Università Roma Tre

PART I - Introduction
Week 1
The historical evolution of the European integration process
(Early development of the European Communities – The Single European Act – The Treaty of the European Union – The Treaties of Amsterdam and Nice – The Constitutional Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights - The Lisbon Treaty)

PART II – EU institutions
Week 2
The legislative and executive institutions
(The Commission – The Council of Ministers – The European Council – The European Parliament – the Agencies system)

Week 3
Other Institutions
(The Court of Justice of the European Union – The Court of Auditors - The Committee of the Regions – The Economic and Social Committee – The European Central Bank)

PART III – European Union law
Week 4
The Union Law-making
(Types of legislative act – EU legislative procedures – Comitology – Enhanced cooperation)

Week 5
The EU-MS multi-level legal system
(The primacy of EU law – Subsidiarity and proportionality - The direct effect – The EU judicial review – Rights and remedies in national courts)


PART IV – The Internal Market and other European policies
Week 6
The Internal Market and European citizenship
(Legal framework of the Internal Market – Techniques of Regulation – The free movement of goods – The free movement of workers – The free movement of services and capital – European citizenship)

Week 7
Union policies (I)
(Competition law – Economic and monetary policy – The consumer protection policy)

Week 8
Union policies (II)
(Social policy – Regional and Cohesion policy – Agriculture policy)

Week 9
The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
(Border checks, asylum and immigration – judicial cooperation in civil matters – judicial cooperation in criminal matters – police cooperation)

Week 10
External policies
(Common commercial policy – Development cooperation – Common foreign and security policy – Association and Accession)

REQUIRED READINGS:
• R. Schütze, European Union Law, last edition, Cambridge University Press, latest edition


RECOMMENDED READINGS:
• TC Hartley, The Foundations of European Union Law, Oxford University Press, latest edition
• C. Barnard, The Substantive Law of the EU, Oxford University Press, latest edition

Further readings (not compulsory) will be suggested during the course