday work of
most legal experts. For that reason, the course is not limited to a theoretical
presentation but introduces as well to the techniques of case-solving in the
field of European law. The participants will learn how to approach a
concrete case, how to work out precisely the exact question of the case and how
to structure and formulate a case solution in European law. The case studies
will deal with the economic fundamental freedoms.
Conditions: The joint course of the Faculty of Law and the Riga Graduate
School of Law is open for students of all faculties. In order to get 4 credit
points (B), participants are required to pass an interim examination (60 %) and
a final examination (40 %). The students at the Riga Graduate School of Law will
follow part I and II and pass the first test only, in order to get 2.5 credit
points. They are, however, invited to participate (on an informal basis) in the
whole course.
Downloads (PDF
files)
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Barnard,
Catherine: The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms,
2nd edition 2007 |
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Davies, Gareth: European
Union internal market law, 3rd edition 2006 |
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Dubouis, Louis; Blumann, Claude:
Droit matériel de l'Union européenne, 5th edition 2009 |
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Dutheil de la Rochère,
Jacqueline: Droit matériel de l'Union européenne, 3rd edition 2006 |
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Ehlers, Dirk (editor):
Europäische Grundrechte und Grundfreiheiten, 2nd edition 2005 = European
Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, 2007 |
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Epiney, Astrid; Meyer,
Annekathrin; Mosters, Robert: Europarecht, Teil 2: Die Grundfreiheiten
des EG-Vertrages, 2nd edition 2007 |
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Gormley, Laurence: EU Law
of Free Movement of Goods and Customs Union, 2009 [coming soon] |
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Hailbronner, Kay; Jochum,
Gerhard: Europarecht II. Binnenmarkt und Grundfreiheiten, 2006 |
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Jones, Alison; Sufrin, Brenda:
EC Competition Law. Text, Cases, and Materials, 3rd edition
2007 |
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Kilian, Wolfgang:
Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht, 3rd edition 2008 |
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Korah, Valentine: An
Introductory Guide to EC Competition Law and Practice, 2007 |
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Lyons, Timothy: EC Customs
Law, 2nd edition 2008 |
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Maubernard, Christophe:
Droit matériel de l'Union européenne, 2007 |
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Van Bael & Bellis (editor):
Competition Law of the European Community, 4th edition 2005 |
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Woods, Lorna: Free Movement
of Goods and Services within the European Community, 2004 |
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Alehno, Ivo; Buka, Arnis;
Butkevičs, Jānis; Jarinovska, Kristīne; Škoba, Laine: Ievads Eiropas
Savienības tiesībās (Tiesu prakse un komentāri), 2nd edition 2004 |
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Arndt, Hans-Wolfgang:
Europarecht, 9th edition 2008 (with CD-ROM) |
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Arnull, Anthony; Dashwood,
Alan; Dougan, Michael; Ross, Malcolm; Spaventa, Eleanor; Wyatt, Derrick : Wyatt & Dashwood's European Union Law, 5th edition 2006
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Berry, Elspeth; Hargreaves,
Sylvia: European Union Law, 2nd edition 2007 |
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Blūzma, Valdis; Buka, Arnis;
Deksnis, Eduards Bruno; Jarinovska, Kristīne; Jundze, Inese; Jundzis,
Tālavs; Levits, Egils: Eiropas tiesĪbas, 2nd edition 2007 |
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Bou Franch, Valentín; Cervera
Vallterra, María and others: El derecho de la Unión Europea, 2007 |
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Chalmers, Damian;
Hadjiemmanuil, Christos; Monti, Giorgio; Tomkins, Adam: European Union
Law. Text and Materials, 2006, updating supplement 2008 |
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Clergerie,
Jean-Louis; Gruber, Annie; Rambaud, Patrick: L'Union européenne, 7th
edition 2008 |
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Craig, Paul; Búrca, Gráinne de:
EU Law. Text, Cases and Materials, 4th edition 2007 |
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Fairhurst, John: Law of the European
Union, 6th edition 2007 |
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Favret, Jean Marc:
L'essentiel de l'Union européenne et du droit communautaire, 8th edition
2008 |
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Folsom, Ralph H.: European
Union Law in a Nutshell, 6th edition 2008 |
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Folsom, Ralph H.:
Principles of European Law, 2005 |
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Gautron, Jean-Claude: Droit
européen, 12th edition 2006 |
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Hartley, Trevor: The
Foundations of European Community Law, 6th edition 2007 |
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Herdegen, Matthias:
Europarecht, 11th edition 2009 |
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Kaczorowska, Alina:
European Union law, 2008 |
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Laffranque, Julia: Euroopa Liidu õigussüsteem ja Eesti õiguse koht
selles, 2006 |
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Mangas Martín, Araceli; Liñán
Nogueras, Diego J.: Instituciones y derecho de la Unión Europea, 3rd
edition 2005 |
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Oppermann, Thomas: Europarecht, 3rd edition 2005 |
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Rideau, Joël: Droit
institutionnel de l'Union et des communautés européennes, 5th edition 2006 |
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Steiner, Josephine; Woods,
Lorna; Twigg-Flesner, Christian: EU Law, 10th edition 2009 [coming soon] |
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Pocar, Fausto (editor):
Commentario breve ai trattati della Comunità e dell'Unione Europea, 2001 |
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Priollaud, François;Siritzky,
David: Le traité de Lisbonne. Commentaire, article par article, des
nouveaux traités européens (TUE et TFUE), 2008 |
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Schwarze, Jürgen (editor):
EU-Kommentar, 2nd edition 2008 |
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Smit, Hans; Herzog, Peter;
Campbell, Christian; Zagel, Gudrun (editors): The Law of the European
Union (loose-leaf edition), volume 1 und 2, 2005 |
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Streinz, Rudolf (editor):
EUV/EGV. Vertrag über die Europäische Union und Vertrag zur Gründung der
Europäischen Gemeinschaft, 2003 |
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Schmitz, Thomas (editor): Eiropas
tiesību pamattermini / Grundwortschatz Europarecht / Basic Vocabulary of
European Union Law, beta version 2008 (legal dictionary German, English,
Latvian) |
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Barents, René (editor): Directory on EC Case Law on Competition, 2007 |
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Dauses, Manred A. (editior):
Handbuch des EU-Wirtschaftsrechts (loose-leaf edition), updated 2008 |
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Debard, Thierry; Le
Baut-Ferrarèse, Bernadette; Nourissat, Cyril: Dictionnaire du droit de
l'Union européenne, 2nd edition 2007 |
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Eberts, Dōnats; Freija, Ieva;
Jarve, Kristīne; Jerņeva, Jūlija; Lutere-Timmele, Dace; Pāvila, Debora;
Rone, Dana; Rūķe, Ilona; Vasariņš, Normunds: Eiropas Savienības tiesību
piemērošana. Rokasgrāmata praktizējošiem juristiem, 2nd edition 2008 |
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Frenz, Walter: Handbuch
Europarecht, volume 1: Europäische Grundfreiheiten, 2004; volume 2: Europäisches
Kartellrecht, 2005; volume 3: Beihilfe- und Vergaberecht, 2006 |
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Jones, Christopher; Woude, Marc
van der: EC Competition Law Handbook 2008/2009, 2008 |
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Phinnemore, David; McGowan,
Lee: A Dictionary of the European Union, 4th edition 2008 |
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Ritter, Lennart; Braun, David
W.: European Competition Law. A Practitioner's Guide, 3rd edition 2005 |
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Toth, A.G.: The Oxford
Encyclopaedia of European Community Law, volume II: The Law of the Internal
Market, 2005; volume III: Competition Law and Policy, 2008 |
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European Court of Justice
[Eiropas Kopienu Tiesa] (editor): Reports of Cases before the Court of
Justice and the Court of First Instance, Part I: Court of Justice, Part II:
Court of First Instance (official reports of the case-law of the ECJ and of
the Court of First Instance) |
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European Court of Justice (editor): Case-law of the Court of Justice
and the Court of First Instance (internet law reports in different languages
at the website of the ECJ) |
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Barents, Rene: Directory of
EC Case Law on Competition, 2007 |
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Barents, Rene: Directory of
EC Case Law on State Aids, 2008 |
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Boulois, Jean; Chevallier,
Roger-M.; Blanquet, Marc; Fasquelle, Daniel (editors): Les grands arrêts
de la jurisprudence communautaire, volume 2: Droit communautaire des
affaires, marché intérieur, politiques communautaires, 5th edition 2002 |
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Hummer, Waldemar; Vedder,
Christoph (editors): Europarecht in Fällen, 4th edition 2005 |
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CDE: Cahiers de droit
européen, since 1965 |
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CJEL: Columbia Journal of
European Law, since 1994 |
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CMLRev: Common Market Law
Review, since 1964 |
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EIoP:
European Integration Online Papers, since 1997 (internet journal) |
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ELJ: European Law Journal,
since 1995 |
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ELRev: European Law Review,
since 1975 |
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EHRLR: European Human
Rights Law Review, since 1979 |
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EuR: Europarecht, since 1965 |
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EuZW: Europäische
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, since 1990 |
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FCE:
Forum Constitutionis Europae, since 1998 (internet journal) |
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Integration: since 1978 |
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market
Studies, since 1963 |
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JMWP:
Jean Monnet Working Papers, since 1995 (internet journal) |
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RDCM: Revista de Derecho
Comunitario Europeo, since 1997 |
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REE: Revista de Estudios
Europeos, since 1992 |
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RivDE: Rivista di diritto
europeo, since 1961 |
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RMC: Revue du Marché
commun et de l'Union européenne, since 1958 |
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RMUE: Revue du Marché
Unique européen, since 1951 (since 2000: Revue du droit de l'Union européenne) |
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RTDE: Revue trimestrielle
du droit européen, since 1965 |
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WHI-Papers:
since 1997 (journal on basic issues of European integration) |
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ZEuS: Zeitschrift für
europarechtliche Studien, since 1998 |
