The European Union is a new kind of legal system in the field of international law. Both States, which chose to jointly exercise part of their sovereignty, and European citizens and institutions are part of the legal order of the European Union. Through this teaching, students will acquire the notions instrumental to understand the origin and the functioning of the EU as well as to critically assess its evolution.
At the end of the course, students will acquire the methodological tools and general competences related to the institutional framework of the European Union and the main policies of the Union, will be able to understand and analyse current legal issues of European Union law, and will be able to independently develop possible solutions to open questions.
The teaching is divided into two parts, the first one provides the students with 6CFU, the second adds 3 CFU:
At the end of the teaching, the student will be able to:
The understanding of Italian law and its ways of transposing the EU law, as well as the basic knowledge on actors and sources of international law, is essential (some information will be given in the introductory lectures).
36 hours of classes are foreseen for the first part (6CFU), amounting to 18 frontal lectures of two hours each , and 18 hours for the second part (3 CFU), all delivered by the teacher (Mraia Elena De Maestri) with the involvement of the students in presenting and discussing the fundamental cases of characterizing the European integration process.
Classes will follow the order of the topics as pointed out in the program and highlighted in aulaweb.
For the students attending of the lectures, teaching materials (such as the main sources of reference, texts of decisions and slides) aimed at integrating the contents of the recommended bibliography as well as at helping the students will be available on the aula web page of the teaching.
The teaching follows the syllabus proposed by the recommended bibliography (see infra).
The content of the first part of the course, devoted to the EU legal order, cover the following topics:
The content of the second part, devoted to the main EU policies and actions, covers the following topics:
Students attending lectures will have to download materials and PPP slides from aulaweb. otes taken during lectres and the abovementioned materials can be sufficient for the preparation of the exam. However, in order to deepen their knowledge and improve their language, the manual to be studied is ADAM R., TIZZANO A., Lineamenti di diritto dell'Unione europea, 2022, Quinta edizione, Giappichelli.
For students not attending lectures (or attending less tha 2/3 of the lectures) the manual to be studied is ADAM R., TIZZANO A., Lineamenti di diritto dell'Unione europea, 2022, Quinta edizione, Giappichelli, the programem includes the whole book (p. 1 - 465).
Ricevimento: On appointment by email Tuesday 10.30-12.30 Dipartimento di giurisprudenza, sezione di diritto internazionale, via Balbi 22 (fifth floor),Wednesday 10.00 -10.30 at Imperia Campus
MARIA ELENA DE MAESTRI (President)
LAURA CARPANETO
STEFANO DOMINELLI (Substitute)
FRANCESCA MAOLI (Substitute)
FRANCESCO PESCE (Substitute)
ILARIA QUEIROLO (Substitute)
PIETRO SANNA (Substitute)
MATTEO SOMMELLA (Substitute)
The exam is oral and usually three questions are made to the student.
The students attending at least 2/3 of the classes are allowed to take a written tests (composed by 30 multiple choice questions and one open answer), on the topics of the syllabus.
The students succeeding both tests do not have to take the oral exam.
It is possible not to accept the vote of the written test and take the oral exam.
The exam’s aim is to verify whether students have acknowledged the program. By virtue of questions of theoretical general character as well as of the propsal of problems of a more practical nature, it will be assessed whether the student is able:
