57802 - European Union Law

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to present the basic elements of the European integration process, which cover the institutions and their functions, the sources of European Law, the relationship between European law and national law, European citizenship and free movements within the internal market. At the completion of the course the student will have acquired a firm standing of the European legal system, comprising the basic mechanisms of the functions of the EU system and have the capacity to identify the fundamental principles of the single European market.

Course contents

The European integration process; the European Union Institutions, their functions, their powers and their acts; the relationship between European Union law and national law; the EU citizenship and the protection of funadamental rights; the single market; the freedom of movement (goods, persons, services and capital), the competition policy and the common commercial policy.

Readings/Bibliography

Ugo Draetta, Elementi di diritto dell'Unione Europea. Parte Istituzionale. Ordinamento e struttura dell'Unione Europea, fifth edition, Giuffrè, Milano, 2009, not from page 207 to page 239 (€ 28)

Ugo  Draetta e Nicoletta Parisi (a cura di) Elementi di diritto dell'Unione Europea. Parte speciale. Il diritto sostanziale, third edition, Giuffrè, Milano, 2010 (€ 30) only the pages from 99 to 223

Bruno Nascimbene, Unione Europea. Trattati. L'Europa in movimento. Raccolta di Testi e documenti. Torino, 2010 (€ 19)

Assessment methods

Oral Exam

Office hours

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