57802 - European Union Law

Academic Year 2017/2018

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to offer a general overview of EU law. More precisely, the objective is to provide the students with the necessary tools for a full understanding of the complex mechanisms that govern its functioning.

Course contents

The European integration process; the structure, objectives and fundamental values of the European Union; the institutional framework, the sources of law, the European Court of Justice and the national judges, the EU principles, the impact on national legal orders; the EU citizenship, the basic freedoms and the internal market, the competition law and the State Aids, the EU external relations.

Readings/Bibliography

Paolo Mengozzi, Claudia Morviducci, Istituzioni di diritto comunitario e dell'Unione europea, Cedam, Padova, 2014

Roberto Adam, Antonio Tizzano, Manuale di Diritto dell'Unione Europea, Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2014, the following part:

CHAPTER VII - CONCORRENZA, FISCALITÀ E RAVVICINAMENTO DELLE LEGISLAZIONI from pag. 613 to pag. 640

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Oral exam designed to evaluate the knowledge acquired by the student during the course and the critical analysis developed by the studying of case law.

Teaching tools

Lectures will be supported by the presentation of slides throgh the use of the projector and the PC.

Office hours

See the website of Pieralberto Mengozzi