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| DROI8010-1 | Institutional European law
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Nicolas Petit |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the lecture students have acquired the skills necessary to understand the institutional design of European Union. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Ex cathedra |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 2nd semester with 3-4 lectures (2 hours) during 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; |
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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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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| 2nd semester with 3-4 lectures (2 hours) during 1st semester. |
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Contacts :
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| Professor:
nicolas.petit@ulg.ac.be
Assistants:
Charlotte.lousberg@ulg.ac.be
Norman.neyrinck@ulg.ac.be |
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