INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW

Module EUROPEAN LAW

Learning Outcomes (Dublin Descriptors)
Upon completion of the course, students will:
a) have acquired the knowledge and understanding required of the fundamental characteristics of the European Union legal order; its institutional structure; its sources of
law; law-making procedures; political and judicial review instruments; the relations and interactions between the EU legal system and national legal systems, with specific reference to the Italian legal order; and the system for
the protection of individuals within the European context.
b) have developed the ability to apply their knowledge in order to understand and argue concrete cases, as well as apply specialized skills to specific case studies;
c) have developed the ability to consult, analyze, and understand relevant legal texts and case law;
d) have acquired the technical legal language and analytical frameworks necessary to provide perspectives, solutions, and reconstructions of the specialized topics
addressed;
e) have developed the learning skills required to undertake further specialized studies in the subject with a high degree of autonomy.
Specifically, the study of the subject will be conducted through the analysis and reconstruction of judicial cases and the practical application of legal institutions.

Lectures, analysis and reconstruction of case law, and practical exercises on legal institutions.

1. Foundamental of International Law.
2. Origins and development of the European integration process.
3. General characteristics of the European Union and determination of its competences.
4. European Union policies.
5. Governing principles of EU activities.
6. Institutions and bodies of the European Union.
7. Law-making procedures in the European Union.
8. Sources of law in the European Union legal order.
9. The judicial system of the European Union.
10. EU citizenship and the status of foreign nationals within the European Union.
11. The protection of fundamental rights within the European Union legal order.
12. Adaptation of the Italian legal order to European Union law.

A midterm exam (prova in itinere) will be scheduled during the course and will contribute to the final exam grade.

Both the midterm and final exams will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Mastery of content and acquired skills.
2. Propriety of language and command of technical-legal terminology.
3. Argumentative capacity regarding the course content.
4. Ability to consult, analyze, and understand basic legal texts.

During both the midterm and final exams, the use of basic legal texts is always permitted and, indeed, highly encouraged.