European Union Law

Programme of the course:

1. Introduction to the Course of the European Union law. (7. 10. 2004)

2. Introduction to European Integration and the Law of the European Union/European Communities. (14. 10. 2004)

3. Basic Terms of European Integration and the Law of the European Union/European Communities. (21. 10. 2004)

4. History, Present and Future of the European Union: Key Dates in the History of European Integration. Three Pillars of the European Union. (4. 11. 2004)

5. Organisational Structure of European Communities: the Commission, the Council, the European Parliament, the European Court and the other Organs. Common Foreign and Security Policy. Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters. (11. 11. 2004)

6. Legal System of the European Union/European Communities: Acts of the Member States, Community Acts, General Principles of Community Law and the other Sources of EU/EC Law. (18. 11. 2004)

7. The European Union/European Communities Law and the Member States: the European Court Judicature, the Principle of Direct Effect, the Supremacy of Community Law and the Restriction of National Powers, Preliminary References. (25. 11. 2004)

8. The European Common Policies, the Single Market, Economic and Monetary Union and the Euro. (2. 12. 2004)

9. The New European Constitution. (9. 12. 2004)

Study materials and sources:

• Hartley, T.C.: The Foundations of European Community Law. Fourth Edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Fontaine, P.: Europe in 12 Lessons. Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of The European Communities, 2004.
• http://www.europa.eu.int/

Examination:

Written test + colloquy (on Friday 10^th December or Wednesday 15^th December 2004).

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