85407 - Eu Constitutional Law

Learning outcomes

"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)."

Course contents

The Course aims to analyse the values, the principles and the fundamental rights of the European Union legal system, showing their reciprocal interactions and theur belonging to a single system.

To this aim, the relevant case-law of the Court coherent of Justice will be discussed, in interactive paritcipation with the students.

The course wil then take into exam the relationships between the Court of Justice and the national Constitutional Courts. Those relationships contribute to create a joint and shared consitutional model, and to contribute to promote a sared constitutional identity.

At the end of the course students are able to develop a critical analysis of the current constitutional dynamics at EU level

Readings/Bibliography

Attending students will pass the exam by writing individual presentations

For non-attending students the textbook is

Structural Principles of EU Law by Marcus Klamert, Hart 2025 p 1-280

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching plus interactive discussions with students

Assessment methods

Attending students can choose ito present ndividual works

Non attending students will study a textbook and be interrogated on that

Teaching tools

They will be indicated in class

Office hours

See the website of Lucia Serena Rossi