Knowledge of Constitutional Law.

The student will gain the knowledge of the fundamentals and of the principal evolutionary paths of the EU Legal Order. The student will be able to carry out, with a high degree of autonomy, researches on the sources of EU Law, including the case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU. The stduent will be able to understand and evaluate, with a high degree of autonomy, the legal, but also socio-political and ethical, implications of the choices made at all levels within the EU Legal Order, in particular with reference to the evolutions currently under way. The student will develop the ability to communicate basic and advanced notions, as well as problematic issues related to EU Law.

The European integration process: historical overview and perspectives. The EU, the Institutions of the EU and law-making. The EU legal order: general overview and analysis of the legal sources. Implementation of EU Law within domestic legal orders. Judicial protection in the EU. EU competences and external relations. EU Policies, in particular internal market and the area of freedom, security and justice (general aspects).

• 1.  (A) Robert Schütze European Union Law Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018 » Pagine/Capitoli: Chapters 1-15

Further materials (judgments of the Court of Justice, other documents and scholarly articles) recommended for the preparation of the exam will be made availbale on-line.

• The course will be delivered in classes (lezioni frontali) with a strong focus on cases decided by the Court of Justice of the EU and sometimes by national courts. Students will be invited to take part in discussion on issues treated in class and to give presentations on judgments of the Court of justice of the EU or other official documents of the EU Institutions. Use of multimedia: ppt presentations, audiovisual sources from official archives and the internet.

• The exams will include both written and oral tasks. Presentations made by students regularly attending the course will also be evaluated. Written proofs - held in presence or on-line - will be based on two open questions (themes): in the first question, students will be asked to give advice to an imaginary subject (a natural or legal person) on a practical problem related to EU Law; in the second question students will have to demonstrate their theorical knolwledge on a topic of EU Law. In the oral proof, which presupposes the passing of the written proof, students will be asked a further question on a topic part of the programme. In the evaluation, theorical knowledge will count for 40%; knowledge of the case-law and problem solving attitude in relation to concrete cases will count for 40%; capacity to understand legal and extra-legal implications of policy choices at the EU level will count for 20%.

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