Trade Blocs: Successes & Struggles.

LA4505 Advanced Legal Systems

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Answer the following:

‘The European Union is the most successful regional trade bloc in the world, but its greatest success, its Single Market, could not have been achieved without the willingness of its member states to share their powers on key issues’.

Using the European Union as the basis for comparative analysis, select another regional trade bloc, and critically evaluate the level of integration it has achieved. You should also highlight any barriers to securing the level of integration required to create a single market like the European Union’s.

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Important: The following rules for production and submission of coursework must be followed and will form part of the assessment in respect of demonstrating an ability to follow, apply and comply with instructions. You will lose marksif you do not follow the rules listed below.

Producing and Presenting your Coursework: Format

(a) You must produce your work in accordance with the latest version of Lancashire Law School Coursework Guidance Booklet (there is a copy on your LLM Course Blackboard page) – the Guide contains advice on spacing, fonts, justification of text, footnotes, word counts, referencing and citation and bibliographies.

(b) Your work must not be produced using ‘unfair means’ (collusion, plagiarism and other such forms of cheating) – see
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/students/life/files/Assessment_Handbook.pdf
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/students/life/files/Assessment_Handbook.pdf pp. 28 - 31
and the UCLAN Assessment Handbook in full on the LLB (Hons) Blackboard page.

(c) We prefer your work to be word-processed in 12 point font AND double spaced so tutors can read with ease and have sufficient room to insert comments.

(d) Case names must be in italics.

(e) All citationsto cases,statutes, books and journalsmust be referenced fully, as must websites used (with the date last accessed specified) using the OSCOLA style reference guide – see LLB (Hons) Blackboard page.

(f) All pages must be numbered.

(g) You must count the words used (excluding the words used to write the footnotes and bibliography) and this must be declared honestly and accurately on your assignment. Failure to declare the words used will mean your work will not be marked and inaccurate declarations of words used will lead to disciplinary proceedings.

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