European Union Law

Code:

D212

Acronym:

DC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

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
LDB	204	Oficial Study Plan LD	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course introduces the study of the EU and EC law.
It focuses, first, on the objectives, the dynamics of the integration process, the basic principles, the competencies, the institutions, the decision-making procedures and the european legar order, its respective legal acts and the relation with the member states legal order and the international legal order.
Secondly, the students should get familiar with some of the substantive achievements of the EU and EC, namely some of its policies and of the internal market.
Finally, in order to help students a critical awareness of the political significance of the EU, a brief description of the various political theories that, since the beginning of the process, try to capture this reality will be presented.

Program

The portuguese version is more detailed.

PART ONE - The origins and the evolution of European integration

I - Origins.

II - The evolution of European integration - from Paris to Nice.

§ The incertainty of the present - from the failure of the 'Constitutional Treaty' to the 'Reform Treaty'.

PART TWO - The European Union. Objectives, structure, institutions, competencies. Political character.

I - Objectives, structure, institutions, competencies.

II - Political character.

PART THREE - The functioning of the Union.

I - Institutions.

II - Decision-making procedures of the EC.

III - Decision-making procedures of the II and III pillars.

PART FOUR - European Union and European Community Legal Order.

I - Competences of the European Community

II - European Community Law acts

III - Relation between EC Law and Member States Law

IV - Legal order of the II and III pillars of the eU

V - The jurisdictional enforcemnt of EC and EU Law.

Part. Five - General approach on the internal market and some policies of the EC

Mandatory literature

Quadros Fausto de; Direito da União Europeia. ISBN: 972-40-2334-6
Duarte Maria Luísa; Direito da União Europeia e das Comunidades Europeias. ISBN: 972-8634-06-4
Campos João Mota de; Manual de direito comunitário. ISBN: 978-972-32-1484-0
Martins Ana Maria Guerra; Curso de direito constitucional da União Europeia. ISBN: 972-40-2353-2
Miguel Gorjão-Henriques; Direito Comunitário, Almedina, 2007. ISBN: 9789724030357

Teaching methods and learning activities

The contents will be explored in a general way in main classes and through case law and hypothetical exercises in tutorial classes.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

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Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Classification improvement

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