57802 - European Union Law (P-Z)

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • 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. 9232)

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 major institutional and substantives features of the EU legal order.

Concerning the institutional features, the following aspects will be analysed:

  • 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 EU's competences and related principles;
  • the institutional framework and the other actors of the EU legal order (namely, the Member States, the EU citizens and other individuals);
  • the sources of EU law;
  • the impact of EU law on municipal legal orders and its interaction with the international legal order;
  • the EU judicial architecture.

The following substantive features of the EU legal order will be considered:

  • the EU internal market and related fundamental freedoms;
  • the Economic and Monetary Union;
  • the Area of freedom, security and justice;
  • the external action of the Union.

Readings/Bibliography

For the institutional features:

For the substantive features:

 

Erasmus students may define alternative reading materials with Professor Casolari.

 

All students shall consult and have at disposal the official text of the EU Treaties and of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (available here).

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 (attending) students' learning will be constantly verified through discussions and debates. The final exam will be oral (for attending and not attending students). The questions posed by the examining commission will regard the topics indicated in the Section “Course contents”.

The course will take place during the first semester and students may therefore sit for the exam starting from January.

Teaching tools

Teaching materials for regular attenders (slides, documents, bibiographical references) will be made available through the platform Insegnamenti Online.

Students which need compensatory tools for reasons of disability or Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) should communicate to the teacher their needs so as to be directed to the dedicated person and arrange on the adoption of the most appropriate measures.

Links to further information

http://www.cirde.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Federico Casolari

SDGs

Quality education Peace, justice and strong institutions Partnerships for the goals

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.