Overview
The European Union has a membership of 28 states with a joint population of close to half a billion people, each of whom carries the status of an EU citizen. Knowledge of the basics of European Union law is a required component of legal training in most EU countries (including the United Kingdom).
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic 7 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2025 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $774.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Notes
- (i) Not all optional papers will be available in any given year. (ii) Summer School students who have not passed the normal prerequisites, or are not taking the programmes specified above, may be admitted with approval from the Dean of Law.
- Contact
- law@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Faculty of Law's website
- Teaching staff
To be confirmed when paper next offered.
- Textbooks
Course materials are provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
view more information about Otago's graduate attributes - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper should have:
- A knowledge of the history of the European Union
- A knowledge of the constitutional basis and operation of the European Union
- The ability to analyse and apply European legal concepts in the context of the United Kingdom