| Course title | Constitutional Foundations of EU |
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| Course code | MEP/NCFEL |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 5 |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Lecture Topics: An outline of the historical development of the European Communities and European Union. Institutions of the EC: historical development, composition, powers. Scope of the EC Treaty: laws and law-making procedures. Principle of supremacy of EC law from the Community and national perspective. Principles of direct applicability and direct effects. General princples of law in EC law. The preliminary rulings procedure. Direct action for annulment. Action for failure to act. State liability and remedies in national courts. Community liability in tort - actions for damages. EU and human rights, the evolution of the Community doctrine of fundamental rights. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of EU, present status, posible enforcement and future prospects. The basic issues of the external relations law, associations agreements, approximation of laws in external relations.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The Course held in English. Aim of the course is to provide students with the main questions of the EU Law, its character, application, law-making process, relation and tension between the EU law and national law of member states, the institutional basis of the EU and the composition, tasks and powers of several bodies, some questions related to the institute of the European citizenship and some reflections on the EU human rights policy and legal protection.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge necessary to understand the main principles of the EU functioning and the interference of the EC/EU law within the national law. Gained skills will be useful for correct application of the European law during their legal practice. An additional value of the course lays in the fact, that attendants of the course will gain language skills and orientation in the special English legal terminology. |
| Prerequisites |
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Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written exam
It is essential that those students who would like to get the credit must work out the written thesis on topic set by the seminar teacher and succeed in the written exam. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 5 | Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Law | Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) | Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding | 5 | Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter |