University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law

External Relations Law of the European Union (LL.M.)

Syllabus
  1. Introduction: the European Union and its institutions; the two spheres of EU external relations competence.
  2. The general law of EC external relations: legal personality and Treaty-making power; the principle of limited and specific attribution of external competences; express and implied attribution; the relationship between EC and Member State competence (exclusive, concurrent and shared competence); negotiating, concluding and implementing international agreements; international agreements in the internal legal order of the EC; ‘mixed’ agreements.
  3. The Common Commercial Policy (CCP): scope of the CCP; the EC in the World Trade Organisations (WTO).
  4. The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP): legal framework and financing; legal instruments; the interface with EC external relations competence.
  5. Cross-pillar mechanisms: economic sanctions; controlling the exportation of dual-use goods