The Constitutional System of the European Union
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Druge oblike študija | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | 160 | 8 |
Study programme and level | Study field | Academic year | Semester |
II. level | Law | 2 | 1 |
Course Type
Compulsory
Workload | Lectures (h/semester) | Seminar
(h/semester) |
Tutorial
(h/semester) |
Individual Work (h/semester) | ECTS |
40 | 160 | 8 |
Lecturer
assoc. prof. dr. Matej Avbelj
Language
English
Prerequisites
Content (Syllabus outline)
- Theories of European integration
- EU as a community of law
- EU as a community of values
- EU as a political community
- EU as an economic community
- EU as an Area of Freedom Security and Justice; Strategic Challenges
Study Literature
Objectives and competences
The course concerns the basic premises of the constitutional system of the EU. It acquaints with the integration path of the European idea. It represents the organisation and the structure of the EU. It encompasses the legal sources of EU law and its general principles, such as the principle of primacy, the principle of direct applicability and the principle of direct effect of EU law. It deals with various procedures of legal protection before the Court of Justice of the EU, putting a particular emphasis on the preliminary ruling procedure and on the procedure for failure to fulfil an obligation. The course acquaints with the regulation of the internal market and fundamental freedoms. It represents the regulation of fundamental rights in the EU. It further discusses various issues, connected to the citizenship of the Union and represents the relation and the status of the EU in international law. This advanced course in EU law hence dissects the Union in all of its constitutive elements: legal, political, value, economic and geo-strategic.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
In the course of the study and analysis of case-law, in particular the one of the Court of Justice of the EU, students get acquainted with different areas of the constitutional system of the EU, which enables them to understand the functioning of the EU and of its constitutional foundations.
Learning and teaching methods
Active in-class participation on the basis of the socrathic method.
Assessment
Written exam 60 min.
Lecturer’s references
Matej Avbelj is an Associate Professor of European Law. He holds a PhD from the EUI and LLM from NYU School of Law. He graduated from Ljubljana Law School. He clerked in the European Parliament and at the Slovenian Court of Appeals. His academic and research work is focused on the law of the European Union, constitutional law and legal theory. He is active in professional associations and NGOs in Slovenia and abroad. His bibliography can be accessed here: http://splet02.izum.si/cobiss/bibliography?code=31643&langbib=eng
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