71798 - European Union Law (F)

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 0659)

    Also valid for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 0659)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to analyse 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 analyse the main implications of the EU institutional structure and action, identifying each time the effects attributable to the work of the EU institutions and its main organs. He/she will also be able to determine the overall effects of the EU legislation into the Italian legal order and to illustrate the main trends of the ongoing reform at EU level.

Course contents

The programme will cover the following topics: the European integration process and the ability of the Union to face local and international crisis scenarios; the structure, objectives and fundamental values of the European Union; the institutional framework, the sources of EU law, the impact of EU law on national legal orders; the EU judicial architecture; the EU citizenship, the EU external relations and the EU basic freedoms.

Readings/Bibliography

G. TESAURO, Diritto dell'Unione europea, VII ed., Cedam, Padova, 2012 

or 

R. ADAM - A. TIZZANO, Manuale di Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giappichelli, 2017, II ed.

or

L. DANIELE, Diritto dell'Unione europea. Sistema istituzionale, ordinamento, tutela giurisdizionale, competenze, Giuffrè, 2014,

e

L. DANIELE, Diritto del mercato unico europeo e dello Spazio di libertà, sicurezza e giustizia, Giuffrè, 2016

 

 

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. Moreover, students will occasionally be asked to prepare in advance judgments or other reading material uploaded on the professor's web site in due time.

Assessment methods

The students' learning will be constantly verified through discussions and debates. The final exam will be oral.

Teaching tools

Teaching tools (slides, documents, bibiographical references) will be made available through the online platform AMS Campus

Links to further information

http://www.cirde.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Federico Casolari