- Docente: Lucia Serena Rossi
- Credits: 4
- SSD: IUS/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations (cod. 8782)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to consider the main elements of the process of European integration, particularly with regard to the legal implications arising from it. The student will develop the ability to analyze the main implications of the EU institutional structure and action, identifying the effect attributable to the work of its institutions and its main organs, as well as the EU principles governing its dynamics. He/she will also be able to determine the overall effects of the EU legislation and to illustrate the main trends of the ongoing reforms at EU level.
Course contents
The course is divided in two modules.
The first module of the course aims at clarifying the main institutional elements of the European Union (EU) legal order. It analyses: the origin and the evolution of the European integration process; the allocation of competences between EU and Member States (MSs); the institutions of the Union and their acts; the judicial system of the EU; the external action of the Union.
The second module of the course will focus on the most topical principles of the EU legal order (e.g.: the principle of equality of MSs, the principle of loyal cooperation, the primacy of the EU law over municipal law; the principle of protection of fundamental rights).
Readings/Bibliography
R. Schutze, European Constitutional Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Teaching methods
The course will be highly interactive. Theoretical issues will be confronted with practical cases in order to allow the students to understand and verify how EU law is actually implemented.
Assessment methods
The students' learning will be constantly verified through discussions and debates. The final exam will be oral. For attending students final exam may consist of a presentation of a case judged by the European Union Court of Justice.
Teaching tools
Teaching tools (slides, documents, bibliographical references) will be made available through the online platform AMS Campus.
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Lucia Serena Rossi