European Union Law

Code:

D407

Acronym:

DCOMU1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
D	108	Official Study Plan - LD	4	-	7	-

Objectives

As students have not yet received any teaching concerning the European Union, this subject is essentially organised as “EU Constitutional Law”. Thus, in the first place, it aims to teach students of a Member-State about the goals, dynamics of the developing process, basic principles, jurisdiction, bodies, functioning of the European Union and European Communities, the respective legal system and the relations between this and the domestic legal systems and the international legal system.
Second, and because it is intended that students develop a critical awareness of the political reality that constitutes European integration, there will be a brief description of the various schools and theories which have, since the 1950s, attempted to characterise this process and set it in a political framework, thereby bridging the gap between Political Science and the Theory of International Relations.
Finally, students should gain knowledge of the main achievements of integration, by briefly analysing the internal market and certain of the Union’s community policies.

Program

Part One - Origins And Evolution Of The European Union.
I – Origins of the European idea.
II – The search for European unity.
III – Evolution of European unification – from Paris to Nice.

Part Two - The European Union Structure And Political Characterisation.
I – The European Union: structure; the “3 Pillars”; the citizenship of the Union; the Economic and Monetary Union; and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
II – The institutional frame and its principles.
III – Political Characterisation of the Union.
IV – The European Constitution – Presentation.

Part Three - Functioning Of The Union.
I – Institutional structure of the Union. The specific institutions.
II – Decision-making procedures of the European Community.

Part Four - The Community And Union Legal System.
I – Jurisdiction of the European Community.
II – Sources of European Union Law.
III – The relation between European Union law and domestic legal systems.
IV – The role of the parliaments of the Member-States.
Part Five - Substantive European Union Law And The Internal Market.
I – The four liberties and the internal market.
II –Analysis of some Community policies.

Main Bibliography

I – Books:

- Fausto de Quadros, Direito da União Europeia, Coimbra, Almedina, 2004;
- João Mota de Campos/João Luiz Mota de Campos, Manual de Direito Comunitário, 4ª edição, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2004 (reference book);
- Maria Luísa Duarte, Direito da União Europeia e das Comunidades Europeias, Volume I, Tomo I, Lisboa, Lex, 2001;
- Miguel Gorjão-Henriques, Direito Comunitário – Sumários Desenvolvidos, 2ª edição, Coimbra, Almedina, 2003;
Francisco Lucas Pires - Introdução ao Direito Constitucional Europeu;
Coimbra, Almedina, 1997;
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Curso de Direito Constitucional da União
Europeia, Coimbra, Almedina, 2004.

II - Documents:

- Comunidades Europeias, Tratado que Estabelece uma Constituição para a Europa, Luxemburgo, Serviço das Publicações Oficiais das Comunidades Europeias, 2005;
- José Luís Vilaça e Miguel Gorjão-Henriques, Tratado de Nice, 1ª edição, Coimbra, Almedina, 2001 (reimpressão de 2004);
- Other editions of the institutional treaties of the European Communities and the European Union;
- Vários Autores, Carta de Direitos Fundamentais da União Europeia, Coimbra, I. G. Conimbrigae-Coimbra Editora, 2001;

III – Additional books
I - Elementos doutrinais:

MIGUEL GORJÃO-HENRIQUES, Direito Comunitário, 3.ª ed., Almedina, Coimbra, 2005 (1.º livro de referência dos sumários)
AAVV, Instituciones de Derecho Comunitário, Tirant lo Blanch, Valência, 2006 (2.º livro de referência dos sumários)
JOÃO MOTA DE CAMPOS, Manual de Direito Comunitário, 4.ª ed., FCG, Lisboa, 2004;
JOÃO MOTA DE CAMPOS & JOÃO LUÍS MOTA DE CAMPOS, Contencioso Comunitário, FCG, Lisboa, 2002;
PAULO PITTA E CUNHA, Direito Europeu – Instituições e Políticas da União, Almedina, Coimbra, 2006;
- FAUSTO DE QUADROS, Direito da União Europeia, Coimbra, Almedina, 2004;
MARIA LUÍSA DUARTE, Direito da União Europeia e das Comunidades Europeias, Volume I, Tomo I, Lisboa, Lex, 2001;
FRANCISCO LUCAS PIRES - Introdução ao Direito Constitucional Europeu, Coimbra, Almedina, 1997;
ANA MARIA GUERRA MARTINS - Curso de Direito Constitucional da União Europeia, Coimbra, Almedina, 2004
ANTÓNIO GOUCHA SOARES, A União Europeia, Almedina, Coimbra, 2006
RUI MOURA RAMOS, Das Comunidades à União Europeia – estudos de direito comunitário, 2.ª ed., Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 1997
RUI MIGUEL MARRANA, Direito Comunitário – Sumários Desenvolvidos 2001-2002, Universidade Lusíada do Porto

II. Elementos documentais:

- José Luís Vilaça e Miguel Gorjão-Henriques, Código da União Europeia, 2ª edição, Coimbra, Almedina, 2003

Complementary Bibliography

Outras indicações bibliográficas serão dadas, ao longo da leccionação da cadeira

Teaching methods and learning activities

The material will be dealt with in a general and abstract way in the theory classes, since only by doing this will it be possible to cover all the chapters proposed, and, in the practical classes, analysis of the material will be complemented by the study of actual cases, case law from the Law Court, and hypothetical exercises.

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	65,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The marks the student must get have to be equal or higher than 10, in a scale of [0,20] in one of the following hypotheses:
A)Written final examination;
b)Oral final examination

Calculation formula of final grade

Are the marks obtained in the examinations referred in “Frequency Attaining”

Examinations or Special Assignments

NOne

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General Law and rules enforced in FDUP.

Classification improvement

Is obtained by doing a written or an oral examination