Intro to European Union Law (LAW-659-001)
Gonzalez Ibanez
Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (TH) - Room 627
Enrolled: 11 / Limit: 14
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Description
The primary aim of the course is to understand the specific EU legal principles and institutions that will lead to the analysis of the legal-economic-political integration process involving the European Union, and how the European Community has developed and accomplished a unique Common Law for twenty seven States. European Union Law strongly models the legal systems of its Member States and represents an unprecedented voluntary withdrawal of national competences in favour of the EU, withdrawal that challenges the traditional approach of sovereignty of nation States.
The analysis of the jurisprudence of the European Court in Luxembourg and the main legal texts will lead to understanding based on the elaboration of legal concepts- the great achievements of the European Union: European Union as a number one competitor in international commerce; the creation of a common market with freedom of movement for merchandises, persons, services and capital and a very stable and prosper Social Welfare States area based in the Rule of Law, the respect of Human Rights and the European Union Citizenship.
The course includes topics such as: The integration international theory and their political and economic justification. The Rule of Law and the Integration of Western Europe. The evolution of the European Community: from EEC to EU. The foundations of Community law. Juridical institutions and their jurisdiction. From the Maastricht Treaty to the Treaty of Nice and Lisbon.
Students also will consider the problem posed by widening and deepening the European Union. The limits of the enlargement. The Nice and Lisbon Treaty. The legal concept of European Citizenship. The European Union, the European Communities and their legal system. The three Pillars of the European Union. The objectives. The institutions and bodies and their powers. The judicial system. The sources and scope of Community law. The interpretation and application of Community law, including the application of Community law by the Members States. The relationship between Community domestic law and EU Law: The principles of State liability, supremacy of EU Law, direct Effect and direct applicability.
The realization of the internal market, The European Union: economic and monetary union and the policy of integration. The economic system and the economic constitutional law: evolution, actual situation and the perspectives of development. The principles, the rules, the institutions and the fundamental economic rights. The four freedoms.
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First Class Readings
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