The course aims to introduce students to the systematic profiles of the constitutional law of the european integration with specific attention to the form of government, the relationship between the European legal system and domestic law, the fundamental freedom in the internal market, the monetary anf fiscal policy. Through a guided path on the main legal texts of the supranational integration (Treaties, directives, regulations, soft-law), students will gain the methodological tools to understand the most recent European Union transformations. The course will focus, in particular, on the developments concerning the single market and the new economic and monetary governance of the Union after the pandemic emergency.

1) The origins and nature of the European Community

2) European integration and its dynamics

3) The present state of the European Union

4) The Single Market

5) The effects of European integration on the italian constitutional legal system

6) The euro and the monetary policy

7) Stability and growth in the constitutional crisis

8) Social rights e Common market

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Knowledge and Understanding: the student must demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the course topics as outlined in the syllabus; they must show an ability to understand the subject matter, both regarding EU laws and the institutions of the European Union.

Applied Knowledge and Understanding:*The student must achieve a good understanding of the EU institutions and policies, with particular emphasis on the functioning of the single market and economic-monetary governance. The student should be able to apply EU laws and understand the sources of law and EU case law, with references to concrete and specific contexts, identifying, interpreting, and applying the relevant norms to each specific case.

Autonomous judgment: The student must acquire an understanding of the impact of EU policies on domestic legal systems. They must demonstrate the ability to interpret EU law, particularly in its relationship with national law. The student should integrate acquired knowledge with references to practices and so-called soft law.

Communication Skills: The student must be able to participate in class debates, defending their arguments, including with reference to case law discussed during the lessons.

Learning Skills: The student must be able to independently interpret the sources of law and EU and conventional case law, maintaining a constant update of their acquired 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

Teaching

Frontal lessons. Seminars with particular reference to the political and constitutional aims of the european integration.

Innovative teaching methods

"The in-person teaching mode will be enriched with individual and group in-depth studies that students will carry out using the university's Moodle platform."

Attendance

Frequency to at least three quarters of the lessons. Knowledge and understanding of the Lisbon Treaty, the Fiscal Compact and the ESM Treaty.

Course books

1) A text that can be chose between:

- R. Bin, P. Caretti, G. Pitruzzella, Profili costituzionali dell'Unione europea. Processo costituente e governance economica, Bologna, Il Mulino, ult. ed.

- E. Di Salvatore (a cura di), Sistemi costituzionali europei, Milano, Giuffrè, 2021 (limited to the Chapters on Italy, Germany and European Union).

2) A. Cantaro, Postpandemia. Pensieri (meta)giuridici, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021 (Introduzione, capitolo 2, 3 e 7, Post-scriptum)

Assessment

Oral test, because it's  more adequate to verify the knowledge of the subject.

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.

Course books

1) A text that can be chose between:

- R. Bin, P. Caretti, G. Pitruzzella, Profili costituzionali dell'Unione europea. Processo costituente e governance economica, Bologna, Il Mulino, ult. ed.

- E. Di Salvatore (a cura di), Sistemi costituzionali europei, Milano, Giuffrè, 2021 (limited to the Chapters on Italy, Germany and European Union).

2) A. Cantaro, Postpandemia. Pensieri (meta)giuridici, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021.

Assessment

Oral test, because it's  more adequate to verify the knowledge of the subject.

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.