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tHIS PROGRAM IS CLOSED TO NEW ENROLMENT
July 24 - August 11, 2008
This course offers an opportunity to study European law and government at the University of Oxford, one of the most prestigious academic universities in the world. Through lecture, discussion, and field trips, the program provides an understanding of the development of European law - from a social and legal perspectives - and its influence on the structure and substance of law in the United States. We will examine the historical and philosophical development of British constitutional law, the European Union, and their impact on American federalism.
Classes will consist of lecture and discussion led by Oxford faculty, assisted by American faculty.
In addition to classes, we plan to take field trips to both English and Scottish courts, and students will visit the Scottish Parliament during a long weekend trip to Edinburgh.
Students will also have two unstructured weekends to enjoy Oxford or to travel (at their expense) to London (about one hour away by bus) or elsewhere.
The
last day of the trip will be spent in London (as part of the program) before returning to the
US.
3 undergraduate credits are offered in GOVT 329, ADJ 490, HIST 388 or NCLC 495.
or 3 graduate credits are offered in PUAD 739.
If you do not attend Mason, please review the course description with your home school advisor, and he or she will decide what kind of credit to award you. You will be given an official Mason transcript with one of the above course numbers on it. Your home school may record the credit as it see fit.
If you are a Mason student, these will count as resident credits, which means that the grades and credits will be from Mason and the grades will factor into your overall GPA.
At Oxford, students are housed in single occupancy dorm rooms. During excurions in London and Edinburgh, students will stay in hotels in double or triple occupancy rooms.
Nicholas Barber is the Senior Law Fellow at Trinity College. He specializes in public law, constitutional theory in particular. He has lectured on constitutional issues in America, Canada, Spain and Germany. He teaches Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Jurisprudence for the College.
Professor Barber will teach British Constitutional Law and Government for Mason’s Oxford Summer Program.
Cathryn Costello holds law degrees from University College (Cork), the College of Europe (Bruges) and the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. She is a Senior Research Fellow in Public and EC Law at Worcester College of the University of Oxford. She is currently working on a monograph on EU immigration law. Previously, she was Lecturer in European Law at the Law School, Trinity College Dublin, where she taught EU law. She was also Director of the Irish Centre for European Law. She has been a vi sting professor at the University of San Francisco, and taught on summer programs for USF, University of Tulsa and University of Quinnipiac. She has published extensively on EU equality, immigration and constitutional law, a nd has co-edited a major volume on the new equality directives of the EU. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ European Group.
Professor Costello will teach European Law for Mason’s Oxford Summer Program
Professor Nicholas Bamforth
Nicholas Bamforth has been Fellow in Law at The Queen's College, Oxford since 1999 (acquiring permanent tenure in 2004), and helps deliver the main university lectures in Oxford in Constitutional and Administrative Law. He has lectured at various US law schools, and during the 2003-4 academic year was a Visiting Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law as well as the 25th Anniversary Lewis Scholar-in-Residence at Washington & Lee University Law School. He is the author or editor of three books, and the author of a large number of book chapters and articles in refereed journals. He is completing work on four books at the moment, including a text book on human rights law and a text (co-authored) on comparative anti-discrimination law.
Professor
Bamforth will teach European Union Human Rights as well as American
Federalism in the Summer Program.
American Faculty Director:
Deborah Love
is the Faculty Director for this program and also serves as the
Instructor of Record. She is Senior Assistant Attorney General
for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The program is open to Mason students, non Mason-students, staff, faculty, and alumni and the general public. To obtain credit for this program students need at least a 2.25 GPA.
Program Fee: Approx. $4,337 ($4,387 for Non GMU students) (minimum 12 participants)
The program fee includes:
Program Fee does not include:
Financial aid may be available. You may also apply for a Center for Global Education Scholarship click on the link for more information.
Center for Global Education reserves the right to make any necessary changes, including adjustments in cost, in the event that unforeseen circumstances arise.
CGE reserves the right to raise its program fees in light of currency fluctuations or any other unforeseen circumstances.
Deadline:
To apply, consult the How to Apply section and then complete the online application. You must pay the non-refundable $75 application fee for your application to be considered.
For more information, attend a study abroad info session or contact:
Program Officer: Erin Mateu