SPORT IN EUROPEAN UNION LAW

CODE	108208
ACADEMIC YEAR	2026/2027
CREDITS	8 cfu anno 2 POLITICHE, GOVERNANCE E INFORMAZIONE DELLO SPORT 11944 (L-36 R) - GENOVA
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR	IUS/14
LANGUAGE	Italian
TEACHING LOCATION	GENOVA
SEMESTER	2° Semester

OVERVIEW

The European Union is the most original form of cooperation between States and the law of the European Union is part of our everyday life.

Through the exercise of its competences, the European Union has became an important actor also in the field of sport.

The course aims at proving the students with the tools to understand the European Union's role in the field of sport.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will acquire the methodological tools and general competences of EU law necessary to independently understand issues related to the management of sport relations from the perspective of EU law, in particular with regard to fundamental freedoms, EU external relations and relevant EU policies in the field of sport.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The first part of the course is dedicated to the institutional structure and sources of law of the European Union. In this part, students will acquire knowledge of:

(i) Institutions and rules of functioning of the European Union legal system;

(ii) System of sources and regulatory procedure that leads to their adoption;

(iii) Instruments of judicial protection;

(iv) European citizenship and rights deriving from it;

(v) Principles that regulate the system of competences and their exercise.

In the second part of the course, instead, students will learn about the areas of intervention of European Union law in the sports sector, with particular reference to;

(i) Market rules and sport

(ii) Competences of the European Union in the sports sector;

(iii) Fundamental rights and freedoms of athletes in the European area;

At the end of the course, students will have acquired the necessary skills to understand the functioning of the European Union legal system in general and with specific reference to the sport sector.

Students will be able to apply what they have learned to concrete cases, having acquired the ability to identify, interpret and systematically read the relevant legal provisions of European Union law.

PREREQUISITES

None

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures are frontal. The materials used during lectures  (slides, normative sources, jurisprudence)  are available on the Aulaweb page dedicated to the course.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The programme includes the following books:

- for the first part: R. ADAM - A. TIZZANO, Lineamenti di diritto dell’Unione europea, Giappichelli editore, 2025 , pp. 1-190; 215-304; 331-412;

- for the second part: R. BASTIANON, Manuale di diritto europeo dello sport, Giappichelli editore, 2025, chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12 and 15

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LAURA CARPANETO

Ricevimento: Students can talk with the professor every Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Department of Political Sciences, Albergo dei Poveri, western Tower, third floor. For a better organization of the meetings, students are kindly invited to write in advance the address: laura.carpaneto@unige.it. In exceptional circumstances, meetings may also take place on the online platform Teams (channel code: 3h0wr34).

Exam Board

LAURA CARPANETO (President)

STEFANO DOMINELLI

ILARIA QUEIROLO (President Substitute)

FRANCESCA MAOLI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Exams are usually held in person, orally and during the official exam sessions.

Usually, the teacher asks three questions about the program for a duration of about 15-20 minutes.

In addition, students who attend at least 2/3 of the lessons are also given the opportunity to take the exam through optional intermediate written test (multiple choice test and open question) that replace the oral exam.

Attendance at at least 50% of the lessons allows students to bring the program planned for attending students to the oral exam.

The course is in Italian.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam aims to verify the ability to identify, understand and apply the provisions of European Union law covered in the program, as well as to use appropriate legal terminology.

FURTHER INFORMATION

To request compensatory tools or dispensatory measures, students with disabilities or SLD must fill in the dedicated Webform available at https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa, at least 7 working days before the exam.
Students with SEN may instead send their request by e-mail to the lecturer, copying the Department Representative, Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it) and the Inclusion Office (inclusione.studenti@info.unige.it).
Requests from students will be assessed by the lecturer and may be approved or rejected.