Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

EU external relations law

EU external relations law

Anno accademico 2018/2019

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Attività di supporto
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Note
• Strumenti didattici

Obiettivi formativi

The European Union acts in the international arena on a wide variety of matters and by different means, often through or alongside the Member States. The very structure of the EU legal order affects the fields of action and the means whereby the Union participates in the life of the International Community. At the same time, when it acts externally and internally, the EU is bound by international legal rules. The course aims at enabling students to know and understand the legal underpinnings of EU external action: its internal legal foundations, the legal tools for its exercise and the relationship between EU law and international law.

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

Good knowledge and understanding of theoretical elements in EU external relations law. Students should be able to identify theoretical issues and discuss their implementation in concrete cases, with reference to the ECJ's case law and to institutional arrangements with third countries and international organizations.

Modalità di insegnamento

The topics included in the programme will be addressed mainly through the discussion in class of home readings and the performance of case-studies, with the support of frontal lectures and meetings with experts. Home readings will be gathered in a Syllabus uploaded on Moodle in advance of the start of each module. Students wishing to attend are asked to register themselves on Moodle prior to the beginning of the course. Complementary materials will be progressively uploaded on Moodle.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

For students attending the course: 25% participation in class (proper preparation of readings, interaction in the discussion), 25% case-study, 50% oral exam.

For students not attending the course: oral examination; knowledge and understanding of the topics will be ascertained with respect to theory and case law, on the basis of the textbook chosen by the student (see recommended readings below).

Attività di supporto

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Programma

The programme will be divided in three modules:

1) Foundations of EU external action - EU primary law and international law: international subjectivity; values, objectives, competences.

2) Capacity of the EU at the international level - internal rules and international frameworks: conclusion of international agreements, participation in international organizations, diplomatic missions, settlement of disputes.

3) International law and EU law: status of international law within the EU legal order, international agreements of the Member States, international responsibility of the EU.

For students attending the course, materials uploaded on Moodle and class notes.

For students not attending the class, ONE of the following textbooks:

Pieter Jan Kuijper et al., The law of EU External Relations : Cases, Materials and Commentary on the EU as an International Legal Actor, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013 or 2015 (or later edition if available) - Chapters 1-6, 12-13

OR

P. Koutrakos, EU International Relations Law, Hart, 2015 (or later edition if available) - Parts I to III and Chapter 14

Note

All lectures will be in English. Attendance is optional but recommended.

• Materiale didattico
• Bacheca appelli
• Vai a Moodle
• Visita i forum