Admission requirements
This course is only open to students of the Legal Track (LL.M.) of the LDE Master on the Governance of Migration and Diversity.
Description
This course provides students with a thorough understanding and knowledge of the European (EU and ECHR) and international legal framework for the management of migration and asylum. The European situation will also be approached from a comparative perspective (OAU, Mercosur, East African Community, ASEAN) with the focus remaining on the European Union and its Member States due to the far-reaching supranational integration of legislation within the EU.
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge and insight on the relation between the various levels of international and European migration and refugee law and their impact on individuals. Students will get familiarized with legal principles and concepts relating to migration and asylum law, which they will be able to recognize in the required judgments (of various adjudicating bodies).
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Identify important legal principles and structures in European en international migration and asylum law. Apply these principles in practice in specific cases based on the study of legal literature, case-law, and primary legal materials.
Linking knowledge form the field of human rights to questions of immigration regulation and applying this in specific cases.
Understand the relevance and implications of legal rules and principles and structures for the governance of migration, as well for the protection of individuals.
Distinguish between regional applications of asylum and migration law.
Timetable
Check MyTimetable.
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Number of (2 hour) lectures: 5
Names of lecturers: tbd.
Required preparation by students: The lectures as well as the seminars in this course will be interactive and require that the students prepare the reading prescribed in the course book, prepare written answers to the questions asked (for the seminars) and take an active role during class.
Seminars
Number of (2 hour) seminars: 5
Names of instructors: tbd
Required preparation by students: The lectures as well as the seminars in this course will be interactive and require that the students prepare the reading prescribed in the course book, prepare written answers to the questions asked (for the seminars) and take an active role during class.
Assessment method
Examination form(s)
Written exam consisting of two open questions,
orOral exam: student will be asked questions and given a small case
This will depend on the number of students registered for the course. The choice for a written or oral examination will be communicated via Brightspace in the first week of classes at the latest
The re-sit will be either a written or oral examination depending on the amount of student.
Submission procedures
tbd
Areas to be tested within the exam
The examination syllabus consists of the required reading (literature) for the course, the course information guide and the subjects taught in the lectures, the seminars and all other instructions which are part of the course.
Regulation retake passed exam
In this course it is possible to retake an exam that has been passed (cf. art. 4.1.8 and further of the Course and Examination Regulations). Students who have passed the exam may retake the final written assessment (test) of the course if they meet certain requirements. For more information, go to the website > ‘Law’ tab > ‘Retake a passed exam’.
Reading list
Obligatory course materials
Course materials include case law of international, European and national tribunals, legislation and other legal documents as well as academic literature. More information about the concrete course materials will be available on Brightspace and in the course description (links in course reader).
Registration
Registration for courses and exams takes place via MyStudymap. If you do not have access to MyStudymap (guest students), look here (under the Law-tab) for more information on the registration procedure in your situation.
Contact
Coordinator: Moritz Jesse
Work address: Steenschuur 25, 2311ES Leiden
Contact information: KOG
Email: m.jesse@law.leidenuniv.nl
Institution/division
Institute: Public Law
Department: European Law
Room number secretary: B1.11 KOG
Opening hours: 09:00 - 17:00
Telephone number secretary: +31 (0)71-527 3596
Email: europeesrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl