THIS COURSE WILL BE HELD IN ENGLISH (IN THE FIRST SEMESTER). The course will be held by Professor Ottavio Quirico and Prof. Sara Poli. The course is open to students of the LM 52 'International Studies' and to all students who are interested in EU law.

The course is designed for students who have never studied EU law and have a B2 level of English.

The aim of the course is to enable students who have never studied EU law to have a basic understanding of the EU integration process, the EU Institutions, the EU legal order and judicial remedies available under the EU Treaties, as well as the external relations of the Union, with specific regard to the economic relations, environmental policy, human rights, security and conflict situations.

This basic course on EU law will help LM 52 students to better follow the module on EU external relations of the course “International and European law”.

The Syllabus will be made available to the students through the teaching platform (Moodle) on the first class.

The assessment criteria of knowledge is based on the oral exam and the students' partecipation to the classes.

The students who successfully complete the course will be able to know:

1. what the sources of EU law are; what the qualities of EU secondary acts are and what their effects in the domestic legal order are

2. how the EU is different from other International organizations (i.e. Council of Europe); what the legal nature of the EU is and what its competences are

3. what the EU political institutions are, what their composition is and what their powers are

4. what the remedies that the Treaties make available to Member States are, the EU institutions or private parties in order to ensure that EU law is respected

5. the kind of international agreements that may be concluded by the EU; and

6. the way the EU exercises its powers in the areas of economics, environmental policy, fundamental rights, security and conflict situations and how the EU is represented in external relations.

Students should partecipate to 90% of the classes in order to be able to take the exam and read in advance the reading material. Participation to the in-class discussion, which is possible only if students read material in advance, is highly appreciated and is part of the student’s assessment.

Grading:

1. 10% participation to class discussion;

2. 90% oral exam.