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This module is designed to look at the financial law of the European Union. The law of the eurozone is obviously a key element. The Economic and Monetary Union has in recent years become a veritable institutional and legal construction site. In this course, the evolution of EMU is traced and the institutional structure of EMU looked at, in particular the ESCB and the ECB. The impact of the 2008 crisis is also examined.This course will also spend some time looking at the European Banking Union, including the law of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and the Single Resolution Mechanism.Moreover, it is intended to spend some time looking at financial regulation and supervision, in the wake of the recent financial and sovereign debt crisis.