Course code: 351404 | Subject title: EUROPEAN UNION LAW | ||||
Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Mandatory | Year: 2 | Period: 2º S | ||
Department: Derecho | |||||
Lecturers: | |||||
CIORDIA CORCUERA, ELENA TERESA [Mentoring ] | PLAZA VENTURA, PATRICIA (Resp) [Mentoring ] | ||||
ALDAVE ORZAIZ, ANA ISABEL [Mentoring ] |
The process of European integration. International organizations in the field of cooperation and integration. EU structure and functioning: institutions and competences. EU norms and relationship between EU and national Law. The individual in the European Union: the EU protection of fundamental rights. The EU judiciary: courts and appeals.
Ability to manage information (CG6)
Ability to work in an international context (CG11)
Critical thought and reasoning (CG14)
Ability to identify problems (CG23)
Ability to adequately interpret norms (C.E.c.4)
Ability to tackle and solve multidisciplinary legal problems (C.E.c.6)
Critical awaraness, analysis of the legal system and development of the legal dialectic (reasoning/rethoric) (CEc7)
Ability to handle legal sources (C.E. c. 9)
LEARNING OUTCOME | CONTENT | ACTIVITY | ASSESSMENT TOOL | ||
Assimilation of theoretical content | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-2, A-5, A-6, A-7 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Searching for the fundamental nucleus of the themes. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-2, A-5, A-6 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Learning critical thinking. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-2, A-3, A-5 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Autonomy in the search for adequate tools to solve the problems posed. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Knowledge of the structure and functioning of the European Union. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-4, A-5, A-6 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Management and understanding of legal, doctrinal and jurisprudential sources in the field of European Union law. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-2, A-3, A-6, A-7 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Handling of community regulations | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-2, A-4, A-7 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Analysis and critical examination of the current European situation. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-2, A-3 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. | ||
Capacity to interrelate content between the different legal disciplines. | International and regional organizations: cooperation and integration. Historical evolution of the European Union. EU Law: primary and secondary law. Judicial system: EU Court of Justice and pleas. | A-1, A-2, A-3, A-5, A-6, A-7 | Works and papers. Tests. Final exam. |
METHODOLOGY-ACTIVITY | ON-SITE CLASSES | STUDENT¿S AUTONOMOUS WORK |
A-1 Lectures | 45 | |
A-2 Practical activity | 15 | |
A-3 Discussion and debates, seminars, group tutorials | ||
A-4 Preparation of papers and presentations | 15 | |
A-5 Reading legal materials | 15 | |
A-6 Autonomous study | 60 | |
A-7 Exams and tests | ||
TOTAL | 60 | 90 |
Learning outcome |
Assessment activity |
Weight (%) | It allows test resit |
Minimum required grade |
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R29, R21, R27, R164, R171, R9 | Attendence and active participation: elaboration of short works individually and/or by groups | 10% | No. | |
R25, R29, R21, R27, R102, R164, R171, R9 | Midterm evaluable practice: presentation and development of the issues raised in the questions. Resolution of problems and/or practical cases. | 30% | Yes. An extra question/test to answer with the final theoretical exam. | |
R25, R29, R102, R164, R171, R9, R77 | Final theoretical exam that can be oral and/or written ¿ at the professor¿s choice-. In case of written exam, it can also include a practical exercise if the professor deems it appropriate. The questions can be multiple choice questions, short questions or questions requiring further development. In case of oral exam, it can take place individually or by groups. | 60% | Yes. | A grade lower than 2.5 out of 6 points, in the ordinary/extraordinary exam, implies NOT passig the course. In this case, the final grade for the course, which will be obtained from the sum of continuous assessment grades + ordinary/extraordinary exam grade, may not exceed 4.9 out of 10 points (Fail). |
LESSON 1. THE PROCESS OF COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION OF THE UE. AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
1.1. INTRODUCTION
1.2. THE IDEA OF EUROPE: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
1.3. EUROPEISM AFTER WORLD WAR II: HAGUE CONGRESS OF 1948
LESSON 2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:
2.1. ECONOMIC: OCDE (OECC)
2.2. MILITARY: NATO
2.3. POLITICAL-LEGAL: CE, OSCE
LESSON 3. THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION: EU TREATIES I
3.1. PARIS TREATY 1951: ECSC
3.2. ROME TREATY 1957: EEC
3.3. EVOLUTION UNTIL BRUSELS TREATY 1965
3.4. THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT
LESSON 4. THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION: EU TREATIES II
4.1. MAASTRICH TREATY
4.2. AMSTERDAM TREATY
4.3. NIZA TREATY
4.4. THE PROJECT TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION.
LESSON 5. THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION: EU TREATIES III
5.1. LISBON TREATY
LESSON 6. BELONGIN TO THE EUROPEAN UNION: ACCESSION
6.1. PAST AND FUTURE EU ENLARGEMENTS.
6.2. ACCESSION PRODEDURE
6.3. REVIEW OF TREATIES
LESSON 7. THE EUROPEAN UNION.
7.1. INTRODUCTION. NATURE AND MAIN FEATURES OF THE EUROPEAN UNIÓN
7.2. LEGAL PERSONALITY (¿)OF THE EU
7.3. VALUES AND OBJECTFS OF THE EU.
7.4. PRINCIPLES OF THE EU.
LESSON 8. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE I
8.1. INTRODUCTION
8.2. THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
8.3. THE COUNCIL
8.4. THE COMMISSION
LESSON 9. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE II
9.1. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
9.2. THE COURT OF JUSTICE
9.3. THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
9.4. THE COURT OF AUDITORS
LESSON 10. EU COMPETENCES
10.1. CENTRAL ISSUES: NATURE
10.2. THE SYSTEM OF COMPETENCE ATTRIBUTION
10.3. CATEGORIE OF COMPETENCES
10.4. PRINCIPLES
LESSON 11. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
11.1. UE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES
11.2. UE CITIZENSHIP
11.3. ENHANCED COOPERATION
LESSON 12. EU LAW SOURCES
12.1. CENTRAL ISSUES: NATURE OF EU NORMS
12.2. INSTRUMENTS: PRIMARY LAW AND SECONDARY LAW
12.3. HIERARCHY OF NORMS
LESSON 13. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF EU LAW
13.1. APPLICATION OF EU LAW
13.2. DIRECT EFFECT AND BEYOND
13.3. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EU LAW AND NATIONAL LAW: SUPREMACY
LESSON 14. APPLYING AND ENHANCING EU LAW
14.1. STATE LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF EU LAW
14.2. THE PARTICIPATION OF DOMESTIC (NATIONAL AND REGIONAL) AUTHORITIES
14.3. EJECUCIÓN NORMATIVA Y EJECUCIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA
14.4. SANCTIONS
LESSON 15. THE COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE APPEAL SYSTEM
15.1. STANDING FOR PRIVILEGED, QUASI-PRIVILEGED AND NON-PRIVILEGED APPLICANTS
15.2. INDIRECT CHALLENGE OF THE LEGALITY OF EU ACTS
15.3. FAILURE TO ACT PLEA NAD THE PLEA OF ILLEGALITY
15.4. PRELIMINARY RULINGS
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
Basic and required:
P. Craig and G. de Burca, EU Law. Text, cases and materials, Oxford, Oxford University Press 2015.
Complementary:
D. Hodson and J. Peterson, The Institutions of the European Union, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017.