European Union Law

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

The main objective of the course is to provide participants with understanding of European Union Law: the basic assumptions, structure, relationship with Member States' national legal systems, impact on individual's legal status and judicial protection EU law offers to these individuals. The second part of the course includes introduction to EU substantive law and discusses rights and obligations conferred on individuals and Member States by European Union Law.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

It is recommended (though not obligatory) that students complete an international public law module and constitutional law module.

Syllabus

Week 1: EU's institutional and legal framework. The division of competence between EU and Member States

Week 2: European Union's values, aims and principles

Week 3: Sources of EU Law

Week 4: Principles: direct effect

Week 5: Principles: primacy

Week 6: Member State's liability

Week 7: Preliminary rulings

Week 8: Member States' failure to fulfil obligations under the Treaties

Week 9: Action for annulment of EU secondary law

Week 10: EU Citizenship and the principle of non-discrimination

Week 11: Free movement of goods

Week 12: Freedom of establishment and to provide services

Week 13: Free movement of workers

Week 14: Free movement of capital and payments

Week 15: Selected issues of internal market

Reading list

P. Craig, G. De Burca, EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials,‎ Oxford University Press

K. Lenaerts, P. Van Nuffel, European Union Law, Sweet & Maxwell

C. Barnard, The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms, Oxford University Press