Maastricht University (UM) • European Law School

May the individuals or groups invoke clauses from international treaties and can the courts entertain those cases? Do similar procedures apply for invoking treaties and constitutional human rights or are the procedural avenues and competent courts different?

This 17-page document provides a complete summary of the course External Relations of the European Union in the Master European Law School at Maastricht University, taught by Professor Andrea Ott. It contains the summaries of all the lectures and all the tutorials, including the case law and the relevant readings that were discussed during the tutorials.

Summaries of the readings for External Relations of the European Union week 5: - M. Broberg in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 8, pp.247; - Portugal v. Council, Case C-268/94; - Case C-377/12, Commission v. Council (PCA with the Philippines), ECLI:EU:C:2014:1903ECOWAS; - European Parliament v. Council, Case C-155/07; - S. Blockmans and M. Spernbauer, Legal obstacles to comprehensive EU external security action, EFARev 2013, pp.7-24; - P. Van Elsuwege, EU external action after the collapse of the pilla...

Summaries of the readings for External Relations of the European Union week 3: - Ott and Matera in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 3 Competences, pp.61; - Wessel in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 5 The EU and International law, (pp 139-171); - Ott and Matera in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 12 The external dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, (pp 401-434); - K. Lenaerts, Direct applicability and direct effect of international law in the EU legal order, Inge Govaere et al. (eds) Essays in Hon...

Summaries of the readings for External Relations of the European Union week 1: - J. Larik and R.A.Wessel (eds.), Chapter 1: The European Union as a Global Legal Actor (pp. 1-26); - J. Larik and R.A.Wessel (eds.), Chapter 4: Instruments of EU External Action (pp. 101-137); - A.Ott, The EU Commission’s administrative agreements: “Delegated treaty-making” in between delegated and implementing rule-making, forthcoming in E. Tauschinsky and W. Weiß, (eds.), Legislative Choice between Delegated...

Summaries of the readings for External Relations of the European Union week 2: - A. Ott in Wessel and Larik, EU external relations law, Chapter 3 EU external competence, pp.61-100; - Wessel and Larik, EU external relations law, Chapter 4 (pp. 122- 136); - A. Ott, The European Parliament’s role in EU treaty-making, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2016, pp.1009-1039; - R. Passos, The External Powers of the European Parliament, in P. Eeckhout and M. López-Escudero, 2016; - Eur...

Summaries of the readings for External Relations of the European Union week 7: - Wessel in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 9 – Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy (pp. 283 – 325); - Case C-658/11 EP v Council (Pirate Transfer Agreement with Mauritius); - EP v. Council, C-130/10 (Smart sanctions); - Case C-455/14P, H. v. Council, Commission and EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina; - Case C-72/15 Rosneft; - Case C-377/12 (PCA EU-Philippines); - Case C-244/17, Kazakhstan, Commission v. Council; - ...

Summaries of the readings for European Labour and Social Security Law week 4: - J. Larik in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 7 (pp. 209-244); - Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Case 126/78; - Nakajima, Case 69/89; - Fediol III, Case 69/89; - Van Parys, C-377/02; - Daiichi Sankyo, Case-414/11 (Summary from European Law Blog); - Rusal Armenal, Case C-21/14P; - ATAA Case; - Marrakesh Treaty case (summary from EU Law Analysis)

Summaries of the readings for European Labour and Social Security Law week 6: - P. Van Elsuwege in Wessel and Larik, Chapter 13, The EU and its Neighbours, pp.437-457

This 16-page document provides a complete summary of the course European and National Constitutional Law in the Master European Law School at Maastricht University, taught by Professors Anne-Pieter van der Mei and Nicola Gundt. It contains the summaries of all the lectures and all the tutorials, including the case law and the relevant readings that were discussed during the tutorials.