96894 - CRISES - CRITICAL RISKS FOR INTEGRATION AND SOLIDARITY IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE

Learning outcomes

This course aims to provide the students with the opportunity to develop a critical knowledge of European integration with particular attention to the most recent crises, related to finance, immigration and the violations of the rule of law. At the end of the course, students will have acquired: a) wide perspective on the intersection of political, legal, historical and economic factors in the management of the crises; b) skills useful for the identification of the legal and political factors influencing European integration; c) fundamental techniques of reading and understanding of European, constitutional and legal sources of law; d) skills of analysis of European and domestic case law; e) critical skills for the comparative analysis of historical, legal and political factors of integration processes.

Course contents

-European Integration and Crises

-Relations between jurisdictions

-Critical Junctures:economic crisis and refugee crisis

-Rule of Law Crisis

-Comparative Norms and Violation of the rule of law (focus on Poland and Hungary)

-Response of the EU: legal acts and discourse

In each section the course addresses: a) the impact on the EU from an institutional viewpoint; b) the impact on domestic institutions, particularly parliaments, governments,and constitutional courts; c) the impact on regions and local bodies, as well as local government; d) the role played by the Court of Justice; e) the interaction between European and domestic levels; f) legal-political conflicts.

 

The course is included within the didactic activities of the Jean Monnet Chair SO_CITIES.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Albanesi, E., Che cosa il caso Taricco ha insegnato alla Corte costituzionale: un nuovo rinvio pregiudiziale a fronte dei controlimiti, in Giurisprudenza costituzionale, Vol. 65, 2020, pp. 425-444

Alvisi, C., Donati, D., Pavani, G., Profeti, S., Tubertini, C., New Policies and Practices for European Sharing Cities, Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, 2019 (http://amsacta.unibo.it/6296/# ).

Bilancia F., “Gli interessi finanziari dell’Unione europea e il mutamento della concezione (europea) della "Rule of Law"”, in Diritto Pubblico 3/2022, pp. 677-702

Calvano , R., “Legalità UE e Stato di diritto, una questione per tempi difficili”, in Rivista AIC 4/2022, pp. 166-190

Ciolli, I., “I diritti sociali e la crisi”, in G. Matucci (ed.), Diritto all'istruzione e inclusione sociale : la scuola aperta a tutti alla prova della crisi economica, Milano, 2019, pp. 123-137

Di Gregorio, A., La crisi dello Stato di diritto come occasione di perfezionamento del perimetro costituzionale europeo?, in Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo, n. 1/2022, pp. 121-154

Fasone, C., “La condizionalità nella nuova "governance" post-pandemica, tra "rule of law" e uso del dispositivo per la ripresa e la resilienza”, in La Cittadinanza europea 2/2022, pp. 5-53

Iacometti, M., Il caso Melloni e l'interpretazione dell'art.53 della Carta dei diritti dell'Unione europea tra Corte di Giustizia e Tribunale costituzionale spagnolo, Rivista AIC, 2013

Pegoraro L., Pavani G. (eds.), Municipi d'Occidente. Il governo locale in Europa e nelle Americhe, Donzelli, 2006 (introduzioni alle parti del volume)

Pin, A., Il rule of law come problema. Le sfide dell'Europa centro-orientale della Brexit e del Medio, Editoriale Scientifica, 2021

Pfersmann, O., Imparato, E., “L’emergenza nello stato di diritto democratico. Una prima tassonomia della distribuzione delle competenze secondo il modo di produzione”, in federalismi.it 15/2023, pp. 161-182

Ragone S., “Domestic Response to the Financial Crisis: Reforms of Executive Branches in Economically Weak Countries of the Eurozone”, in Rivista di Diritti comparati, 2019, Special issue 1-2019, pp. 147 - 166

 

Teaching methods

Interactive learning methods will be mainly used in the teaching, combined with more traditional lessons to introduce basic topics.

Recommended texts and judgments will be discussed in class. Different legal texts adopted during the crises both by states and the EU will be used as case studies. For each topic, scholarship and possibly newspapers articles will be discussed.

Students will be involved in class discussions concerning the normative tools of the crises, the role of states and the EU, anti-crisis policies adopted in the last decade, etc. They will be required to actively participate in class.

Assessment methods

For FULL-TIME STUDENTS, the assessment will be based on their participation, their involvement in the discussions of the materials, their presentations in class, as well as potential reports.

For NON-FULL TIME STUDENTS, the assessment will take place as a final written exam on the materials provided.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint, legal texts, judgments, newspapers'articles, videos, blogs, online journals.

Office hours

See the website of Sabrina Ragone

See the website of Giorgia Pavani