Unit EU LAW
- Course
- Law
- Study-unit Code
- A000036
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Simone Vezzani
- Teachers
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- Simone Vezzani
- Hours
- 54 ore - Simone Vezzani
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Comunitaristico
- Academic discipline
- IUS/14
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course examines the EU legal system, its sources, its institutions, the competences of the European Court of Justice, the incorporation of EU law into domestic law. The last part tackles the free movement of goods and persons and the Economic and Monetary Union. For attending students, the last part of the course will focus on the protection of fundamental rights and of the environment. In particular, some lectures will be given in the context of the Jean Monnet module financed by the EU “ECO-PoLeIS” – Participatory and Legal Instruments for Climate Neutral and Smart Cities (Jean Monnet Module - Project: 101176263, ERASMUS-JMO-2024-HEI-TCH-RSCH) and of the Jean Monnet Chair 'Fortelecer la UE renforzando sus valores'; of the Miguel Hernández University (Elche). Further information will be given at the beginning of the course.
- Reference texts
- VILLANI, “Istituzioni di Diritto dell'Unione europea”, Bari, Cacucci Editore, ult. ed., or GAJA, ADINOLFI, Introduzione al diritto dell'Unione europea, Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2025. For the special aprt (non-attending students): STROZZI and MASTROIANNI (Eds.), Diritto dell'Unione europea. Parte speciale, Torino, Giappichelli Editore, ult. ed. Chapters I, II and X. Additional recommended volumes: C. CURTI GIALDINO, Codice dell'Unione Europea - Minor, Simone, 2023 and ADINOLFI A., “Materiali di diritto dell'Unione Europea”, Giappichelli, ult. ed.
- Educational objectives
- Acquisition of knowledge of the EU legal system, its sources and its institutions, with special regard to the European Court of Justice and its competences in the protection of rights.
- Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand and to know how to tackle the course, it is advisable to have some basic notions of Constitutional and International Law.
- Teaching methods
- FACE-TO-FACE AND SEMINARS
- Other information
- Students attending the course can make a presentation in the classroom. For those interested (including non-attending students), a test of auto-evaluation will be organized before the end of the course.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists in an oral test, i.e. an interview about the topics included in the programme (lasting approximately 15 minutes), aiming to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding capability acquired by the student on the topics included in the programme. Attending students, if so desire, can make a speech or write a report (for Erasmus students also dealing with the application of EU law in their country of origin), which will be taken into consideration in the final evaluation.
- Extended program
- Programme: Part One : Introduction to the study of EU Law The European integration process: From the EEC to the EU The Lisbon Treaty General features of the Union legal order The EU Institutions and their functions The sharing of competences between the EU and its member States The subsidiarity and proportionality principles The admission of new member States Part Two: The competences of the EU and the EU normative system A) The normative system Primary and secondary sources of EU law The decision-making procedures and the normative system Fundamental Rights The enforcement of EU Law: direct effects, primacy, uniform interpretation, State responsibility for the violation of EU Law The EU external action The protection of human rights and the EU accession to the ECHR B) EU legal remedies Analysis of the various actions before the UE Court of Justice C) EU law in the Italian legal order. Exam of case-law of the ECJ and of the Italian Constitutional Court concerning the relationship between domestic law and EU law Part 3: The Four FreedomsFree circulation of goods.Free circulation of persons and workers. The Economic and Monetary Union.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- The EU is engaged in the implementation of the SDGs and thus the course will tackle many topics connected to the green Deal and Agenda 2030.