Course 2016-2017 a.y.

50164 - THE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION


CLMG - M - IM - MM - AFC - CLEFIN-FINANCE - CLELI - ACME - DES-ESS - EMIT - GIO

Department of Law

Course taught in English

Go to class group/s: 31
CLMG (9 credits - II sem. - OBS  |  IUS/14) - M (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - IM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - MM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - AFC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - CLEFIN-FINANCE (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - CLELI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - ACME (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - DES-ESS (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  12 credits IUS/14) - EMIT (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14) - GIO (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  IUS/14)
Course Director:
YANE SVETIEV

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: YANE SVETIEV



Course Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the European Union law legal order and its role in the European integration process. The first part of the course focuses on the EU institutional architecture, the legislative and decision-making process in the EU, as well as the system of remedies for enforcing EU law and judicial review. In the second part of the course, students acquire a deeper understanding of the legal framework of EU economic integration and the rules governing the EU internal market. The role of competition and state aid law in building the internal market is also examined in the course. All topics in the course are dealt through particular attention to the leading case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and using the case method of instruction. The course is designed to provide students with a wide understanding of the EU legal system, as well as a basis for further study of EU legal integration.


Intended Learning Outcomes
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Course Content Summary

  • Evolution of the EU: Overview of European integration.
  • The sources of EU law and the nature of EU law.
  • European law-making and institutional framework.
  • Enforcement of EU Law and the preliminary reference.
  • Judicial review in EU.
  • Economic objectives of the EU and the internal market.
  • Free movement of goods and the Custom Union.
  • Free movement of services and freedom of establishment.
  • Free movement of people.
  • EU citizenship.
  • EU competition law and state aid law.
  • Charter of Fundamental Freedoms.
  • EU external relations.

Teaching methods
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Assessment methods
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Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Written exam (a total of three questions to be answered in English).

Textbooks

  • S. WEATHERILL, Cases and Materials on EU Law, Oxford University Press, 2014, Eleventh edition. 
  • The texts of the relevant EU treaties.
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)
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