Eu law

Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive and enduring overview of the European Union as a legal phenomenon. This means to learn how to understand and describe the relationships between the EU and Member States, private individuals, and the rest of the world, with the categories and the language of the law in general (right/obligation), and of EU law in particular (attribution, direct effect, primacy). The legal approach of the course is different but complementary to those typical of other sciences, such as politics, history, economy, taught in other courses of the same degree course.

Students are expected to acquire an understanding of the European Union as a legal phenomenon and the proper technical language necessary to describe it. They will become familiar with the EU institutional framework, decision-making process, sources and their effects, and remedies, and will become capable to apply the knowledge acquired by critically assessing real-life cases, in order to understand whether the EU can act in a given scenario, which kind of decisions it can adopt, when EU legislation applies, which right/obligation it establishes and for whom, which remedies are available in case of a breach of EU law. Case studies, presentations, simulation games will be available for attending students, as part of a dynamic process of learning, involving interactive feedback between the learner and educator.