96323 - EUROPEAN UNION LAW

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course unit, students: have developed the ability to analyse the main implications of the EU institutional structure and to determine the overall effects of the law into the municipal legal orders of the Member States; are capable to illustrate the main trends of the interplay between the Union and its Member States (both internally and on the international scene).

Contenuti

The module presents the principal elements of EU constitutional law, namely: sources of EU law, EU competences, institutions, law-making procedures, judicial procedures, implementation of EU law in the Member States, and the essential aspects of the main EU policies.

Testi/Bibliografia

Robert Schütze, An Introduction to European Law, OUP, 2020, 400 pages (ch. 1-11)

Metodi didattici

The course will be based on lectures, debates, group work, and practical exercises.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The exam of "European Union Law" will be in written form. 

The exam will be in oral form only for the students that have to obtain fewer than 5 credits. Students that have to take oral exams should contact the lecturer beforehand.

Students not attending the lectures must demonstrate knowledge of all the topics addressed in chapters 1 to 11 of the manual of the course (Robert Schütze, An Introduction to European Law). The exam for non attending students will include open-ended questions about issues of European Union law addressed in the course manual.

Students attending the lectures must demonstrate knowledge of all the topics addressed during the lectures. They are advised to consult the manual of the course. The exam for attending students will include practical exercises about topics studied during the lectures.

 

Please notice that, for administrative purposes, the course 'European Union Law' forms, together with "Foundations of international law", the 'Integrated course' EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. Students will take the exams of European Union Law and Foundational of International Law separately. The rules for the exam of Foundations of international law are explained in the webpage of that course. Once students have passed the exams of both European Union law and Foundations of International Law, they will obtain a final grade in EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. The final grade will be the average of the grades of the exams of European Union Law and Foundations of International Law.

Orario di ricevimento

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