EUROPEAN UNION LAW

The course is aimed at providing fundamental knowledge of EU law for an adequate understanding of the EU legal system and its role among the actors of the international community.
In particular, the historical development of the EU, the normative sources of EU law and the EU institutions, as well as specific matters of EU competence will be studied.
Said issues will be addressed having regard to the protection of fundamental human rights.
Each topic will also be analyzed with regard to cases drawn from the jurisprudence of the ECJ.
During classes, current issues involving EU policies will be addressed and discuss.

1) Learn the functioning of EU Law;
2) Develop proper skills to understand and discuss EU legal provisions and ECJ judgments;
3) Develop communication skills.

Basic knowledge of public law.

1) Historical development: from the EEC to the EU.
2) The current EU institutions
3) Sources of EU law
3.1) TEU and TFEU
3.2) EU regulations
3.3.) EU directives
3.4) Other EU sources
4) Relationship between EU law and domestic law of the Member States
4.1) The primacy of EU law
4.2) The adaptation of the Italian legal system to EU law
5) Judicial protection
5.1) Annulment procedure
5.2) Infringement procedures
5.3) Preliminary ruling
6) Specific topics
6.1) European citizenship
6.2) EU freedoms, the single market and free competition
6.3) Evolution of the protection of fundamental human rights in the EU
6.4) Common external action: trade policy and common foreign and security policy

L. DANIELE, Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giuffré, 2018.

Moodle documents.

Written text: No. 10 multiple choices and No. 2 open questions.
Students may consult, during the exam, the official legal texts (i.e. the text of EU regulations) only in paper/print out format and only if such texts are free of comments or notes. Textbook and individual notes are not allowed.

Lecture and workshops aimed at studying and discussing ECJ judgments and specific topics.

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Students can contact the teacher via e-mail (arianna.vettorel@unive.it).

E-mail shall be written in a formal style. Emails shall not concern information already provided by the university websites; indeed, this kind of questions do not deserve any reply.

Office hours take place via Zoom on Monday from 3 pm to 4 pm. Students are kindly required to send an email in order to schedule an appointment.

Thesis supervision shall be asked in person during office hours. Only to students who have passed the exam with a grade equal to or greater than 26/30 will be supervised. The first draft of the thesis must be delivered to the teacher at least one month before the deadline for uploading the thesis.

Students with disabilities may contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices (disabilita@unive.it) to benefit from specific services (i.e., alternate testing, readers, etc).

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "International cooperation" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development