PrF:SOC053 Constitutional Law of the EU - Course Information
SOC053 Constitutional Law of the European Union
Faculty of LawSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law - Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the English language.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)
- Course objectives
- At the completion of the course, the students should have deep knowledge about the Constitutional Law of the European Union. They should understand its functioning from a comparative perspective of both international and domestic law. They should be able to demonstrate their ability to identify relevant sources of EU law as well as judgments of the Court of Justice and critically analyze and discuss them.
- Learning outcomes
- After this course students should be able:
- To find sources of EU law
- To find the judgments of the Court of Justice
- To write a critical essay on a selected case of the Court of Justice - To describe the internal decision-making process in the European Union
- To apply the EU law
- To compare the approach of the Court of Justice and national constitutional courts to the relation of the domestic and EU law (principle of primacy) - Syllabus
- History of the EEC/EC/EU, general overview of primary law
- Supranationality vs. Intergovernmentalism
- Competences of the EU
- Main Institutions of the EU
- Court of Justice of the EU
- Enforcement of EU Law
- EU Law, International Law and Domestic Law
- Sources of EU Law - Primary and Secondary Law
- Interpretation of the EU Law
- The principle of Direct Effect of EU Law
- The Principle of the Primacy of EU Law
- Liability of Member States for Breach of EU Law
- Literature
- SCHÜTZE, Robert. An introduction to European law. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2020, xxxv, 360. ISBN 9780198858942. info
- Teaching methods
- self-study through pre-recorded on-line video lectures and reading
- Assessment methods
- Exam (4 short continuous multiple-choice tests, essay). Gain at least 60 points out of 100 possible.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/go/c1xwwh
Massive Open Online Course. One lesson will be made available each week for self-study. The lesson will include a video recording of the lecture, a study text and questions for reflection. The student chooses his/her own study time.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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