EU Institutions - JTM382

• Title: EU Institutions
• Guaranteed by: Department of European Studies (23-KZS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 18 / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: 5
• 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 : JTM022

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

Course covers key EU institutions and major decision-making processes in the EU.

Aim of the course

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

The course intents to provide an introduction into EU institutional design and decision-making procedures, based primarily on new institutionalism and tensions between formal and informal institutional rules.

 

 

Course completion requirements

Last update: Bc. Sára Lochmanová (05.10.2023)

Final written exam. 3-4 question on trends in the EU institutional system, combining theory with practical examples. Time limit: 60 minutes.

Grading uses scale A-F, in accordance of the respective regulations adopted by the FSV.

More in SMĚRNICE S_SO_002: Organizace zkouškových termínů, kontrol studia a užívání klasifikace A–F na FSV UK.

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

See moodle. https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3494

Teaching methods

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (17.10.2023)

Lecture with elements of students` participation. Itsensive use of case-law and practical examples.

In-class teaching format.

 

Syllabus

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (12.12.2023)

Structure of lectures/seminars

 

October 4, 2023: (Not so) new institutional architecture after Lisbon Treaty: distribution of power, institutional loyalties, left-overs, expectations and practice, flexibility during COVID19 crisis, Brexit adaptation. (Not so new) New Instituionalism

October 11, 2023: European Council, Council(s) and rotating presidency. Czech presidencies 2009 and 2022

October 18, 2023: European Commission: New Political Leadership or Business as usual?

October 25, 2023:  European Parliament: Ambitions versus legitimacy?

November 1 and 8 2023: no class

November 15, 2023: Creating New Institution: European External Action Service

November 22, 2023: Court of Justice of the EU: European Judicial Politics

November 29, 2023: Amending Founding Treaties: states and citizens as treaty-masters?

December 6, 2023: EU legislative process: EU Chocolate and Service Directive(s)

December 13, 2023: EU Institutional Reaction to Eurozone Crisis 2010-2013: Improvised institutionalism