POL340 MARCH 21ST 2012
European Union
- Coherent thesis and coherent argument supported by all the facts we have learned
o Treaties
o Dates
o Considerations
- Maastricht 1992
- Imaginate – how to unite “Europe”
o Europe is just an idea
- Under Maastricht treaty, the Single Euorpean act and others
o Create a political economic structure – not yet a security union
o Economic – internal market almost completely without internal barriers, a monetary
union for a proportion of the 27 members, common currency,
o Political structures:
The state (27 members states actively involved in EU decisions making)
Also have essential legal structures and isntitutions inside EU constructuct
primarily responsible for decision making
Primarily – the EU commission
o Departments – bureaucratic apparatuses that drive decisions making and policy
- European court of justice
o One judge per state
o Operates in 23 official languages
o President of the court – interactes within a body in European commission
o Do litigation between states, between interests between states and even citizens
regarding treaties withing the EU and state law and relations between states / citiznes.
- Exam:
o 10 questions pick 4 essays
o Whole year of material
o Ex: pros and cons of legal architecture of the EU
o R2P – SHOULD BECOME LAW, DISCUSS
o DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY – IS IRRELEVANT FOR PIECE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
o THE icc IS A FORCE FOR STABILITY IN THE WORLD
o LAW OF THE SEA – CANADA’S OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE SEA IN THE ARTIC –
HOW DO THEY MATCH UP WITH CDN interests in the artic
The law of the sea framework is a guarantor against war in the artic
o Germany joning the security council will help the cause of global security/peace under
the UN framework.
o The US is wise not to sign onto the Rome statute and the ICC
o The current international legal framework is useless in preventing genocides within
permanent security council members states.