Dr. iur. Justyna Bazylińska-Nagler
Chair of Public International and European Law, University of Wrocław
justyna.bazylinska-nagler@uwr.edu.pl
Room 221 A, office hours: Fridays: 11.15-13.15
EU Law
1. General introduction, structure of the EU & the previous EC law. The concept of the former pillar structure and the common institutional framework. Remarks on the history of the European Integration
2. The attribution of powers – the institutions. The European Parliament – is it a parliament like any others? Elections, compositions, powers
3. The Commission – its composition and powers, The Council of the EU, The European Council – its composition and powers, voting system. Decision–making: procedures and conditions for legality
4. Sources of EU law: Treaties, Regulations, Directives, Decisions, etc., case law 5. Principles of EU law: supremacy, doctrine of direct effect and state liability 6. Fundamental rights as general principles of EU law
7. The role of national parliaments in EU – subsidiarity principle
8. The judicial system of the EU, the role and powers of the Court of Justice of the EU, the General Court & judicial pannels
9. Survey of the procedures before the Court of Justice: failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligation (Articles 258, 259 TFEU); preliminary ruling (Article 267 TFEU); action for annulment (Article 263 TFEU); action for failure to act (Article 265 TFEU).
10. Common Foreign and Security Policy (former 2nd EU pillar) 11. Area of Freedom Security and Justice (former 3rd EU pillar)
12. European Citizenship – case law - Zambrano (C-34/09) McCarthy (C-434/09) Dereci (C- 256/11)
13. From internal market to Economic and Monetary Union.
14 &15. The Common Market (4 freedoms, common rules on competition).
Treaties: Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/index.htm
Handbook, available in the library: Paul P. Craig, Gráinne De Búrca, EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials, Oxford University Press, 2011
