The course aims to illustrate the main features of European Union law and its original impact on national legal systems.

The European Union.

The institutional framework of the EU.

Sources of EU law 

Competences of the EU

EU Policies  
 

Constitutional Law

The student must : 

•  demonstrate basic knowledges on EU law and with a special attention to the interactions between EU law and domestic law (KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING)
•  recognize and be able to analyze, following the hierarchy of domestic and EU law, the conflicts between laws, supporting personal arguments (APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING)
• show the ability to understand and interpret rules and judgements of different legal systems, using and analyzing Treaties, Decisions, Directives, Regulations, etc...(MAKING JUDGEMENTS)
• Show to have the cultural tools sufficient to identify the problems inside the relationships between domestic and EU law in a clear way,  properly taking the necessary information, formulating ideas, and providing solutions to problems (COMMUNICATION SKILLS)
• Show the possess of methodological techniques in bibliography and case-law research (Court of Luxembourg, Court of Strasbourg, etc...) and demonstrate to have acquired the skills to study with a high degree of autonomy (LEARNING SKILLS).

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Exercitations, Seminars (in foreign language too)

Teaching

Formal classes, seminars, exercitations.

Relationships between EU, ECHR and Court of Strasbourg case-law will be teached in English and French.

Attendance

At least 2/3 of the lessons (to take the partial written exam)

Course books

Alternatively:

1. R. ADAM, A. TIZZANO, Lineamenti di diritto dell'Unione europea, Giappichelli, Torino, ul. ed., or

2. L. DANIELE, Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giuffrè Milano, ul.ed.+L. DANIELE, Diritto del Mercato unico europeo, Giuffrè, Milano, ul. ed.; or 

3. G. TESAURO, Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giuffrè, Milano ul.ed.; or

4. R. MASTROIANNI, G. STROZZI, Diritto dell'Unione Europea. Parte istituzionale, Giappichelli, Torino, ul. ed.+ G. STROZZI (a cura di), Diritto dell'Unione europea. Parte speciale, Giappichelli, Torino, ul. ed.; or

5. G. GAJA, A.ADINOLFI, Introduzione al diritto dell'Unione europea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, ul.ed.; or

6. U. VILLANI, Istituzioni di diritto dell'Unione europea, Bari, Cacucci ed., ul. ed.

In case of choise of n. 5 or n. 6, the study material on EU Policies will be provided during the course. 

In any case: Codice breve dell'Unione europea (Editio minor), Simone editore ul. ed.

Assessment

Written and/or oral exam. Students may voluntarily take a partial written exam (multiple answers questions and a 10 lines question) that will be taken into account during the final oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

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Attendance

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Course books

Alternatively:

1. R. ADAM, A. TIZZANO, Lineamenti di diritto dell'Unione europea, Giappichelli, Torino, ul. ed., or

2. L. DANIELE, Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giuffrè Milano, ul.ed.+L. DANIELE, Diritto del Mercato unico europeo, Giuffrè, Milano, ul. ed.; or 

3. G. TESAURO, Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giuffrè, Milano ul.ed.; or

4. R. MASTROIANNI, G. STROZZI, Diritto dell'Unione Europea. Parte istituzionale, Giappichelli, Torino, ul. ed.+ G. STROZZI (a cura di), Diritto dell'Unione europea. Parte speciale, Giappichelli, Torino, ul. ed.; or

5. G. GAJA, A.ADINOLFI, Introduzione al diritto dell'Unione europea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, ul.ed.; or

6. U. VILLANI, Istituzioni di diritto dell'Unione europea, Bari, Cacucci ed., ul. ed.

In case of choise of n. 5 or n. 6, the study material on EU Policies will be provided during the course. 

In any case: Codice breve dell'Unione europea (Editio minor), Simone editore ul. ed.

Assessment

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

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