Legal case studies on current issues of EU law
Course: European Business Law
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Legal case studies on current issues of EU law
Code
ОК 6
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
To demonstrate knowledge of basic theoretical problems concerning legal regulation of the integration process within the European Union; system of fundamental principles of European Union law; system of sources of European Union law; European Union institutional mechanism; system of human rights and fundamental economic freedoms protection, etc. To be able to practically apply the acquired knowledge concerning supremacy, direct effect and direct applicability of European Union legal acts; work with sources of European Union law, critically analyse doctrinal material concerning different aspects of European Union institutional and substantive law; predict directions of further European Union law development. To acquire basic communicative skills in the process of case-solving and discussing practical cases related to various aspects of European Union law.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Proficiency in English, general competence in institutional and substantive European Union law, public international law and modern legal systems.
Course content
Thematic plan of the discipline:
1. European Union law at the intersection of international and national legal orders
2. The essence and remedial attributes of the direct effect principle in European Union law
3. Human rights in the European Union law
4. Mutual loyalty and solidarity principles in European Union law
5. Legal regulation of the EU-Ukraine relations
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Peirone, Franco. “The Rule of Law in the EU: Between Union and Unity.” Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, vol. 15, no. 1, 2019.
2. Lenaerts, Koen. “The Autonomy of European Union Law.” Post AISDUE, vol. 1, 2019, pp. 1–11.
3. Vajda, Christopher. “Achmea and the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order.” LAwTTIP Working Papers, vol. 1, 2019, pp. 9–22.
4. Van Elsuwege, P., Chamon, M. “The meaning of “association” under EU law. A study on the law and practice of association agreements. EU, 2019, p. 50.
5. Martines, F. “Direct Effect of International Agreements of the European Union.” European Journal of International Law, vol. 25, no. 1, 2014, pp. 129–47.
6. Narine Ghazaryan. “A New Generation of Human Rights Clauses?: The Cases of Association Agreements in the Eastern Neighborhood.” European Law Review, vol. 40. issue 3, 2015, pp. 1-30.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars
Assessment methods and criteria
Current control: answers (up to 20 points), written assignments, presentation of reports (up to 20 points), case study (up to 20 points). The form of final control is an exam. The exam is conducted in writing. The student's answer to the exam – up to 40 points.
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Chair of Comparative and European Law
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Chair of Comparative and European Law
Educational and scientific institute of international relations