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| DROI8010-1 | Institutional European law
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Melchior Wathelet |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| As its title indicates it, this course is devoted to the Institutional Law of the European Union and will comprise the following chapters:
I. History of the European integration
II. The institutions (the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors) and other bodies and Committees (European central Bank, European Investment Bank, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions...) of the European Union
III. Some important principles or mechanisms of "Community" Law (conferral of powers, subsidiarity, proportionality, duty to cooperate in good faith, enhanced cooperations,...)
IV. Sources of "Community" Law (primary law of the Treaties, general principles of law, acts of the European institutions, case law of the Court of Justice)
V.Relationships between the Community legal order and the national legal orders
VI. Introduction to the procedures based on European law brought before the European Court of Justice or the national Courts. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 1st semester |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The documents which must or will be at the disposal of the students will be the following ones :
o the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
o a course framework with the six chapters mentioned here above;
The book of Mr. VAN RAEPENBUSCH published by Larcier under the title of "Droit institutionnel de l'Union européenne" (5th Edition) enables you to go deeper into the subject matter or to understand it better. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The subject matter exposed during the oral course will be considered as matter of exam. The exam will take place at the end of the semester. |
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Contacts :
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| melchior.wathelet@skynet.be |
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