Legal Framework of the European Union - JTM323

• Title: Legal Framework of the European Union
• Guaranteed by: Department of European Studies (23-KZS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2020 to 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 25 / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M.
• Teacher(s): prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M.
• Class: Courses for incoming students
• Incompatibility : JMM047, JMM251

Annotation

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (16.01.2021)

Course "Legal Framework of the European integration" is Jean Monnet course focused on major legal instruments and trends in the EU. Particular attention is given to the impact of the enlargement the Lisbon Treaty reform, Brexit and COVID-19 crisis.

Literature

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (20.02.2022)

For reading for individual lectures, see moodle.

https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3983

Teaching methods

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (27.01.2022)

Lectures with Socratic method elements. In case of worsening of covid-19 situation, the course might be switched into online or hybrid format.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (16.01.2021)

Online exam (60 minutes), a case-study format (max. 80 points).

+ 3 page case analysis of a ECJ case involing a new (post 2004) EU state (max. 20 points).

 

Grading:

·       A: 100-91 points

·       B: 90-81 points

·       C: 80-71 points

·       D: 70-61 points

·       E: 60-51 points

.       F : 0 - 50 points

 

Grading uses A-F scale , based on Opatření děkanky číslo 17/2018 (https://www.fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-172018) a specified by Opatření děkanky číslo 20/2019 (https://fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-20/2019).

Syllabus

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (20.02.2022)

 

Structure of lectures (Spring 2022).

 

February 16 Introduction: EU and its competences, co-existence between EU law, international law and internal law of EU states

February 23: EU Institutions and their role in EU Law

March 2: EU legal norms and their features (direct effect, supremacy)

March 9: EU Judicial System

March 16 - no class

March 23: EU law and Human Rights

 March 30: External Dimension of the EU Law

April 6: Legal framework of EU Internal Market I: Free Movement of People

April 13: Legal Framework of EU Internal Market II: Free Movement of Services

April 20: Legal Framework of Eurozone and EU financial governance

April 27: Legal Framwork of Europeanised criminal law

May 4: Conclusion of the course

May 11: Rectors day, no lecture