European Union Law
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course requires a sound background in EU Law (the structure, objectives and fundamental values of EU, the institutional framework, the sources of EU law, the impact on national legal orders) and aims at offering an in-depth knowledge of the principles of the EU legal order, with particular regard to the rights of EU citizens, especially in relation to the impact on the national rules and on the current economic (and legal) context of EU.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to: understand the institutional framework of the EU, demonstrate a deep knowledge of the legal terminology related to EU law, understand the constitutional and legal framework of the EU and the way it interacts with national legal systems, solve a basic problem question using case law and relevant EU legal sources.
Lesson period: First trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First trimester
Course syllabus
The institutional framework of the European Union and its legal order, also in its relationship with Member States and the International Community.
Topics:
- History of European integration.
- The "constitutional" principle of the European Union's legal order: conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality.
- EU citizenship.
- The institutional framework.
- EU legal sources and its decision making process.
- The European Union's external action.
- Judicial control within the European Union
- Primacy of EU law
- Italy's participation to the European integration.
Topics:
- History of European integration.
- The "constitutional" principle of the European Union's legal order: conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality.
- EU citizenship.
- The institutional framework.
- EU legal sources and its decision making process.
- The European Union's external action.
- Judicial control within the European Union
- Primacy of EU law
- Italy's participation to the European integration.
Prerequisites for admission
Pre-requisites: Public law
Teaching methods
The course is delivered through blended learning, which includes the following breakdown:
20 hours of in-person lectures;
12 hours of synchronous online lectures via video conference on the Teams platform;
8 hours of asynchronous online lectures on the MyAriel platform.
20 hours of in-person lectures;
12 hours of synchronous online lectures via video conference on the Teams platform;
8 hours of asynchronous online lectures on the MyAriel platform.
Teaching Resources
Materials:
Textbook and EU Treaties and Legislation. All EU law can be found at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html
Reading list:
G. Tesauro, Manuale di diritto dell'Unione europea, vol. I, terza edizione, a cura di Patrizia de Pasquale e Fabio Ferraro, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2023
or
U. Villani, Istituzioni di diritto dell'Unione europea, Cacucci Editore, 2024
Textbook and EU Treaties and Legislation. All EU law can be found at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html
Reading list:
G. Tesauro, Manuale di diritto dell'Unione europea, vol. I, terza edizione, a cura di Patrizia de Pasquale e Fabio Ferraro, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2023
or
U. Villani, Istituzioni di diritto dell'Unione europea, Cacucci Editore, 2024
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam will be a 1 hour written exam. The questions (3) posed by the examining commission will regard also the relevant case law of Court of Justice. The criteria for assessing the exam include the correctness of the contents, the clarity of the argumentations put forward, the ability to provide a critical analysis and to work with principles and notions.
IUS/14 - EUROPEAN UNION LAW - University credits: 6
: 6 hours
: 14 hours
Lessons: 20 hours
: 14 hours
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Diverio Davide
Shifts:
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Professor:
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