EUROPEAN UNION LAW
Students must have passed the exam of Elements of Law.
Final exam is an oral discussion consisting of 2 questions with final mark expressed in thirtieth. The oral discussion relates to the whole program.
The following will be evaluated:
- accuracy and quality of answers;
- use of appropriate technical-legal language;
- capacity of connecting the different topics covered during the course;
- critical and personal analysis of the legal issues discussed in class.
The course aims to examine the principles, institutions and sources of EU law, EU citizenship and some of the EU policies.
At the end of the course, students should be able to know and understand:
- the values, objectives and system of competences of the EU;
- the composition and functioning of EU institutions;
- the sources of EU law;
- the relationship between EU law and national legal systems;
- EU citizenship;
- the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital and other policies of the EU.
Introduction
- notion of EU
- EU law
- history and development of the European integration
- peculiarities of the EU legal order
Values and objectives of the EU
EU membership
EU system of competences
- Principle of conferral
- Types of competences
Institutional framework
- European Parliament
- European Council
- Council
- Commission
- High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Central Bank
- European Economic and Social Committee
- European Committee of the Regions
- European Ombudsman
Legal sources of EU law
- treaties
- general principles of law
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- international law
- legal acts of the institutions, including regulations, directives and decisions
EU legislative procedures
Adaptation of the Italian legal system to EU law
EU Judicial Systems (overview)
- infringement procedure
- annulment procedure
- actions for failure to act
- actions for damages
- reference for a preliminary ruling
EU Citizenship
Free movement of persons, goods, services and capital (overview)
Other policies of the European Union (overview)
The course takes place in the second semester and consists in 36 hours lessons. Teaching includes the use of power-point presentations. All materials (power-point presentations, legislation and case-law) will be available for download on the e-learning platform. Subscribtion to the e-learning platform is therefore highly recommended.
Students will be received by appointment (rebekka.monico@uninsubria.it) at the end of the lecture or via the Microsoft Teams platform.