European Law I (6cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The aim of European law I is to establish basis for the student to develop expertise in European law. In this course the history and practice of the development is related to the general legal theoretical and cultural context of European integration. There is a detailed analysis of the effects of the European legal tradition and system for the legal reasoning, argumentation, adjudication and political discussion in general.
The student that has completed the course knows, understands and has skills particularly in the following fields:
- the basic features of modern European legal tradition (legal ideology, values, effects, the relationship between international, European and national law),
- political and legal developments of the European integration,
- basic principles, concepts and objectives of the European union system,
- main legislation and practice of the European union court,
- ability to read legislation and court cases in their systematic context,
- dynamics between various European legal orders,
- meaning of the European law for legal reasoning and practice,
- effective use of European law,
- basic ability to conduct legal research in this field and take part of the European union legal discourse .

Execution methods

Lectures: Lecture hall, remote Zoom connection, Zoom videos, no lecture notes to be delivered.

Exams in Moodle at times agreed during the lectures. 5 attempts, 1 every month after the lectures.

Accomplishment methods

Pretasks, lectures, exam

Content

Basic knowledge of the European political and legal integration, the structure of the system and the substantive law of the European Union.
1. Legal-historical developments of the European integration
3. European legal tradition (philosophical, social scientific, political, juridical)
2. The constitutional developments,
3. Treaties and the system of competencies
4. Derived legislation and its systematic analysis with examples,
5. The court system and legal procedures,
6. Constitutional, internal market and other case law (examples from all fields of competences)

During the lectures original texts (legislation, cases, scholars) are used and shown in analyzing various topics.

Materials

Literature for the book exam: - Article material, cases and official documents, to be distributed during the lectures. - In preparation for the exam, you may use any well-known basic European law book in English or your own language for clarifications.