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

The European Union: history

Competences of the EU: principles (Attribution, Subsidiarity, Proportionality) 

The institutional framework of the EU: European Parliament, EU Council, European Council, Commission, Court of Justice, ECB, Court of Auditors

Sources of EU law: Treaties, Principles, Directives, Regulations and Decisions

Relationships between EU and domestic Law

EU Policies: freedom of movement, competition, State Aids

None. Strongly recommended prior passing of the Constitutional Law course.

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 and seminars, even in foreign language 

Teaching

Formal classes, seminars, exercitations.

Innovative teaching methods

The course methodology, which combines traditional didactics (lectures, seminars) with innovative-experimental techniques (Debate, Flipped Learning and use of the Moodle-blended learning platform), is aimed at developing both basic and higher cognitive knowledge. In this way, through direct confrontation with the lecturer and work in the classroom (Teaching Working Class), it is intended to stimulate the learning process through more effective student involvement and better organisation of the material, in order to facilitate knowledge processes during the course.

Attendance

No attendance obligations, even if strongly recommended. 

Course books

L. DANIELE, Diritto dell'Unione europea, Giuffrè Milano, 2024 + L. DANIELE, Diritto del Mercato unico europeo, Giuffrè, Milano, 2021 (from Chapter 1 to Chap. 7 included);

or 

R. ADAM, A. TIZZANO, Manuale di diritto dell'Unione Europea, Giappichelli, Torino, 2020 (NO chapters V, VI, VIII, IX e X of Parte Quarta)

Assessment

Oral exam. Students may 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: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”;

•  18-20: competence level sufficient. The student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”;

•  21-23: competence level satisfactory. The student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”;

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

•  27-29: competence level very good. 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

Formal classes, seminars, exercitations.

Attendance

No attendance obligations, even if strongly recommended. 

Course books

See section concerning books for attending students 

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.

When granting dissertetion theses, priority is given to students who have carried out an Erasmus mobility