90909 - Workshop 2 (WS1)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at introducing students to the utilization of one of the main statistical packages for data analysis and presenting to them the basic elements of micro-data management and analysis. By the end of the course students will be familiar with the statistical package interface and be able to: load different types of data and different file formats into the statistical package, perform basic data management operations and conduct monovariate and multivariate statistical analyses using the software introduced during the course.

Course contents

The workshop introduces students to the legal tools - normative and judicial - leading to the rule of law backsliding in the EU from a legal comparative perspective.

It addresses the legislative and constitutional tecnhiques most frequently adopted to capture the judiciary, starting with Poland and Hungary.

Analysis and mock trials of the judgments adopted by all concerned courts will take place.

Readings/Bibliography

G. Halmai, “The Fall of the Rule of Law in Hungary and the Complicity of the EU”, Italian Journal of Public Law, 2020, pp. 205-223

L. Pech, "The Rule of Law", in Paul Craig, and Gráinne de Búrca (eds), The Evolution of EU Law, OUP, 2021, pp. 307-338

A series of judgments indicated in class

Teaching methods

The workshop adopts two basic methods: a) guided examples from the websites of parliaments and courts; b) individual practice by the students on the data bases.

Assessment methods

This workshop does not provide a specific grade, rather just a pass.

In order to pass the course, students are required to complete an assignment based on the sessions and to actively participate in class.

Teaching tools

Slides, institutional websites

Office hours

See the website of Sabrina Ragone